On 19/12/05, Jan Vanoverpelt jan.vanoverpelt@gmail.com wrote:
After installation of the Mediawiki-software, I changed the default "English" language into Dutch by changing $wgLanguageCode in localsettings.php AND by setting $wgUseDatabaseMessages=false in defaultsettings.php (the latter had to be done in order to see the changes, like is indicated in the Mediawiki-FAQ).
Hm, you're the second person recently to misunderstand / not fully appreciate the effect of $wgUseDatabaseMessages, perhaps some documentation needs clarifying somewhere... By setting this option, you have switched off the "MediaWiki:" namespace, so that interface messages will be taken straight from the (in your case) LanguageNl.php file.
neither can I change the content of the navigation bar.
This is where the misunderstanding comes in - you can change whatever you like, _by changing the LanguageNl.php file_. It's not as easy as using the wiki-based way, obviously, but you just need to find and change the "'sidebar' =>" line in that file. You'll also have to be careful not to overwrite your changes when upgrading, but as a compromise this seems workable.
to run the script rebuildMessages.php in the maintenance-folder.
If you could manage to do this, you would be able to switch $wgDatabaseMessages back to true (in fact, you may need to do so first), but whether executing with your FTP program will work, I don't know. I think that script requires some command-line arguments (view the source for what), and you'll also need to create an "AdminSettings.php" file (see "AdminSettings.sample").
-- Rowan Collins BSc [IMSoP]