We did the following in our 1.2.6 installation (Skin.php):

function getExternalLinkAttributes( $link, $text ) { global $wgUser, $wgOut, $wgLang;

$link = urldecode( $link ); $link = $wgLang->checkTitleEncoding( $link ); $link = str_replace( "_", " ", $link ); $link = wfEscapeHTML( $link );

if ( $wgOut->isPrintable() ) { $r = " class='printable'"; } else { $r = " class='external'"; }

if ( 1 == $wgUser->getOption( "hover" ) ) { # $r .= " title="{$link}""; $r .= " target="_new" title="{$link}""; } return $r; }

Please note that this approach allows the user to override the behavior by disabling 'Show hoverbox over wiki links' in the user preferences.

Not a perfect hack perhaps, but it suits us fine.

Best Regards,

JT

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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:00:51 -0400 From: "Jon Kenoyer" jonk@op2s.com Subject: [Mediawiki-l] collection of dumb questions To: mediawiki-l@wikimedia.org Message-ID: opsd2prpyzw9v1w3@work Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15

Hi I am very happy with mediawiki so far. I got it up and running pretty easy but now have two questions that I can't find answers for in the documentation or mailing list.

Question 1: I would like the have the same skin as the mediawiki and encyclopedia site. Especially with the tabs across the top. However in LocalSettings.php only cologneblue works for $wgDefaultSkin = 'cologneblue'; If I set it to something else the default skin appears. Is monobook the skin that mediawiki uses?

Question 2: Is there anyway to reference the contents of another page to be included inline in the current page? I have a collection of pages that I would like to have a link with the option to view all the pages compiled into one page.

Question 3: How do I make an external link open in a separate window instead of the current wiki window?