As I study the code in the template/xhtml_slimt.pt document, I'm stumped as to how the syntax relates to how the files are named for the end user.
The file [[Main_Page]] for the end user, in the wiki, points to the home page of the wiki.
But in the xhtml_slimt.pt file, that page is defined as follows:
<li id="n-mainpage"><a href="${nav_urls/mainpage/href}" i18n:translate="string:mainpage">Main Page</a></li>
What I want to do is add more links in the navigation box to the main departments at peswiki.com
To wit:
*[[Main_Page|Main Page]] *[http://pureenergysystems.com PES Home] *[[Top10]] *[[News]] *[[Current events|Events]] *[[OS|Open source energy]] *[[Directory]] *[[PowerPedia|Encyclopedia]] *[[Academy]] *[[Store]] *[[Classifieds]] *[[Latest]] *[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] *[[Special:Randompage|Random page]]
Your assistance in helping figure out how the syntax works would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sterling
Sterling D. Allan wrote:
As I study the code in the template/xhtml_slimt.pt document, I'm stumped as to how the syntax relates to how the files are named for the end user.
The file [[Main_Page]] for the end user, in the wiki, points to the home page of the wiki.
But in the xhtml_slimt.pt file, that page is defined as follows:
<li id="n-mainpage"><a href="${nav_urls/mainpage/href}"i18n:translate="string:mainpage">Main Page</a></li>
What I want to do is add more links in the navigation box to the main departments at peswiki.com
This takes data from an array set in SkinPHPTal.php. Search for "nav_urls".
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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Brion,
Okay, I've found SkinPHPTal.php and have found a set of lines that begin "nav_urls" that correspond with the names of the files.
How to I generate a new nav_url line to correspond to a file I want?
Where are files I create, such as [[OS]] kept in the file structure? How do I call for them in the SkinPHPTal.php code?
Thanks
Sterling
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brion Vibber" brion@pobox.com To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] modifying navigation links
What I want to do is add more links in the navigation box to the main departments at peswiki.com
This takes data from an array set in SkinPHPTal.php. Search for "nav_urls".
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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I studied the slimt_pt file where the left border is defined; and I studied the SkinPJPTal_php file, where the "$nav_urls" are defined.
I can see how slimt_pt calls for information in the SkinPJPTal_php file.
It seems there is a third document (a table?) I need to know about that equates the nav_url names in SkinPJPTal_php with the names as they appear in the browser by the end user.
For example, the following code in the SkinPJPTal_php file: $nav_urls['help'] = array('href' => htmlspecialchars( $this->makeI18nUrl('helppage')));
corresponds to http://peswiki.com/index.php/Help:Contents
Where is that defined?
Another question. In the slimt_pt file there is a i18n:translate="string:xyz" code for each of the links. I presume that each language file will need to define a translation for each string I assign for a given new link in the navigation, but that not doing so will not effect the function of the slimt_pt file.
Thanks,
Sterling
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling D. Allan" sterlingda@pureenergysystems.com To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Cc: "PES IT egroup" pes_it@yahoogroups.com; "LightServers.net Support" support@lightservers.net Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] modifying navigation links
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Brion,
Okay, I've found SkinPHPTal.php and have found a set of lines that begin "nav_urls" that correspond with the names of the files.
How to I generate a new nav_url line to correspond to a file I want?
Where are files I create, such as [[OS]] kept in the file structure? How do I call for them in the SkinPHPTal.php code?
Thanks
Sterling
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brion Vibber" brion@pobox.com To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] modifying navigation links
What I want to do is add more links in the navigation box to the main departments at peswiki.com
This takes data from an array set in SkinPHPTal.php. Search for "nav_urls".
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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If you're asking how to modify the text for a link, you can do it via the link names in these tables:
MediaWiki:All_system_messages and YourWiki:All_system_messages (which seems to have the monobook settings as well)
For example, there are entries help and tooltip-help, which you can click on and edit if you have admin privileges.
I hope that's what you were asking. Michelle
On Aug 23, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Sterling D. Allan wrote:
It seems there is a third document (a table?) I need to know about that equates the nav_url names in SkinPJPTal_php with the names as they appear in the browser by the end user.
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