Many thanks for everyones quick replies! Ive managed to get it working
after some help from more than a few people and some directions.
I followed the directions exactly as listed on:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert
First download the "CharInsert.php" and place it into a new folder
"CharInsert" in the Extensions sub-directory.
Then I download the file "Wikibits.js", replacing the existing one in the
"/Skins/Common" folder.
Finally open and modify the "LocalSettings.php" to include, at the bottom,
the line:
require_once("$IP/extensions/CharInsert/CharInsert.php");
and then replace the existing file on the server with the newly modified
one.
Next the Wiki Sysop must go manually edit the "MediaWiki:Edittools" page on
_their own_ Wiki itself and copy the existing source code from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Edittools
The "MediaWiki:Edittools" page is normally locked and can only be unlocked
by the Wiki Sysop. (many thanks Jason!)
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Unfortunately I still havent had any luck with the extra edit buttons along
the top of the edit row of the edit page. I copied the Common.css from
Wikipedias MediaWiki:Common.css page and pasted it into a text document,
saving it as a .css. I then replaced it with the Common.css on my
server. I noticed however that MediaWiki doesnt install with Common.js. I
went ahead and created it by taking the source code from Wikipedias
Common.js and then placed it in the same directory as the Common.css but
so far I havent seen any changes. Any recommendations?
But, many thanks again! Your help is really appreciated.
Chris
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