OpenWetWare:Software/Extensions/HeaderFooter

HeaderFooter Extension

Origin

See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Header_Footer for original extension.

This also uses a second extension, ArticleCacheClass, by the same author.

This extension currently (11-27-2007) is being used to display a message regarding surveys. The previous extension used for this, SpecialHeader, was not reliable.

Use

Namespace Headers

To modify the contents of the displayed header, do it here:

   Template:SurveyHeader

Namespaces Using This Extension

This template is used by 2 other pages:

For the main namespace: header For the project (OpenWetWare) namespace: OpenWetWare:Header

LocalSettings.php

The following code needs to be added to enable the notice for a namespace AFTER the include of the extension files:

$hfObj->setNsParams(<namespace constant>, array('enable'=>true)); // enable header for a specific namespace

Current Namspaces used:

$hfObj->setNsParams(NS_MAIN, array('enable'=>true)); // enable for the main namespace $hfObj->setNsParams(NS_PROJECT, array('enable'=>true)); // enable for the project (OpenWetWare) namespace

Namespaces

Defined namespaces to use:

NS_MAIN

NS_TALK

NS_USER

NS_USER_TALK

NS_PROJECT

NS_PROJECT_TALK

NS_IMAGE

NS_IMAGE_TALK

NS_MEDIAWIKI

NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK

NS_TEMPLATE

NS_TEMPLATE_TALK

NS_HELP

NS_HELP_TALK

NS_CATEGORY

NS_CATEGORY_TALK

Problems

• You must bracket all headers with the <wikionly></wikionly> tags.
  • This will keep the headers from being generated on dewikified pages for individual labs.
• The <wikionly> tags may not be used in templates.
  • They should be on the headers themselves.
  • Still not clear why.
• There should be at least one blank line after the </nowiki> tag in the header.
  • If this is not present, the first line of the page upon which the header is displayed will NOT be interpreted as wiki text.
• All Header tags should be protected.