Hi folks!
Installed mediawiki this morning, all is running well... the only problem I have is, that I'm not able to alter predefined text-parts.
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
Saving the file does not change anything though!
Yes, I cleared my browser's cache... I also had a look at the mailing list archives but couldn't find any help.
Generally I found out, that Costumizing mediawiki is not documented very well, though I had a look at lots of ressources.
Are there any How-To documents on doing that? Further it would be interesting, how to modify the navigation blocks...
Tried modifying xhtml_slim.pt. no effect. Also modified SkinPHPTal.php without any effects...
It's a pity... mediawiki is wonderful, but customizing should be much easier!
can anybody help?
kind regards, j.
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Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php are not showing up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Thanks you. Is this some undocumented stuff? is there a possibility to edit "templates" as well? for example... how do i remove the "This page has been visited $1 times" template from the main-page?
is there some proper documentation you can recommend?
kind regards, j.
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Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Brion Vibber Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:33 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php are not showing up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Am Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:45:43 +0200 hat Juergen Jessenig jessenig@sofastar.at geschrieben:
Thanks you. Is this some undocumented stuff? is there a possibility to edit "templates" as well? for example... how do i remove the "This page has been visited $1 times" template from the main-page?
is there some proper documentation you can recommend?
Just take the original :-) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
--tic
kind regards, j.
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Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Brion Vibber Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:33 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php are not showing up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that making changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I experimented by removing the file or deleting large portions deliberately the whole wiki failed. So is this also because of information from the database overwriting things?
I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the left.
Thanks,
Taneem T.
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:33:09 -0700, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php are not showing up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
ok, so now i know how to edit for example the template "MediaWiki:Viewcount" but... how can i remove the viewcount from the main page footer? that's what i can't find out...
tia, j.
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Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Taneem A T Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:53 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki
What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that making changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I experimented by removing the file or deleting large portions deliberately the whole wiki failed. So is this also because of information from the database overwriting things?
I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the left.
Thanks,
Taneem T.
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:33:09 -0700, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom of the page... I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php are not showing up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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On 20 Oct 2004, at 20:52, Taneem A T wrote:
What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that making changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I experimented by removing the file or deleting large portions deliberately the whole wiki failed. So is this also because of information from the database overwriting things?
I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the left.
Sounds like a cache issue, presumably in your browser; I've (carefully!) tweaked xhtml_slim.pt to simplify the navigation panel structure, and it behaves as I expect on my install.
Try a few refreshes?
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