Forum:Default Page

When you create a new page, and use the layout option, It provides you with a default layout. Is there a way to change this layout itself? -- 04:20, September 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure is. Just edit MediaWiki:Newpagelayout if you're an admin. -- 04:53, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks -- 15:42, September 20, 2010 (UTC)

Choice of several new page layouts
Is it possible to offer a selection of 'standard' new page layouts from the popup by selecting in a bullet list or having a number of new page 'type' buttons on the page ? - BulldozerD11 20:20, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not in the current system. --Uberfuzzy 05:33, September 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank Uberfuzzy,


 * Related Question - Is there a way of having create page button that offers several options then, [as along time ago I started to try to adapt a page created from a template from the Marvel Database Wiki that gave a number of different options (but abandoned it as my understanding of conditional wiki coding was not up to it)]. Is it possible to add a add /create new page button to every page in the main name space ? (as a way of getting multiple page layout options offered to users wishing to add a new page) - BulldozerD11 11:31, September 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * You could try the Vault's method. As you can see, they removed the normal "create article" link from the sidebar and added a row with links to their custom article creation pages. They also made a custom Monaco-toolbox with a link to the article creation page. Their method uses preloaded templates to provide format for new articles. ~ Gardimuer { ʈalk } 14:35, September 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks I'll look at that. I customised 'my' wiki toolbox a long time ago, and some of the earlier sand box trials used a 'preloaded template', so i think i get the general 'structure' of the method, I just had problems getting some items to transfere correctly (categories and other templates/Navboxes which depended on the pages name/content). - BulldozerD11 20:02, September 21, 2010 (UTC)

Another Question
How can you change the "Create a new page" button, so that it redirects to something like this? MontagnaMagica | Talk 02:27, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * On the Vault, they have moved the Create article link into the side bar toolbox, on of the 'MediaWiki system' pages. - MediaWiki:Monaco-toolbox which contains a list of links :-

* The Vault:Create article|Create article * Special:CreateBlogPage|Create blog post * Special:Upload|Upload image * recentchanges-url|recentchanges * randompage-url|randompage * specialpages-url|specialpages * whatlinkshere|whatlinkshere
 * The link points to the project page "The Vault:Create article" which contains a template which creates the menu box of options. There is also a expanding menu link in the Sidebar, to offer direct access to the main page types.


 * What I've not figured out yet is were the default page link to create a new page is removed from, as it normally appears below the Monaco-sidebar menu and above the Monaco-toolbox, along with the post a blog link (but do not appear in some page types version of the side bar). Also note there are equivalent monobook versions of the menu and sidebar for users of the monobook skin option. —This unsigned comment is by BulldozerD11 (talk • contribs) 13:30, 2010 September 22. Please sign your posts with !


 * They remove that with the following code:

margin-top: 1px; display: none; }
 * 1) link_box_dynamic ul {

padding: 0 4px; }
 * 1) link_box_dynamic td {
 * It is in their Monaco.css, under the "Navigation widget - hide dynamic linkbox" heading. ~ Gardimuer { ʈalk } 19:14, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks - no wonder I could not spot it with a name like that (totally different to the links)!! - BulldozerD11 20:16, September 22, 2010 (UTC)