[Mediawiki-l] Use Special:UserLogin as Main Page

[Jason Spirko]

Rob:

I have taken the two files you provided, renamed them and placed them in the
following directory:

	./includes/SpecialMain.page.php
	./includes/SpecialMain.php

I have changed Mediawiki:Mainpage to point to Special:Main. I have not
changed my main page, so it is the default title "Main Page". When I try to
access a page anonymously, I am presented with a message stating:

	Login Required:
	You must log in to view other pages.

Can they be sent directly to the login page if they are not logged in?

Sorry for so many questions, I am very new to all this.

Thanks.

-----------------------------
Jason Spirko
Systems Administrator
Xoran Technologies Inc.
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rob Church
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:44 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Use Special:UserLogin as Main Page

On 30/07/07, Jim Wilson <wilson.jim.r at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd probably take it in this direction:

Just for shits 'n giggles, here's a third take on it -
http://wiki.anubite.co.uk/snippets/SpecialMain - files renamed to .txt to
avoid web server incompetence.

Set $wgRealMainPage to the title of the main page, and edit
MediaWiki:Mainpage, changing it to "Special:Main".

Note that in both the previous examples, the constructor has an invalid
name, and use of exit() is a bad idea.


Rob Church

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