Last modified: 2006-01-24 00:41:55 UTC
I need a default text for new articles that go in the edit box, but I could figure it out from the documentation and the php source. I find a solution that works for me, and should be interesting for other users, too - but I'm actually not sure what I'm doing and if it does affect security or functionality. In Article.php I changed line 183 in function getContent() return ''; # was "newarticletext", now moved above the box) into return wfMsg( 'fs_default' ); # was "newarticletext", now moved above the box) Now, I can write my defaut text in an article "MediaWiki:fs_default". which will show up in the textarea wbtextbox1 of the editing tool, whenever I run into a non existing article. Is that a good idea? It would be even nicer if one could define a default text for every article level Regards, Frank
See also these similar requests with patches/extensions: * bug 1045 : default text from a template (file) * bug 2286 : default text from a template using a form-generating extension
The inputbox extension would indeed do the trick http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inputbox_extension But where can one find it? I didnt find any download for the correspondent php file to go in the extension folder of my 1.5 beta 3 installation. I tried http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions and Google seriously. And why is this no core feature? I understand that people fear interference of default texts with the philosophy of open Wikipedias. But you can always delete the text in the edit box. And default text helps the users to get used to the Wiki mark up syntax, especially when dealing with highly structured types of information that use advanced mark up features. Frank
Ok - I found it, and it works. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/extensions/inputbox/ I will see if I can place more obvious a hint where to find those extensions Regards, Frank
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2286 ***
