Extension:NamespacePreload
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Page action |
Description | Preloads templates on new pages based on their namespace |
Author(s) | Ostrzycieltalk |
Latest version | 1.2.0 |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | 1.30+ (I think) |
PHP | 7.3+ |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | GitLab: Note: |
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The NamespacePreload extension lets you define text that should be preloaded on new pages in a certain namespace. This can be useful if you want to enforce some categorization style, or make all pages in a namespace use a certain template.
Pre-save transforms can be optionally applied before showing the edit page to the user. See: Configuration.
Installation
edit- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
NamespacePreload
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'NamespacePreload' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
edit- $wgNamespacePreloadDoExpansion
- Whether to expand templates of the preloaded text. Default is true.
- $wgNamespacePreloadDoPreSaveTransform
- Whether to apply pre-save transforms to the preloaded text before showing the edit page to the user. Default is false.
Usage
editTo define text that should be preloaded for a namespace first you have to determine the namespace ID.
Please refer to the MediaWiki docs on how to do this.
Once you obtain your namespace ID simply create a page by the following name: MediaWiki:Preload-namespace-<namespace ID>
.
For example, if you want to define a preload for the main namespace (ID 0), you should save it to this page: MediaWiki:Preload-namespace-0
.
Template expansion
editWhen $wgNamespacePreloadDoExpansion is set to true (the default value), all templates in the preload message will be expanded before displaying the edit form. You can disable that for all namespaces using this configuration setting.
You can also disable expansion selectively using a trick: let's say your preload message is {{SomeTemplate}}
.
Create a new template, (let's call it Template:Lbraces) with the following content: {{
.
Then, in your preload text replace all occurences of {{
with {{Lbraces}}
, so instead of {{SomeTemplate}}
you would have {{Lbraces}}SomeTemplate}}
.
This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |