Message: 10
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:03:07 +0100
From: "Rob Church" <robchur(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] portal namespace
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On 15/08/06, Mr Scsi <mrscsi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have 1.7.1 running with a fairly generic
installation.
I tried following the instructions at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions
But my test portal page never develops like it should.
Do I need to enable a portal namespace? (if so how)
Does it need subpages enabled? (again how)
Assuming no other custom namespaces...
$wgExtraNamespaces[100] = "Portal";
$wgExtraNamespaces[101] = "Portal_talk";
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages[100] = true;
...placed in LocalSettings.php should do it. You'll need to run
maintenance/namespaceDupes.php to update the database so the existing
pages are moved from article space to the Portal namespace.
I added those 3 lines and ran the dups script:
... 1942 (0,"Portal:Topic") -> (100,"Topic") [[Portal:Topic]]
... 1946 (0,"Portal:Topic/box-footer") -> (100,"Topic/box-footer")
[[Portal:Topic/box-footer]]
... 1945 (0,"Portal:Topic/box-header") -> (100,"Topic/box-header")
[[Portal:Topic/box-header]]
Checking namespace 101: "Portal_talk"
... no conflicts detected!
Looks good!
I went back and checked out my page and it still looks odd, not like the
example given on the instructions page.
In the article I see the portal template code.
Now I'm wondering if I'm missing templates? Or some template configureation?