Forum:Sitenotice questions and issues


 * note: this was moved from another page

How would I implement this "site notice"?WifiShadow 17:59, August 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Edit the 'system' page on your wiki called MediaWiki:sitenotice which pop up a short message to user's when they visit the site which they can dismiss once read. Remember to remove when problem fixed. Note: only admins can edit it. (the "MediaWiki:" name space contains all sorts of system message pages and other functions used to customise the site) - BulldozerD11 18:51, August 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * On the left of your wiki where the menu, etc. is, there's a link marked "Help". This is the help section for your wiki, so click it. When you get to the "Help" page, click "Beyond the Basics", then click the link marked "Help index". You'll see a link there called "Site Notice--click that, then click the link marked "Mediawiki:sitenotice" because that is where you can work with Site notices for your wiki. Follow what the section, "How does the site notice work?" tells you to do, and you'll be able to put up a Site Notice that will display on all of your wiki's pages.


 * We hope 19:30, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind, I created the Site Notice issue as a separate section. With regards to this, I diverted the WikiGardener front page as the site was named "WikiGardener Wiki" when it was first created, so I made a redirect to a page titled "WikiGardener" as that was the intended name. As a result site notices do not appear on this page. How do I change the site's main page over? And while we're on the subject, does anyone know how to change it so that it doesn't say "WikiGardener Wiki" on any pasted links to the site and page names in browser tabs? OllieMartin 21:29, August 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * http://gardener.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Main_page#Can_I_call_my_main_page_something_else.3F
 * http://gardener.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Pagetitle


 * Obviously I need to read the help files a bit more! Thank you OllieMartin 10:04, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

How do I get the site notice to show back up one it's been dismissed? WifiShadow 11:34, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * You would need to update you're Wiki's mediawiki:Sitenotice id, and it should show again. Or, try clearing cookies/cache, that should make the solution for just yourself. — Muzzy34 (talk) 12:25, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks the Sitenotice_id did the trick, What exactly is the id for? WifiShadow 12:49, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * In theory I would venture a guess as to say the MediaWiki:Sitenotice id is to keep track of how many sitenotices you issued, if your sitenotice changes and the id does not then you will not see the sitenotice so you would bump the id up +1 with each new sitenotice change (thus able to see how many different sitenotice messages you have given out over a span of time). -- 16:35, August 7, 2010 (UTC)