Hey guys,
While I don't think this is possible (yet?), I still think it's worth discussing:
It'd be great if you could define variables on a page that could be included in the text and which would then be expanded when displaying the output. Here's an example of what I mean (syntax arbitrary): <!-- variable definitions --> @status_done = <span style="color: green;">canceled</span> @status_inProgress = <span style="color: blue;">canceled</span> @status_canceled = <span style="color: red;">canceled</span> @document_manualEN = ''User Manual and Usage Notes'' @document_manualDE = ''Benutzerhandbuch und Anwendungshinweise'' <!-- text body --> This is an overview of current tasks: * Install MediaWiki %status_done% * Create Help pages %status_inProgress% * Go on vacation %status_canceled% * Create manuals: ** %document_manualEN% ** %document_manualDE% ** ensure consistency between %document_manualEN% and %document_manualDE% (sorry for the lack of creativity in this example, but it should suffice to get my point across)
I believe this could enhance consistency within structured pages, and would probably be easy to implement - and learn - as well (too bad I'm not very experienced with PHP). While I guess the same could be achieved with regular templates, it can be quite bothersome having to create a new template page for each tiny element - not to mention the issue of coming up with unique names for a large number of templates that are each only used on one particular page...
Any thoughts?
-- Frederik