Extension talk:UsabilityInitiative

Dev: bugreport on component UsabilityInitiative

=FAQ=

How to define the buttons?
It's not quite easy to add a new button, but its possible.

1. edit extensions\UsabilityInitiative\WikiEditor\WikiEditor.combined.min.js Add a, on line 8 after action:{type:'encapsulate',options:{post:"--~"}}} and thereafter your new button code as follows: 'nowiki': { labelMsg: 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki',//Tooltip type: 'button', offset: [-70, -358], icon: 'button_nowiki.png', action: { type: 'encapsulate', options: { pre: " ", periMsg: 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki-example', post: " " }	} }

2. The offset is important for the button image. The imagefile extensions/UsabilityInitiative/images/wikiEditor/toolbar/button-sprite.png is like an image-map and only partially shown. You need the right ccordinates of your button-picture and set them in the offset-option of step 1.

3. Defining language-options is done in the file: extensions\UsabilityInitiative\WikiEditor\Modules\Toolbar\Toolbar.i18n.php. Add there new lines in your language localization array with text like: 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki-example'=>"This text is not parsed by mediawiki", 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki'=>"NoWiki Button", //Tooltip

4. Now you have to say the hook, it has to parse the localization text (It does not with the whole array). Open extensions\UsabilityInitiative\WikiEditor\WikiEditor.hooks.php and scroll to line 185/186 and enter the following entries to the array: 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki', 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-nowiki-example',

5. Have fun with your new button.

How to define the selection tools?
How can I add and/or configure the select tools?

How to use the extension messages?
The extension define some interface messages, they are mainly there for localisation, which occurs on Translatewiki.net.
 * View all messages: Special:AllMessages - View existing:Special:PrefixIndex/MediaWiki:edittoolbar

Troubleshooting...
LocalSettings.php:

$wgDefaultSkin = 'monobook';

...

$wgPrefStatsTrackPrefs = array( 'skin' => 'vector', 'usebetatoolbar' => 1 );

I get the vector skin on Firefox and monobook on IE.

Switch external and internal link icons
I would switch them so the internal link button is listed first. --Subfader 16:38, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

ReadMe - Issue
The ReadMe is missing the most important line:

require_once("$IP/extensions/UsabilityInitiative/EditToolbar/EditToolbar.php");

But additional a short question: What is PrefStats for? There is no documentation either no explenation anywhere ?!?


 * 19493 - There is the report to authors about README topic. --almaghi 18:52, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Editor Doesn't Display
I've downloaded the necessary files from SVN and placed them in my extensions folder. I have enabled the extensions via LocalSettings.php (I know i did it right because i copied from the README file. It lists that it is installed in my Versions page.  However  Editor will not display (currently using Mediawiki 1.15.1, I also have FCK editor installed. When i remove fck editor from localsettings.php the edit toolbar doesn't display and I recieve the following errors in edit.js:

In Firefox:

left is not defined http://myurl.com/skins/common/edit.js207 line: 51

in Internet Explorer 8:

this.style is null or not an object in edit.js  Line 51. --Kevin Danko 13:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

The extension requires a minimum of MediaWiki v1.16Alpha --mac77 23:08, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

=Talk=

New-Page Textarea broken in IE6
when following a red link to a new page, the empty editor window is broken and disrupts the layout. It wont accept the focus, too. The only workaround is to add some text via the toolbar (i.e. a link) and hit "preview"... the editor then acts normal. docMario, 15.08.2009 02:30CET
 * Addition: some characters of the textarea content always appear in the html content beneath the textarea. -- docMario, 15.08.2009 3:33CET

Doesn't display for me either MW1.15.1
I have the same problem, but I've not even had another editor installed. The edit toolbar is the old version, although Special:Version is showing the extension installed (I read the README). Edit: Well the extension page DOES say 1.16, so ignore this message I suppose. --Ciovala 22:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Lots of new errors in r55291

 * 1) in IE6, the toolbar is not shown, the standard-toolbar is displayed instead. Although, by browsing through the source code I get the impression that's rather a feature, not a bug. --DocMario 13:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) The toolbar takes almost 30 seconds to load (on a local server).
 * 3) when clicking on icons for 'table', 'link', or 'search' the browser hangs up and/or shows an out of memory error after 2-3 minutes.
 * 4) A new heading (chosen from the combobox) is inserted at the beginning of the text instead of the cursor position.

Wikificator tool
How to install in Edittoolbar button of wikificator tool ? The question is particularly in how to execute it's script by pressing button? --StereoMaster 13:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

"Download snapshot" not working
Special:ExtensionDistributor does not seem to know the UI-Extension. Is there another way to download all extension files at once? --129.206.90.2 00:55, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I did it via svn, file by file manually :) --81.20.173.138 17:10, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * ...and why shouldn't you. Yet, a fix for the download would be much appreciated, folks. --Tickle me 01:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Preference Statistics graph
I do not understand the bottom scale of the graph on the Preference Statistics special page. Does the point 0 represent now and the timescale going to the right goes back into the past? Or does 0 represent the time that preference statistics were activated and the scale going to the right goes forward in time? Is it possible to explain the answer on the preference statistics page, either by amending the label under the graph scale or the text at the top of the page? Lloffiwr 11:16, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiEditor does not work
I just downloaded the trunk version of MediaWiki 1.16 alpha and added in the UsibilityInitiative extension trunk and after testing I have found that the enhanced editor (WikiEditor) does not work.

I began researching the UsibilityInitiative extension at the end of September and it seems that a few of the features have changed (ex: no more EditWarning and added in ClickTracking and UserDailyContributions). When I orginially tested the enhanced editor it was called EditToolbar and now it is referred to as WikiEditor, was there a reason for this change (or was it just a simple name change)?

Also, none of these new/changed features have been documented on the extension page. The instructions still refer to the WikiEditor as the EditToolbar (on the extension page and in the UsabilityInitiative.php file).

I hope that this is back up and running soon.

Thank you in advance.

--Dgennaro 18:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

+1 Here for MW 1.16 Beta 2 (Resolved)
I have a stable install of MW 1.16 B2. Installed UsabilityInitiative, updated localsettings and ran update.php. Cannot get the editor to work.

Special:Version shows usability and editor as installed. Extra options show up in user prefs. But clicking edit on any page still shows the old editor.


 * RESOLVED: Because of custom skin work I have done in my installation, when I upgraded I did not overwrite the Common skin folder. I have now done that and the issue is resolved and working! - Gomeztogo 23:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * What web browser are you using? Many older browsers won't work with the new editor. Releases/Babaco/Compatibility_Matrix --JeremyBicha 18:17, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I have tested this on Chrome 5.x and Firefox 3.5.7 -- Gomeztogo 18:28, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * UPDATE - I just tried the latest from SVN and still unresolved. I have started going back and disabling all other extensions to see if there is a conflict, but that hasn't worked so far.  -- Gomeztogo 23:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, so this doesn't make any sense but this resolved the issue of the editor not showing up for me. I'm using 1.16 beta2 of mediawiki. I didn't want the Beta links to show so I set $wgOptInNeverShowPersonalLink = true; and the new editor immediately began appearing. I changed  $wgOptInNeverShowPersonalLink back to the default setting to see if it would go back to the old editor and the new editor stayed so I can't vouch for this being the solution but it is worth a try. -- James 10:58, 13 May 2010 (EST)
 * Having the same problem. Put the stuff in the extensions folder, then ran the update script, still not appearing for me when I try to edit a page! And i'm using the latest nightly dump version. Yet on the special pages version, it says its installed. --220.85.121.208 06:59, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Stats about gadgets
Hi,

This extension may be useful if it would also gives statistics about gadget usage (how many users use each gadget, ...). This would help telling which gadgets is useful, and which is not used (may be buggy, or may need improvment, ...).

--DavidL 11:13, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Non-collapsible portlet?
How does one create a non-collapsible leftnav portlet, such as Wikipedia's "navigation"? --DoubleSuitedChris 07:33, 30 May 2010 (UTC)