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Aaron Gray

18 Aug 2010 18 Aug '10

11:20 p.m.

I was wondering if there is an extension to MediaWiki that adds either bread crumbs or ideally makes the "hierarchical" page links in to clickable links. Where I have a sub page with the page title :- Reference Manual/Base Types I want the "Reference Manual" bit to be a link back to the main Reference_Manual page Basically not having this is annoying as you have to either go back to the main page then select the "Reference Manual" page again. Either that or chop then end off the URL in the browser. If not how do I get at the variables in the MonoBook.php to implement this ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron

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Ross McKay

19 Aug 19 Aug

1:16 a.m.

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Aaron Gray wrote:

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I was wondering if there is an extension to MediaWiki that adds either bread crumbs or ideally makes the "hierarchical" page links in to clickable links. [...]

You just need to configure subpages in your wiki by adding a couple of lines to LocalSettings.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages e.g. $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TALK] = true; -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "The Rich must live more simply so that the Poor may simply live" - Gandhi

Aaron Gray

20 Aug 20 Aug

1:35 a.m.

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On 19 August 2010 00:16, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

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Aaron Gray wrote:

I was wondering if there is an extension to MediaWiki that adds either

bread

crumbs or ideally makes the "hierarchical" page links in to clickable

links.

[...]

Yes, I already have subpages, what I want is the main title for the main page to be clickable.

...

-- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "The Rich must live more simply so that the Poor may simply live" - Gandhi _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Ross McKay

2 a.m.

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G'day Aaron,

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Yes, I already have subpages, what I want is the main title for the main page to be clickable.

OK, sorry, from your first post it sounded like you weren't getting the breadcrumb links underneath the page title, e.g. on: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/HyperText_Markup_Language/Tag_List/html If you want the title itself to exhibit breadcrumb links, then you'll need an extension as you said, or some nifty JavaScript. Have you looked at any of these? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Breadcrumbs_extensions -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Nobody ever rioted for austerity" - George Monbiot

Aaron Gray

2:20 a.m.

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On 20 August 2010 01:00, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

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G'day Aaron,

Yes, I already have subpages, what I want is the main title for the main page to be clickable.

OK, sorry, from your first post it sounded like you weren't getting the breadcrumb links underneath the page title, e.g. on: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/HyperText_Markup_Language/Tag_List/html

That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the actual title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ?

...

If you want the title itself to exhibit breadcrumb links, then you'll need an extension as you said, or some nifty JavaScript. Have you looked at any of these? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Breadcrumbs_extensions

AFAICS None of these seem to do it. Thanks, Aaron

Aaron Gray

3:04 a.m.

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On 20 August 2010 01:20, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 20 August 2010 01:00, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

G'day Aaron,

Yes, I already have subpages, what I want is the main title for the main page to be clickable.

OK, sorry, from your first post it sounded like you weren't getting the breadcrumb links underneath the page title, e.g. on: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/HyperText_Markup_Language/Tag_List/html

That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the actual title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ? I have MediaWiki 1.11.0 installed, do I need to update or is it an addon ?

...

AFAICS None of these seem to do it. Thanks, Aaron

Ross McKay

4:35 a.m.

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Aaron Gray wrote:

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That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the actual title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ?

You just need to configure subpages in your wiki by adding a couple of lines to LocalSettings.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages e.g. $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TALK] = true; But you have already said that you've done that. Can you check your LocalSettings.php file to make sure that you've done it for all of the namespaces where you want this?

...

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Breadcrumbs_extensions

AFAICS None of these seem to do it.

OK, no worries. Check your $wgNamespacesWithSubpages settings, so that at least you can get the standard breadcrumbs. Otherwise, maybe it's time to look into writing MediaWiki extensions :) -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Let the laddie play wi the knife - he'll learn" - The Wee Book of Calvin

Jean-Marc van Leerdam

7:56 a.m.

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Hi, On 20 August 2010 04:35, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

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Aaron Gray wrote:

That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the actual title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ?

You just need to configure subpages in your wiki by adding a couple of lines to LocalSettings.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages e.g. $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TALK] = true; But you have already said that you've done that. Can you check your LocalSettings.php file to make sure that you've done it for all of the namespaces where you want this?

And once the normal breadcumbs are working, you may be able to hide the title itself and visually improve the breadcrumbs to act as a surrogate page title through stylesheet settings (Mediawiki:Common.css): display:none for "h1 .firstHeading" and proper formatting for "span .subpages" and/or "span .subpages a" -- Regards, Jean-Marc -- . ___ . @@ // \\ "De Chelonian Mobile" . (_,\/ \_/ \ TortoiseSVN . \ \_/_\_/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control . /_/ \_\ http://tortoisesvn.net

Ross McKay

9:30 a.m.

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Jean-Marc van Leerdam wrote:

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Now that's clever thinking! Which is probably why it didn't occur to me... :) -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Under the big bright yellow sun" - Fat Boy Slim

Scheid, Bernhard

11:29 a.m.

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Just to repeat the question: We know that there is a page MediaWiki:Tagline which you can use to modify the tagline output. The only problem: internal links [[...]] are not parsed properly. Platonides suggested a function to do precisely that:

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To make that work, change at Skin.php wfMsgExt( 'tagline', 'parsemag' ) to wfMsgExt( 'bernhard-breadcrumbs', 'parse' ) and you will be able to add that code to MediaWiki:bernhard-breadcrumbs

So the problem seems to be the difference between "parsemag" and "parse" in the PHP code. However,Platonides function does not seem to work, at least in my environment (1.15). My system ignores all changes in the wfMsgExt(...) function at Skin.php. So the question is: How can I make the system recognize Platonides' function or else, what other function may influence the parsing of MediaWiki:Tagline (or its aliases)? Bernhard

Aaron Gray

3:46 p.m.

