You set the message in LocalSettings.php, like this:
$wgSiteNotice = "Your message here";
Michelle
On Jul 13, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Paul Robinson wrote:
On Wikipedia sometimes there is an announce box asking for donations or telling users about anticipated downtime or whatever. I'm sure it's in the docs, if I look, but how do I do that? Is it a case of playing with the templates, or is it a setting in LocalSettings.php or what?