Version 55 of Wikit user names

Updated 2005-01-20 10:35:36 by LES

May 17, 2004 - There's a new feature to help identify users who make changes to a page.

It's based on cookies.

  • Go to http://mini.net/wru.cgi and enter your initials (up to 8 letters/digits) and email address.
  • You'll receive an email with a confirmation URL in it.
  • Visiting that URL will lead you to a page which sets a cookie in your browser.
  • From them on, page changes will be tagged with your initials on the Recent Changes page.

Note:

  • If you use wiki.tcl.tk as URL, you'll have to set things up through http://wiki.tcl.tk/wru.cgi instead.
  • If you use both, you'll need to go through this exercise twice (sorry, that's a cookie limitation).
  • This also works with dynamic IP's, the initial origin when registering is not enforced, just mentioned.

FYI:

  • The cookie contains initials, email address, IP address of request, and a special checksum.
  • It's used for precisely one purpose: to maintain a minimal identity / traceability, in page edits.
  • There is no database (just a log), this stores data in your browser, not on this site.

RHS 24Nov2004 Is the code to handle this functionality available for public consumption. I see that the newer versions of wikit have code to recognize user names (wru changes), but the wru.cgi and whatever the file named in $env(WIKIT_WRU) are both unavailable. I ask because I'd like to have this functionality for a wiki I help maintain, and I'd rather not have to reinvent the wheel.

TV I tried this after a system reinstall, but I receive no email! Is the method still valid? Of course I could dig in my backup files for the right cookie but there might be more persons experiencing difficulty!

14jan05 jcw - Yep, the email was rejected by tiscali.nl - I've resent it to you.

TV I don't know what went wrong, I got the email now.

TV I clicked the link, but still no cookie ?!

17jan05 jcw - You need separate cookies for wiki.tcl.tk and mini.net/tcl, could that be what you're seeing?

LES Unofrtunately, this system never seemed to work for me, for some reason.

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