[Mediawiki-l] Change the 'you must login' URL?

[Jim Wilson]

> Is there an easy way to change this to make it consistent with the other
> link? I am looking to change it to a hard coded URL (mydomain.com) which I
> understand will lose the previous page info.

Yes there is.  To do so, log in as a Sysop and go to the article called
"MediaWiki:Whitelistedittext".

One easy way to get there is to search for this string using the "Go" button
- then choose the "create this page" link from the search results page.

The edit box should be preloaded with this text:

    You have to $1 to edit pages.

Change this to the following:

    You have to <span class="plainlinks">[http://mydomain.com log in]</span>
to edit pages.

Save the page with your changes. That's it!

In general, when you want to change static text that appears in the wiki,
that text is stored in a system message that can be overridden via an
article in the MediaWiki namespace (as above).

To see a list of all such system messages, check out "Special:Allmessages".

Hope this helps.

-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)

On 3/17/07, Paul Coghlan <pcoghlan at usa.net> wrote:
>
>
> I have installed the AuthDrupal extension for Drupal integration and all
> is
> working fine now but I still have a login message I need to change.
>
> The 'login/create account' link in the top right has successfully been
> redirected to take the visitor the Drupal registration page.
>
> However, when I view pages and attempt to edit them whilst logged out I
> receive a message "You have to log in to edit pages." This is in the
> mideel
> of the screen/page. It directs me to :
>
> Special:Userlogin&returnto=PageWhereIAmNow.
>
> Is there an easy way to change this to make it consistent with the other
> link? I am looking to change it to a hard coded URL (mydomain.com) which I
> understand will lose the previous page info.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
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