[Mediawiki-l] How to add a Character Box
Tim Ware
tim at hyperarts.com
Wed Dec 13 17:05:02 UTC 2006
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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