mediawiki....

[sandyd]

how do you add stuff (such as warnings) to a page?
Is it an extension, or do it code it manually?

For example, here in wikipedia, they have a warning about Music only relating to europe .etc.etc.etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
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Another thing

how to i add the bar on the right hand side (see link below) such as in wikipedia? I mean the bar that shows the picture, the description and everything

Is it also an extension, or do it code it manually?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramore

[simeon87]

On Wikipedia they use templates for such messages at the top. A template is simply another page that is placed in the current page. In the source, it says:



{{Globalize/Europe}}


The {{ and }} indicate that the content of the template Globalize/Europe (actually an ordinary page in the namespace Template) will be placed here. The template itself can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Globalize/Europe.

The bar on the right is the same thing, it's a template. They're also called infoboxes. In this case, the source of that wiki page contains:



{{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Paramore
| Img = Paramore rio.jpg
| Img_capt = Paramore at the [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], in October 24, 2008.
...


Once again, the {{ }} denote a template being placed in the page. The name of the template is Infobox Musical artist and the parameters are separated by vertical bars. What parameters a template has, can usually be found on the page of the template itself, in this case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_Musical_artist.

Extensions are used when you want to extend the functionality/features of the MediaWiki software but that's not needed here. Also, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template for more information about templates.

[sandyd]

Thanks!

[sandyd]

but could someone help me with the stuff thats actually... in the template?

wikipedia locked the templates so i can't use the edit function to see the codes they used.

[simeon87]

but could someone help me with the stuff thats actually... in the template?

wikipedia locked the templates so i can't use the edit function to see the codes they used.

When a template is locked, the 'Edit this page' link disappears but a 'View source' appears so you can always see the source of a page, you just can't always edit it.

[sandyd]

When a template is locked, the 'Edit this page' link disappears but a 'View source' appears so you can always see the source of a page, you just can't always edit it.

ahh, thanks for clarifying that


never saw that one comming.....

[sandyd]

I was just thinking of an easier way, such as linking the templates to wikipedia

ive heard (and done) interwiki linking, BUT is there some way i can .... display the entire page im linking instead of leaving just a link?

(yes, im being lazy)