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Virtually everything about this wiki's interface can be customized, although only [[sysop]]s or [[bureaucrat]]s can make the changes. ==Interface text== The text in all messages, sidebars, and so on, is customizable. To see a list of the variables that control it and their current values, select '''[http://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/Special:Allmessages System messages]''' from '''Special pages'''. ===Left navigation boxes=== [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] defines the layout of the upper left navigation box. Sysops can change the displayed text, change the links, or add or remove elements or sections. Defined in [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]], with format similar to this: <pre> * navigation <!-- "navigation" section; title is in MediaWiki:navigation --> ** mainpage|mainpage ** topcatg-url|topcatg ** portallist-url|portallist ** portal-url|portal <!-- ** currentevents-url|currentevents --> ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** randompage-url|randompage ** helppage|help ** sitesupport-url|sitesupport * resources <!-- "public collada resources" section; title is in MediaWiki:resources --> ** forum-url|forum ** bugs-url|bugs ** hostsite-url|hostsite</pre> To find the ''label'' that appears as a link in the left navbar, look at the content of the article named ''after'' the vertical bar--e.g., [[MediaWiki:forum]]. To find the destination URL or link for for that label, look at the content of the article named ''before'' the vertical bar--e.g., for forum-url, look at article [[MediaWiki:forum-url]]. ===toolbox=== The content of the left-side toolbox is controlled in the wiki skin .php files (for security, I suppose); e.g., in Monobook.php, the default skin. However, the toolbox link text is still defined in MediaWiki in a similar way to the navigation box. For example: * title: [[MediaWiki:toolbox]] * What links here text: [[MediaWiki:whatlinkshere]] * Printable version text: [[MediaWiki:printableversion]] ==Software extensions== The MediaWiki software is designed with primarily [[Wikipedia]] and its sister projects in mind, so there are many areas that the software doesn't support. Individuals have contributed extensions to the software that can be installed locally; COLLADA wiki has installed some. To find out which, go to '''Special pages''' in the toolbox and click '''[[Special:Version|Version]]'''. Installed extensions: *Special pages: **[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Prefix_Security Groups Administration] (note that the link installed and displayed in the Special:Version page is incorrect for this and the following extension as of 14:09, 13 June 2007 (PDT); this is the correct link): Supposed to enable edit control (security) by placing users into groups... along with... **[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Prefix_Security PrefixAdministration]: Supposed to allow you to define a pagename prefix and then specify edit/read rights by user or group for that prefix, but it doesn't seem to work. **[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Newest_Pages Newest Pages]: Displays list on [[Main Page]]. *Parser hooks: **[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions ParserFunctions]: Provides conditionals and similar constructs in [[wiki template]]s. *Extension functions: **wfSetupParserFunctions, efNewestPages, efGroupsAdministration and efPrefixAdministration *Parser extension tags: ** (none) Hooks: *LanguageGetMagic: wfParserFunctionsLanguageGetMagic *ParserClearState: (ExtParserFunctions, clearState) ==To do== List here things that you'd like to see addressed in the wiki interface. ===Searching=== * Can we set default search to include Help and COLLADA [[namespace]]s? * There seems to be something odd about the default search and not sure whether it's configurable. For example, "accessor" finds entirely different articles than "accessors" and whereas I in fact expected "*accessor*" to do better, it didn't. Need to research this--this might be an indexing problem, as "accessor" finds many articles with that as a partial word but still not finding [[Using accessors]] article. *Maybe we want to set search size to 3 chars instead of 4. Seems like there'll be a lot of TLAs that people might want to search for--"DOM", "XSI", and so on. ===Other=== * Define processes for adding, reviewing, approving(?) [[Portal:Tutorials]]. ''DONE 5/16ish by Elf'' * Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions MediaWiki parser functions] so easier to do conditional templates. ''DONE 5/18 by Roger.'' * Possibly install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Prefix_Security Extension prefix security] to allow providers of plug-ins to edit info about their plug-ins but others to only read it. ==External links== * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikimedia user guide] * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list] * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Allmessages Interface text list] * [http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] [[Category:Wiki administration]]

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