Thread:Project:Forum/How can i create page specific sidebar menu items/reply (2)

Thanks Calvia,

I've installed the vector UsabilityInitiative extension and also enabled the Vector collapsible side menus, which work well. All apart from the fact that the first menu is always expanded no matter what i try to do. Any advice welcomed?

I tried a few other extensions to see whether i could imitate the way i can do things in Drupal which is to be able to create a new page and menu link at the same time and also decide on its weight. I also wanted to try to be able to have the similar capability that i have in Drupal whereby i can create custom menu blocks that are switched on or off for specific pages or taxonomy terms and it seems Mediawiki cannot offer anything like it.

In summary i have found that if i want to do this i have to create a custom template for specific pages and insert the specific menu code there, this way whenever i want a particular menu displayed on a page i can choose it from the multiboilerplateselection extension that i have installed. It works well but when you have over 200 countries to create templates for it becomes a huge amount of work when bearing in mind i have an introduction page and standard page for every country that needs to be created. This means over 400 different templates are being stored ready to call as and when required.

I have found Mediawiki to lack very basic tools that are required for categorisation theming and menu creation. It also lacks many other tools that you would think to be standard requirements. It also seems that most wiki are pages are extremely long because of the lack of being able to have category theming available.

A bit disappointed with MW on the whole.

Adam