[pmwiki-devel] Token invalid or missing. action=approveURLs

[Simon]

I love it, a significant improvement in usability

thanks so much

Simon


On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 at 23:12, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> wrote:

> I have prototyped an interstitial preview and confirmation page for
> approving URLs.
>
> The "approve sites" link will no longer need the tokens.
>
> Then you do Page?action=approvesites, it shows a form that has extracted
> all pending URLs, with checkboxes and direct links to review them.
>
> After the form, the full page is shown, with the pending links enabled
> and highlighted to see them in context.
>
> You can easily review the links, and uncheck those that you don't want
> to approve, then press Save.
>
> You can preview and test this here:
>    https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Test/UrlApprovals
>
> ...click on "(approve sites)".
>
> Petko
>
> On 05/01/2026 07:26, Simon wrote:
> > that is very useful.
> > The websites do not use  $UnapprovedLinkFmt
> >
> > The websites does not have a concept of logging out (i.e. the action
> > is not a menu item).although there is a login
> > (they are public wikis, see  PmWiki | Cookbook / OpenPass-Talk [1] )
> > But when I do log out I am correctly prompted for the URL Approvals
> > page password
> >
> > action=approvesites&pmtoken=FJlMR3rRfLWuwrcgfaUfUw==
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 at 18:24, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> wrote:
> >
> >> For URL approvals, action=approvesites, this is usually caused by
> >> local
> >> configuration for $UnapprovedLinkFmt that doesn't have the new
> >> security
> >> token.
> >>
> >> Both the Upgrades page you linked, and the PmWiki:UrlApprovals page,
> >>
> >> show examples with $TokenName=$TokenValue, see if your custom link
> >> format has these.
> >>
> >> Alternatively, the session and the token may expire if you're on a
> >> page
> >> for a long time, or if in another browser tab you logout then login
> >> again.
> >>
> >> Petko
> >>
> >> --
> >> If you upgrade :  https://www.pmwiki.org/Upgrades
> >>
> >> On 05/01/2026 05:52, Simon wrote:
> >>> I have what I'd like to think is an up to date PmWiki website.
> >>> But I see the message Token invalid or missingToken invalid or
> >> missing
> >>> [1]
> >>>
> >>> As it doesn't have a page what can I do to fix then?
> >>>
> >>> ngā mihi
> >>>
> >>> Simon
> >>>
> >>> Links:
> >>> ------
> >>> [1] https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Upgrades#pmtoken
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/OpenPass-Talk
>
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