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Wiki configuration: software

Wiki configuation: within wiki itself (via sysop) - Changing the overall wiki appearance

The Side bar menu

Edit the left 'navigation' sidebar: Mediawiki:Sidebar

Images used in layout

The top left logo: Image:Recoup trans 150.png

The background image: Image:Headbg.jpg‎

Changing page appearances: Templates

See Help:Templates. Templates are also listed in the Category:Templates.

Additional Javascript and css

See MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css.

Modifications of MediaWiki:Common.css:

  • Hide the page titles for manual pages. When changing or removing page title of manual pages, the css needs to be adjusted to keep the page title hidden.

Modifications of MediaWiki:Common.js:

  • Added extra buttons to edit menu.

Modifications to MediaWiki:Monobook.css:

  • background: #FEFAF2 url(../../images/a/a6/Headbg.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;

Extensions and modifications to the source code

https://oer.opendeved.net/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=RECOUP/site/Help/Wiki Configuration

Customisation of LocalSettings.php

# Wiki appearance:
$wgLogo = "http://www.ict4e.net/wiki_source/images/d/dd/Recoup_logo_countries.jpg";
$wgLogo = "http://new-www.mediaplayer.group.cam.ac.uk/wiki/images/4/49/Recoup_trans_150.png";
$wgFavicon = "/wiki/favicon.ico";
# Add subpages to NS_MAIN:
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_MAIN] = true;
# Custom written file-size extension:
require_once("extensions/FileSize.php");
# Google Analytics Extension:
require_once( "$IP/extensions/googleAnalytics/googleAnalytics.php" );
$wgGoogleAnalyticsAccount = "UA-5575628-1";
# Optional Variables (both default to true)
$wgGoogleAnalyticsIgnoreSysops = false;
$wgGoogleAnalyticsIgnoreBots = false;
# While testing, stop caching:
$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
$wgMessageCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
$wgParserCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
$wgCachePages = false;
# User settings:
$wgEmailConfirmToEdit = true;
# http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions
$wgDefaultUserOptions['numberheadings' ] = 1;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['enotifwatchlistpages'] = 1;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['enotifusertalkpages'] = 1;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['enotifminoredits'] = 1;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['justify'] = 1;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['imagesize'] = 0;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['thumbsize'] = 0;


MonoBook.php

foreach($this->data['content_actions'] as $key => $tab) 
   if($this->data['loggedin']==1 || preg_match('/^nstab\-/',$key) || $key == "talk") {
foreach($this->data['personal_urls'] as $key => $item) 
   if($this->data['loggedin']==1 || ($key != 'anontalk' && $key != 'anonuserpage') ) {

Extension: FileSize

See http://www.ict4e.net/wiki/Mediawiki_file_size for examples and information.


Cc-by-nc-sa-narrow.png Singal, N., and Jeffery, R. (2008). Qualitative Research Skills Workshop: A Facilitator's Reference Manual, http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/RECOUP, Cambridge: RECOUP (Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, http://recoup.educ.cam.ac.uk/). CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. (original page)