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On 20 August 2010 06:56, Jean-Marc van Leerdam <j.m.van.leerdam(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi, On 20 August 2010 04:35, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

Aaron Gray wrote: >That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the

actual

title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ?

You just need to configure subpages in your wiki by adding a couple of lines to LocalSettings.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages e.g. $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TALK] = true; But you have already said that you've done that. Can you check your LocalSettings.php file to make sure that you've done it for all of the namespaces where you want this?

Great yes I am on familiar ground now :) Aaron

Aaron Gray

3:45 p.m.

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On 20 August 2010 03:35, Ross McKay <rosko(a)zeta.org.au> wrote:

...

Aaron Gray wrote:

That's near enough exactly what I want, except for, to do it to the actual title line. That's standard on WikiBooks ? How do I get that on a normal MediaWiki instillation ?

You just need to configure subpages in your wiki by adding a couple of lines to LocalSettings.php: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages e.g. $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true; $wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_TALK] = true; But you have already said that you've done that. Can you check your LocalSettings.php file to make sure that you've done it for all of the namespaces where you want this?

Great that working fine now, did not work last time for some strange reason ?

...

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Breadcrumbs_extensions

AFAICS None of these seem to do it.

OK, no worries. Check your $wgNamespacesWithSubpages settings, so that at least you can get the standard breadcrumbs. Otherwise, maybe it's time to look into writing MediaWiki extensions :)

Thats great, thank alot. Aaron

Scheid, Bernhard

19 Aug 19 Aug

4:18 p.m.

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I once had a similar question, for Platonides' answer see below. Unfortunately, Platonides' advice, how to manipulate the tagline output, did not work. My software does not care about the function in Skin.php, but continues to use MediaWiki:Tagline (Which can be altered to some extent, though, if you first change the CSS to make the tagline = page subtitle visible). For an example, see my http://www.univie.ac.at/rel_jap/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Tagline I am still looking for a way to make these bread crumbs clickable. Probably I have to add something in order to make Platonides function work? Bernhard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Platonides Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. April 2010 13:31 An: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tagline ElScheid, Bernhard wrote:

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Sorry for yet another small problem: I discovered that it should be possible to turn the page subtitle (which is usually hidden by CSS) into a good way to show "breadcrumbs" adding some magic words to MediaWiki:Tagline. The only problem: Links are not parsed correctly, neither in Wikicode nor in HTML (actually both ways are not parsed at all). Example: {{SITENAME}} {{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} |

}}

{{#if: {{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 2 }} |

{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 2 }}

}} {{#if: {{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 3 }} |

{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 3 }}

}} Ideally, something like [[Main Page|{{SITENAME}}]], etc. should work. Any solution? Thx Bernhard

What do you have against the breadcrumbs that appear automatically on namespaces with subpages? To make that work, change at Skin.php wfMsgExt( 'tagline', 'parsemag' ) to wfMsgExt( 'bernhard-breadcrumbs', 'parse' ) and you will be able to add that code to MediaWiki:bernhard-breadcrumbs ***************************** -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Aaron Gray Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. August 2010 23:20 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Bread Crumbs and sub pages I was wondering if there is an extension to MediaWiki that adds either bread crumbs or ideally makes the "hierarchical" page links in to clickable links. Where I have a sub page with the page title :- Reference Manual/Base Types I want the "Reference Manual" bit to be a link back to the main Reference_Manual page Basically not having this is annoying as you have to either go back to the main page then select the "Reference Manual" page again. Either that or chop then end off the URL in the browser. If not how do I get at the variables in the MonoBook.php to implement this ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Aaron Gray

20 Aug 20 Aug

1:34 a.m.

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On 19 August 2010 15:18, Scheid, Bernhard <Bernhard.Scheid(a)oeaw.ac.at>wrote;wrote:

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Bernhard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Platonides Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. April 2010 13:31 An: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tagline ElScheid, Bernhard wrote:

Sorry for yet another small problem: I discovered that it should be possible to turn the page subtitle (which

is usually hidden by CSS) into a good way to show "breadcrumbs" adding some magic words to MediaWiki:Tagline. The only problem: Links are not parsed correctly, neither in Wikicode nor in HTML (actually both ways are not parsed at all).

Example: {{SITENAME}} {{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} |

}}

{{#if: {{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 2 }} |

{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 2 }}

}} {{#if: {{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 3 }} |

{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 3 }}

}} Ideally, something like [[Main Page|{{SITENAME}}]], etc. should work. Any

solution?

Thx Bernhard

What do you have against the breadcrumbs that appear automatically on namespaces with subpages? To make that work, change at Skin.php wfMsgExt( 'tagline', 'parsemag' ) to wfMsgExt( 'bernhard-breadcrumbs', 'parse' ) and you will be able to add that code to MediaWiki:bernhard-breadcrumbs ***************************** -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Aaron Gray Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. August 2010 23:20 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Bread Crumbs and sub pages I was wondering if there is an extension to MediaWiki that adds either bread crumbs or ideally makes the "hierarchical" page links in to clickable links. Where I have a sub page with the page title :- Reference Manual/Base Types I want the "Reference Manual" bit to be a link back to the main Reference_Manual page Basically not having this is annoying as you have to either go back to the main page then select the "Reference Manual" page again. Either that or chop then end off the URL in the browser. If not how do I get at the variables in the MonoBook.php to implement this ? Many thanks in advance, Aaron _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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