[Mediawiki-l] How to add a Character Box

[Tim Ware]

I too successfully installed the CharInsert extention. Unfortunately,  
I missed the thread about how to retain the top row of edit buttons  
while adding the CharInsert. I had simply replaced Wikibits.js with  
the  new wikibits.js.

Is the CharInsert extension compatible with the top buttons? Thanks.

Tim

On Dec 11, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Christopher Merwin wrote:

> Many thanks for everyone’s quick replies!  I’ve managed to get it  
> working
> after some help from more than a few people and some directions.
>
> I followed the directions exactly as listed on:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CharInsert
>
> First download the "CharInsert.php" and place it into a new folder
> "CharInsert" in the Extensions sub-directory.
>
> Then I download the file "Wikibits.js", replacing the existing one  
> in the
> "/Skins/Common" folder.
>
> Finally open and modify the "LocalSettings.php" to include, at the  
> bottom,
> the line:
> require_once("$IP/extensions/CharInsert/CharInsert.php");
>
> and then replace the existing file on the server with the newly  
> modified
> one.
>
> Next the Wiki Sysop must go manually edit the "MediaWiki:Edittools"  
> page on
> _their own_ Wiki itself and copy the existing source code from
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Edittools
>
>
> The "MediaWiki:Edittools" page is normally locked and can only be  
> unlocked
> by the Wiki Sysop. (many thanks Jason!)
>
> ----------
> Unfortunately I still haven’t had any luck with the extra edit  
> buttons along
> the top of the edit row of the edit page.  I copied the  
> “Common.css” from
> Wikipedia’s MediaWiki:Common.css page and pasted it into a text  
> document,
> saving it as a .css.  I then replaced it with the “Common.css” on my
> server.  I noticed however that MediaWiki doesn’t install with  
> Common.js.  I
> went ahead and created it by taking the source code from Wikipedia’s
> “Common.js” and then placed it in the same directory as the  
> Common.css but
> so far I haven’t seen any changes.  Any recommendations?
>
> But, many thanks again!  Your help is really appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
>
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