Forum:Page Layout, how do I create another layout like Standard?

So, I am building my wiki (http://onibusdorio.wikia.com), and I wanted to create two new layouts, but not like layout builder, just like the standard layout, meaning that it has a few things already typed in, but the user has the choice to erase it, if he wants.

I tried to do it with layout builder, but only the fields I specify are editable by the user.

Is this possible? How do I do it? Thanks! Renato.lond 03:07, March 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes it's possible. You just have to direct the users to a new page which already has some preset content (preferably a template). Example : [ New Stub Page] (the page in the example will be closed for editing here on community, but should be fine on your wiki)


 * The link code is:

[ LINKNAME]


 * Where:
 * NAMEOFPAGE - is the article name of the new article, good idea would be to replace it with to allow the user to chose the article name
 * PRESETCONTENT - the content that will be loaded in the new article. For transparency it's good if it's a template
 * LINKNAME - What the link will say


 * Recently a related issue has been discussed here and you can see a working example of that preloader here, when you click on the "Episode Article" button (although it won't let you edit the page directed to, because it's a MediaWiki page).


 * The layout builder disappointed me, I couldn't make more complicated coding to work there (including templates), I couldn't edit the article in source mode and now, I can't even delete the page created with the builder. Until it gets more functional, I don't recommend using it at all. Sovq 06:52, March 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * That really helps, thanks! One more question, though. When creating new page, it has instructions, just like on your example. And it seems to work just fine, however, when I click on new page, it still show the form with "Standard Layout" and "Blank Page". I've seen that the wiki you showed as an example does not do this, how can I get rid of the form? Renato.lond 11:15, March 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can disable the new page pop-up in Special:Preferences->Editing->Disable Create Page pop-up. Oddly enough, I can't find this option here on Community Central, but it's there on other wikis in Special:Preferences. You can also customize the preloaded content (see MediaWiki:Newpagelayout) and the title (see MediaWiki:Createpage-dialog-format) of the "Standard Layout" option. But if you're asking how to disable the pop-up for all users then I'm wondering about that myslelf. I can't find any code on that wiki that would be related to it. Perhaps User:Eladkse has an answer for that. Sovq 11:45, March 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can't see it here on community because community doesn't have the createpage popups. The createpage popup is basically just a lightbox (image popup), and can be removed with a variation of the image popup killing script. But I'm pretty sure that disabling them for everyone is a ToU violation, but like most things if you cite a community discussion you can Special:Contact about it staff will remove it for you.