[Mediawiki-l] CharInsert-extension problem

[Birger]

Thanks for your help! I reverted my skin-touching blunder, just
downloaded the PHP script file (instead of copy pasting it into a .php
file) and reuploaded it...now everything is running smoothly...

Kind regards,
Birger





> 1. You might not have copied a real PHP script file, for starters
> 2. You didn't need to touch the skins, and should NEVER just snarf
> files off Wikipedia
> 3. If $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false; then editing the MediaWiki
> namespace has no effect
>
> Revert back in time to the point where all those changes are undone,
> and give the following a shot:
>
> 1. Save the contents of
> http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/CharInsert/CharInsert.php?revision=14995
> into a CharInsert.php file, and place this in /path/to/wiki/extensions
> 2. Edit LocalSettings.php, and near the end, add "require_once(
> 'extensions/CharInsert.php' );"
> 3. Check the wiki hasn't fallen over and died
> 4. If not using the MediaWiki namespace, edit languages/Messages.php,
> find the message "edittools" and add something like
>
> <charinsert>a b c d e f g</charinsert>
>
> to it, replacing the example characters above with whatever's
> difficult to type for your users.
>
> 5. Attempt to edit a page and see if the little box pops up near the bottom