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On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
> I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the
> bottom of the page...
> I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302
> 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."

You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages
on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when
logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.

These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time
from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to
Language.php are not showing up.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Thanks you. Is this some undocumented stuff? is there a
possibility to edit "templates" as well? for example...
how do i remove the "This page has been visited $1 times"
template from the main-page?

is there some proper documentation you can recommend?

kind regards, j.

===========================================
> Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <


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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Brion Vibber
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:33
An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki

On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
> I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom
> of the page...
> I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302
> 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."

You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on
your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged in as
a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.

These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time from
Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to Language.php
are not showing up.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Am Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:45:43 +0200 hat Juergen Jessenig
<jessenig@sofastar.at> geschrieben:

> Thanks you. Is this some undocumented stuff? is there a
> possibility to edit "templates" as well? for example...
> how do i remove the "This page has been visited $1 times"
> template from the main-page?
>
> is there some proper documentation you can recommend?

Just take the original :-)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide

--tic

http://glassdoc.org

>
> kind regards, j.
>
> ===========================================
>> Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org
> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Brion Vibber
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:33
> An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki
>
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
>> I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the bottom
>> of the page...
>> I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302
>> 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
>
> You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages on
> your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when logged
> in as
> a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
>
> These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time
> from
> Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to
> Language.php
> are not showing up.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
>
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What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that
making changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I
experimented by removing the file or deleting large portions
deliberately the whole wiki failed. So is this also because of
information from the database overwriting things?

I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the left.

Thanks,

Taneem T.


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:33:09 -0700, Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
> > I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the
> > bottom of the page...
> > I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302
> > 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
>
> You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages
> on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when
> logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
>
> These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time
> from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to
> Language.php are not showing up.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
>
>
>
>

ok, so now i know how to edit for example the template
"MediaWiki:Viewcount"
but... how can i remove the viewcount from the main page
footer?
that's what i can't find out...

tia, j.

===========================================
> Juergen Jessenig | jessenig@sofastar.at <


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Taneem A T
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004 21:53
An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Customizing mediawiki

What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that making
changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I experimented by
removing the file or deleting large portions deliberately the whole wiki
failed. So is this also because of information from the database overwriting
things?

I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the left.

Thanks,

Taneem T.


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:33:09 -0700, Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Juergen Jessenig wrote:
> > I just wanted to add some text to last modified section at the
> > bottom of the page...
> > I opened "Language.php" and inserted some words at line 302
> > 'lastmodified' => "bla bla bla This page..."
>
> You generally should not edit Language.php. Go to Special:Allmessages
> on your wiki for a complete list of customizable UI messages; when
> logged in as a sysop you can edit them through the wiki interface.
>
> These message pages are pulled into the database at installation time
> from Language.php and *override* it, so that's why your changes to
> Language.php are not showing up.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> MediaWiki-l mailing list
> MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
>
>
>
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On 20 Oct 2004, at 20:52, Taneem A T wrote:

> What about changing xhtml_slim.pt? I had the same problem in that
> making changes to this file did not get reflected. Yet when I
> experimented by removing the file or deleting large portions
> deliberately the whole wiki failed. So is this also because of
> information from the database overwriting things?
>
> I wanted to modify the links on the main navigational panel on the
> left.

Sounds like a cache issue, presumably in your browser; I've
(carefully!) tweaked xhtml_slim.pt to simplify the navigation panel
structure, and it behaves as I expect on my install.

Try a few refreshes?

--
Jonathan Sanderson
'If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.' (Pascal)