Hi, all-
Is there a way to make new pages open with specific content? Basically, I'd like new pages on a wiki (perhaps only with a specific namespace, but that's not a requirement) to open with a specific outline/section format- something like:
=foo= Please fill in these sections as appropriate. =bar= ==baz== ==gee== =lart=
etc.- basically to encourage (but not require) that newbie users follow a specific format when creating a new page. Is there any way to do this in mediawiki, short of hardcoding it somewhere?
Luis
Hi Luis, if you send editors to a url like "action=edit&preload=OutlineTemplate&title=NewPage&editintro=EditGuide"
They will see the wikitext contents of OutlineTemplate when they start to edit (with EditGuide rendered above the textearea).
You can see this in action here: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Submit_a_story
--SJ
On 10/28/05, Luis Villa luis@cyber.law.harvard.edu wrote:
Hi, all-
Is there a way to make new pages open with specific content? Basically, I'd like new pages on a wiki (perhaps only with a specific namespace, but that's not a requirement) to open with a specific outline/section format- something like:
=foo= Please fill in these sections as appropriate. =bar= ==baz== ==gee== =lart=
etc.- basically to encourage (but not require) that newbie users follow a specific format when creating a new page. Is there any way to do this in mediawiki, short of hardcoding it somewhere?
Luis
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This doesn't appear to work in our 1.4.7 installation. Is this 1.5 only?
-- Joshua
On 10/28/05 11:56 AM, "SJ" 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Luis, if you send editors to a url like "action=edit&preload=OutlineTemplate&title=NewPage&editintro=EditGuide"
They will see the wikitext contents of OutlineTemplate when they start to edit (with EditGuide rendered above the textearea).
You can see this in action here: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Submit_a_story
--SJ
On 10/28/05, Luis Villa luis@cyber.law.harvard.edu wrote:
Hi, all-
Is there a way to make new pages open with specific content? Basically, I'd like new pages on a wiki (perhaps only with a specific namespace, but that's not a requirement) to open with a specific outline/section format- something like:
=foo= Please fill in these sections as appropriate. =bar= ==baz== ==gee== =lart=
etc.- basically to encourage (but not require) that newbie users follow a specific format when creating a new page. Is there any way to do this in mediawiki, short of hardcoding it somewhere?
Luis
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Instinct tells me it's an extension, but I don't know which. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions might.
Rob Church
On 28/10/05, Joshua Yeidel yeidel@wsu.edu wrote:
This doesn't appear to work in our 1.4.7 installation. Is this 1.5 only?
-- Joshua
On 10/28/05 11:56 AM, "SJ" 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Luis, if you send editors to a url like "action=edit&preload=OutlineTemplate&title=NewPage&editintro=EditGuide"
They will see the wikitext contents of OutlineTemplate when they start to edit (with EditGuide rendered above the textearea).
You can see this in action here: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Submit_a_story
--SJ
On 10/28/05, Luis Villa luis@cyber.law.harvard.edu wrote:
Hi, all-
Is there a way to make new pages open with specific content? Basically, I'd like new pages on a wiki (perhaps only with a specific namespace, but that's not a requirement) to open with a specific outline/section format- something like:
=foo= Please fill in these sections as appropriate. =bar= ==baz== ==gee== =lart=
etc.- basically to encourage (but not require) that newbie users follow a specific format when creating a new page. Is there any way to do this in mediawiki, short of hardcoding it somewhere?
Luis
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On 10/28/05, Joshua Yeidel yeidel@wsu.edu wrote:
This doesn't appear to work in our 1.4.7 installation. Is this 1.5 only?
Yes, I believe it only works for 1.5. I forgot you have to install it separately; see the instructions here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Inputbox#Installation
++SJ
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