On 13/05/07, Mike xclbur5150@yahoo.com wrote:
What is a JavaScript helper function and how do I use it?
A "helper function" is just convenience code to do something that's otherwise a bit more complex. In this case, I'm referring to functions which add buttons to the toolbar. JavaScript is just the language these are written in.
Searched for common.js
No, "MediaWiki:Common.js" is a page which MediaWiki sends to the client to be processed as JavaScript on page views, in all recent release versions of the software. Code such as the example on the English Wikipedia web site can take advantage of this to, for example, call the code mentioned above to add edit buttons to the toolbar.
You'll want to "borrow" some of the code from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js and place the appropriate lines into the MediaWiki:Common.js page on your wiki, creating it if it doesn't exist. You will then most likely want to alter the code to change what buttons you're adding, images, etc.
Rob Church