Perhaps http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Boilerplate would be more suitable for this problem. ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of The Gaiapedia, Wikia Graphical Entertainment Project, and Wiki-Tools.com Frederik Dohr wrote:

Two similar extensions .. Boilerplate - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Boilerplate BoilerplateSelection http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection Boilerplate uses 1 *template* to stuff text into every new page BoilerplateSelection uses the title of the article to determine the *template* to stuff into the article. DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Linus Chu Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 18:04 To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template Is there a way to put default text on every page so that every time someone creates an article, the default text will already be in the article? any help appreciated

<g> wish I had found this, I wouldn't have written BoilerplateSelection. Very similar in concept. Man you can look and look and look through the extensions and still miss bits DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hu Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:04 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template Another similar extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PagesOnDemand The templated page isn't created until someone clicks on a link to the page. PagesOnDemand looks at the page title for clues about what to use and can use different templates based on the patterns found in the page titles. PagesOnDemand has hooks for creating new pattern/ template responses. Jim Wilson and I wrote this (mostly Jim W). On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Dave Sigafoos wrote: ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

This is really great. I needed that. Thanks. But it gives me some troubles, maybe because i'm not a php guy so i'm sure i'm doing it wrong somewhere. I have implementet it like described in http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection and I have made two templates in our MediaWiki: Template:Boilerplate and Template:Serverskabelon (actually in Danish Skabelon:Boilerplate and Skabelon:Serverskabelon). I have then modified the file Localsettings.php like this $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Sandbox' => 'Boilerplate', 'Sandbox' => 'Serverskabelon'); Which is probably where the problem is (however, even the content is just $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Sandbox' => 'Serverskabelon'); it still have the content of the Template:Boilerplate, probably because this is default). As I understand it, it is the title of the document that is used to determine the template. So I understand this as I will have to make an address like this http://MyWiki.Mysite.dk/MyWiki/index.php?title=Serverskabelon_mydocument&am… But still every document I make contains the text from the standard Boilerplate How exactly do I have to do to make it work, and (if i'm totally off track) how exactly do I get to select between the templates (examples is appreciated). Henrik Rasmussen -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] På vegne af Linus Chu Sendt: 23. juli 2007 23:12 Til: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Emne: Re: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template works great! Dave Sigafoos &lt;davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com&gt; wrote: Two similar extensions .. Boilerplate - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Boilerplate BoilerplateSelection http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection Boilerplate uses 1 *template* to stuff text into every new page BoilerplateSelection uses the title of the article to determine the *template* to stuff into the article. DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Linus Chu Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 18:04 To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template Is there a way to put default text on every page so that every time someone creates an article, the default text will already be in the article? any help appreciated _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Jim is right .. 'Changes to LocalSettings.php' shows this require_once("$IP/extensions/Boilerplateselection/Boilerplateselection.php"); global $wgBoilerPlateAry; $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Sandbox' => 'Boilerplate'); Here, anytime the word 'Sandbox' is found in the article it will looke for a template called 'Boilerplate' and use that text as the seed. Here is the one we are currently using .. # dsig 12jun07 rights overwritten - user cannot move page require_once("extensions/boilerplateselection.php"); global $wgBoilerPlateAry; $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Technical' => 'TechnicalDesign', 'Scope' => 'Scope'); In this case when it finds the word 'Technical' it will use the template TechnicalDesign. When it finds the word 'Scope' it will use the template 'Scope'. Hope this clears it up. Sorry about that. I will update the document to be more clear. DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy 206-770-5585 davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Henrik Rasmussen Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:25 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template This is really great. I needed that. Thanks. But it gives me some troubles, maybe because i'm not a php guy so i'm sure i'm doing it wrong somewhere. I have implementet it like described in http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection and I have made two templates in our MediaWiki: Template:Boilerplate and Template:Serverskabelon (actually in Danish Skabelon:Boilerplate and Skabelon:Serverskabelon). I have then modified the file Localsettings.php like this $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Sandbox' => 'Boilerplate', 'Sandbox' => 'Serverskabelon'); Which is probably where the problem is (however, even the content is just $wgBoilerPlateAry = array('Sandbox' => 'Serverskabelon'); it still have the content of the Template:Boilerplate, probably because this is default). As I understand it, it is the title of the document that is used to determine the template. So I understand this as I will have to make an address like this http://MyWiki.Mysite.dk/MyWiki/index.php?title=Serverskabelon_mydocument&am… But still every document I make contains the text from the standard Boilerplate How exactly do I have to do to make it work, and (if i'm totally off track) how exactly do I get to select between the templates (examples is appreciated). Henrik Rasmussen -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] På vegne af Linus Chu Sendt: 23. juli 2007 23:12 Til: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Emne: Re: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template works great! Dave Sigafoos &lt;davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com&gt; wrote: Two similar extensions .. Boilerplate - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Boilerplate BoilerplateSelection http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection Boilerplate uses 1 *template* to stuff text into every new page BoilerplateSelection uses the title of the article to determine the *template* to stuff into the article. DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Linus Chu Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 18:04 To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] automatic template Is there a way to put default text on every page so that every time someone creates an article, the default text will already be in the article? any help appreciated _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l