Get directory writable by the webserver.

[Nightty]

Hi,

I am hosting a mediawiki with the use of xampp on windows xp. Now i want to add a widget calendar but to get that working i need to get a directory writable by the webserver.
The folder is C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\extensions\Widgets\compiled_templates
How could i do this?

Thanks

[Sharley]

The Apache server can write to that folder - so nothing to do.

It can't write to a folder outside the DocumentRoot htdocs, for example C:\xampp.

What has given you this instruction?

Normally that instruction is for Linux Apache servers but does not apply to Windows Apache servers..

Best wishes.

[Nightty]

I read it in the installation instructions for widgets.
In my wiki it just shows the widget command as text like this
for example for a youtube widget:
{{#widget:YouTube|id=DWef69ItVrU}}
its saying its a widget page but somehow the widget is not working?
Here the installation instructions:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension ... ermissions

[Sharley]

its saying its a widget page but somehow the widget is not working?

Sorry, can't help with why the widget is not working, best ask the widget author - there is a support menu item in the installation instruction page link you provided below.

Here the installation instructions:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension ... ermissions

The Making a directory writable instructions are for a unix type installation.
The quote is from this page:
http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/12/09/makin ... webserver/

I’ll use Apache as an example webserver and a filesystem with Unix-like permissions.

Which as I said in my first reply, does not apply to Apache web server on a Window filesystem PC. - write permissions are already enabled by default.

Best wishes.