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Is there a tutorial on how to use the "Book" feature..., something for the simple minded?
I have created ten articles that are related and would like to put them in a book as chapters. I have no idea where to start. All my attempts at using the book feature have resulted in frustration.
Thanks.
You should start by creating an article in the Book namespace. This article should basically describe what the contents of the book is going to be.
Once that is saved, you can go back to your 10 articles you want as chapters. Select the Book tab, and the Book you created earlier should appear in the list.
I will start there. Thanks.
OK, I have done this. I started an article in the Book namespace.
In order to do this the Book namespace has to be an visible forum and an active forum, is that right?
When I click on the Book tab on the Wiki pull down menu I get this error.
Code:The webpage cannot be found
HTTP 404
Most likely causes:
There might be a typing error in the address.
If you clicked on a link, it may be out of date.
What you can try:
Retype the address.
Go back to the previous page.
Go to and look for the information you want.
More information
This error (HTTP 404 Not Found) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the website, but the page you wanted was not found. It's possible that the webpage is temporarily unavailable. Alternatively, the website might have changed or removed the webpage.
For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.
What was the address in question?
The address was:
http://www.light-after-darkness.org/.php?=
Help!?! Anybody!!!
Does the dropdown for the title of an article work? Next to the article title, there is a little arrow, and the dropdown should say "What links here?"
If the What Links Here link looks the same, then it's likely the Special namespace was never built. Simply go to AdminCP -> CES VaultWiki -> Namespace Manager, find the namespace with ID 1 (probably called "Special") and click "Edit." Save, and see if the problem persists.
This is frustrating. I hope I didn't loose my articles.
I saw the update and updated my software to the latest version 2.1.2.
After doing this, all of my articles list in the Wiki but none of them will open up to an article. I get the following error.
Code:The webpage cannot be found
HTTP 404
Most likely causes:
There might be a typing error in the address.
If you clicked on a link, it may be out of date.
What you can try:
Retype the address.
Go back to the previous page.
Go to and look for the information you want.
More information
This error (HTTP 404 Not Found) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the website, but the page you wanted was not found. It's possible that the webpage is temporarily unavailable. Alternatively, the website might have changed or removed the webpage.
For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.
Wow! I have serious problems since the update. Searching for new posts don't work with the Wiki enabled, I think I lost all the links to the Wiki articles, and nothing in the drop down menus seem to work.
I can't do what you suggested above because the links to the articles in the Wiki won't work.
I am thinking it would probably be easier to do a complete uninstall and reinstall the lastest version as a new install. I will loose a look of work, but the original install didn't work right to begin with. Books and Special didn't work at all.
What do you think?
If I disable the CES VaultWiki in >Plugins and Products >Manage Products, all of the articles are there in the forum that is left. So I haven't lost the information.
Have you tried clicking "Rebuild All Namespaces?" This tends to work for most problems like this.
I will try now, although I think I did that already.
I'll be back.
Hmmm..., I have looked all through the Admin panel and don't find a feature "Rebuild All Namespaces".
Could you tell me where to find this?
Thanks for your time.
AdminCP -> CES VaultWiki -> Namespace Manager -> Rebuild All Namespaces
Nothing there.
I don't think the Wiki installed right the first time. I am thinking a new install might help.
Okay. It's strange that that happened, though. What version did you have before upgrading to 2.1.2?
It was 2.1.1, I believe. I don't think it was ever installed properly, probably something I did, because some of the features like the "Books" never did work.Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
OK, before I reinstall, I see that vBulletin has come out with an update. Just to add to the problem. Should I install the vBulletin update before I reinstall the wiki? I would like to do this right this time. :rolleyes:
It's usually a good idea to keep vBulletin up to date first.
Will do. I'll be back after I update vBulleting and reinstall CESVault Wiki. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
OK, I got the Wiki working, I think. And on the pull down menu the "Books" link takes me to a special page where the article is started for the book. I have some chapters of the book ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
How do I insert the chapters into the Book?
Go to the article that you want as a chapter. Go to the Book tab, and select the Book you want to add it to.
Where is the book tab?Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
I have looked at your wiki and do not have the "Book" tab like you do on here. There are a lot of tabs above the edit window, but no book tab.
When you go to Special:Books, how many are listed?
The tabs that are across the top of the article are:Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
article discussion edit history protect move delete watch
The buttons in the pull down menu on the top in the forum menu are:
LAD Wiki (list)
Post New Article
Special Pages
Books
Recent Changes
In the CES Vault Wiki in the Admin CP, I have the book set to appear:
Display the Book Navagation Links? Above Article.
Your wiki is not set up correctly. You have somehow managed to get a number of namespaces to be nested inside of each other.
It's likely on your most recent install you fell victim to the issue described (and solved) here: https://www.vaultwiki.org/showthread.php?t=1585, and you just didn't notice some of the items in the instructions were missing.
When you're done with that you will have to fix your namespace settings in the manager and possibly move some of your articles around.
OK, I am getting extremely frustrated by this. I do not know how to do queries and no nothing about databases. I just want this to work and it seems that I am getting nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
Can you give more information than you are, as these one or two sentence response are doing nothing to get this problem solved?
Oh I didn't realize you were the same user from that thread. Sorry for the added confusion there.
First make sure that the Book namespace is correct, because it is possible that the forums were set up wrong in your earlier install, and you are attempting to use the same forums. I'm a bit confused myself as to why the Namespace Manager would allow you to do this, but it looks like it happened.
Check the Top-Level Forum for the Book namespace. Make sure it is not the same as the Top-Level Forum for the LAD Wiki namespace. If it is (and I don't know how this is even possible), in the Forum Manager, make sure your "Book" forum has Parent Forum = "No One." Then change the Book namespace's Top-Level Forum to "Book" rather than "LAD Wiki."
Now your namespaces are correct. If the Book tab still does not appear in your articles, you might have to click "Rebuild" next to the Book namespace in the Namespace Manager.
If this is too confusing for you, feel free to PM me regarding doing it for you.
Whew!!! Thank you, I got it! Now I have the Book Tab at the top of the article window. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pegasus
I can now easily add chapters to the Book I started. This is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallen