That's sounds very promising - I'll have a
look at those extensions.
Thanks very much!
Derrick
On Nov 15, 2007 9:18 PM, Jim Hu <jimhu(a)tamu.edu > wrote:
It would insert {{Template:Boilerplate}}. But
you should be able to
use {{subst:Template:Boilerplate}}, which should replace the whole
thing when saved. But it will still only insert
{{subst:Template:Boilerplate}} in that edit session.
You may find it easier to have users create pages from a Boilerplate
template and then edit them, instead of starting with a blank page
and pasting in the Boilerplate. There are a number of extensions
that can do this, e.g. Extension:Boilerplate if I recall correctly.
Jim
On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Derrick Farnell wrote:
Actually, it isn't the whole boilerplate that
I'm wanting to make
insertable
via a toolbar button, just extra, optional, sections to the
boilerplate.
However, it would make things easier for the user if I made the
boilerplate
a template and then used the code below to allow users to insert it
into a
blank page via a button, instead of cutting and pasting the
boilerplate over
- and then create another button for the extra sections.
I assume the method below would indeed insert the contents of the
template,
and not just '{{Template:Boilerplate}}'.
Derrick
On Nov 15, 2007 7:49 PM, Jim Hu <jimhu(a)tamu.edu> wrote:
> You might also consider making the boilerplate a Template page
> instead of hardcoding it into the js. That way you can edit it in
> the wiki.
>
> mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = {
> "imageFile": "url of the button image",
> "speedTip": "Custom text",
> "tagOpen": "",
> "tagClose": "",
> "sampleText": "{{TemplatePageName}}\n" +
> };
>
> Jim H.
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Jim Wilson wrote:
>
>>> The chunk of wiki text is actually over
>>> several lines - is this solution only for inserting single lines?
>>
>> If you want to insert multiple lines, your addition may look more
>> like this:
>>
>> mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = {
>> "imageFile": "url of the button image",
>> "speedTip": "Custom text",
>> "tagOpen": "",
>> "tagClose": "",
>> "sampleText":
>> "First line of template text\n" +
>> "Second line of template text\n" +
>> "Third and final line of template text."
>> };
>>
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2007 12:08 PM, Derrick Farnell
>> <derrick.farnell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks very much for your help. The chunk of wiki text is actually
>>> over
>>> several lines - is this solution only for inserting single lines?
>>>
>>> Derrick
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2007 4:18 PM, Jim Hu < jimhu(a)tamu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It may be hard without any programming knowledge...
>>>>
>>>> The extra buttons at wikipedia are controlled by javascript in the
>>> page Mediawiki:Common.js. I've made this a bit easier to read on
>>> our
>>> wiki:
>>>
>>>
http://ecoliwiki.net/colipedia/index.php/
>>> MediaWiki:Common.js#Extra_toolbar_options
>>>
>>> What you need to do is define another button handler for your
>>> desired
>>> text.
>>>
>>> mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = {
>>> "imageFile": "url of the button image",
>>> "speedTip": "Custom text",
>>> "tagOpen": "",
>>> "tagClose": "",
>>> "sampleText": "insert custom text here"};
>>>
>>> I think that will work. Haven't tried it, though.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2007, at 7:46 AM, Derrick Farnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'd like users of my wiki (
www.chainsofreason.org ) to be able to
>>>> add a
>>>> particular chunk of wikitext to a page by simply clicking on a
>>>> button in the
>>>> edit page toolbar, but have been unable to find a suitable
>>>> extension. Is
>>>> there some relatively easy way to achieve this? I don't have any
>>>> programming
>>>> knowledge.
>>>>
>>>> Derrick
>>>> Chains of Reason
>>>>
www.chainsofreason.org
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