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* MediaWiki interface pages need to be created for all supported languages (in the form of {{code|MediaWiki:Langlink-xx}}). This is necessary since [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] won't understand templates or redirects, etc. | * MediaWiki interface pages need to be created for all supported languages (in the form of {{code|MediaWiki:Langlink-xx}}). This is necessary since [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] won't understand templates or redirects, etc. | ||
| − | * Each {{code|MediaWiki:Langlink-xx}} page should have the text {{tlx|mw-langlink|xx}}. Since these interface pages ''can'' understand templates, {{tl|mw-langlink}} will output {{code|BASEPAGENAME/xx}} if the page exists, and simply {{code|-}} if it doesn't, which will hide the item altogether. | + | * Each {{code|MediaWiki:Langlink-xx}} page should have the text {{tlx|mw-langlink|xx}}. Since these interface pages ''can'' understand templates, {{tl|mw-langlink}} will output {{code|BASEPAGENAME/xx}} if the page exists, and simply "{{code|-}}" if it doesn't, which will hide the item altogether. |
* [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] should be updated to include the code on [[User:Seb26/langlink-display]]. | * [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] should be updated to include the code on [[User:Seb26/langlink-display]]. | ||
Revision as of 23:16, 3 September 2010
Languages in sidebar
I've done some testing and found a way to display the language links in {{Languages}} directly in the sidebar. If all goes well this should directly replace that template. There are a few things that are needed for this to work.
- MediaWiki interface pages need to be created for all supported languages (in the form of
MediaWiki:Langlink-xx). This is necessary since MediaWiki:Sidebar won't understand templates or redirects, etc. - Each
MediaWiki:Langlink-xxpage should have the text{{mw-langlink|xx}}. Since these interface pages can understand templates,{{mw-langlink}}will outputBASEPAGENAME/xxif the page exists, and simply "-" if it doesn't, which will hide the item altogether. - MediaWiki:Sidebar should be updated to include the code on User:Seb26/langlink-display.
- Known issues
- Does not appear to work in any namespace apart from the Article space. Therefore unless this is fixed, non-article pages should continue to use
{{languages}}.
