On 25/12/06, Jan Theodore Galkowski jtgalkowski@alum.mit.edu wrote:
what is the best way to customize the messages seen on the interface? it looks like you can either do things through the php files like messagesEn.php, or through the things in the database using the MediaWiki namespace. I'm not sure which one to use.
MediaWiki namespace.
The changes I am looking to make right now are changing what it says on the Talk tab (instead of "discussion") for one of my custom namespaces, as well as adding things to the navigation bar.
MediaWiki:Nstab-<namespace>
I think that if you use messagesEn.php, then you have to turn $wgUseDatabaseMessages off, and that disables the stuff you do through the MediaWiki namespace, but I'm not sure.
Yes to both.
which should I use for this and future customizations? thanks!
As above.
Rob Church