Help:System messages

System Messages 

Systems Messages provide a means for customising the look and feel of a wiki. Because their impact is system wide only admins and above normally have access to them. Others may look, but they may not edit.

Appearance

 * Monobook.css - The global stylesheet for your wiki.
 * Monobook.js  - ?
 * Tagline      - Just below the main heading of each page, there is a tagline just under the line. This controls the text of that tagline.

File Management
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These relate to the renaming of files, which is done by moving a file from one name to another.

Labels

 * Contribslink - Default value="Contribs". Controls one of the labels used in the Recent Changes report.


 * Contribsub - Default value="For $1". This label used by the User Contributions report.
 * History - Default value="Page history". In the Recent Changes report, each page listed has an option labeled Page history. This is where the label is controlled.
 * Hr tip - Default value="Horizontal line (use sparingly)". This controls a tool tip in the Editing Screen.
 * Toc - Default value="Contents". Shows up anytime a table of contents is automatically generated as part of an article.

Navigation
sidebar - This controls the navigation box on the left hand side of the screen.

Mainpage - Set the official Main Page for the Wiki.

Message Texts
Why would you want to muck with these messages? Probably you wouldn't. Exceptions would be to improved readability from the standpoint of your target audience. Particularly if you expect them to be accustomed to a language different from the defaults.

addedwatchtext - Text to be displayed when a user has chosen to watch a new page.

Sitenotice - This has a special purpose. It is usually used for making announcements. Whatever is placed in it will go above the page title.

Page Headings
These only affect the page headings of certain messages that are displayed to users when they have done something.

addedwatch - This shows up anytime a logged in user adds a page to their watch list.

allmessages - Default heading for this page is "System messages"

Contributions - Heading for the page that lists all edits made by a given user. The change will also show up in the Toolbox when relevant.

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