Extension talk:SidebarEx

In the installation section, "* 5) Apply any page protection deemed necessary " - deemed necessary by whom? The MediaWiki: namespace is already protected by default, so (if the namespace is set to its default value) attempting to lock MediaWiki:Sidebar and the like adds nothing. --Carlb 22:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. I must admit I think a lot in terms of BizzWiki extension these days and rights management is a bit different than in stock Mediawiki! &#91;user:jldupont&#124;Jean-Lou Dupont] 22:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Create new Sidebars
Hey

Thanks a lot for this extension

But I've got a Problem, how do I create new Sidebars for a new User.

I created one for the '*' and it works, but for Example I can't create one for the User: Admin.

I triede to edit LocalSettings and to fill in there: $bwSidebarNs = MediaWiki; $bwSidebarPage = 'Sidebars'; $bwSidebarSearch = array ( 'user', '*', 'admin' );

but there is no change.

Can I create a new sidebar for every User, or every User on his own?

I don't know why it works with the not logged in Users ('*') and with the other Users don't.

Please help me, Thanks
 * The order matters for $bwSidebarSearch: if you want 'admin' membership to be checked first, then ('admin', 'user', '*'). If you put 'user' first, all logged users will see the sidebar corresponding to 'user'.

Jean-Lou Dupont 13:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * So I can define a new sidebar for every User?
 * The User should have the possiblity to edit their pages, on their own. is this possible?
 * And can I leave the field $bwSidebarSearch empty so that every one has his own sidebar or is it just group based?
 * The extension is 'group membership' aware and *not* 'per-user' aware i.e. the extension, currently, can not handle 'per-user' sidebars. Jean-Lou Dupont 15:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Too bad but thanks a lot for your help!
 * Took me two minutes to add 'per-user' functionality. Enjoy. Jean-Lou Dupont 15:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Could this be used also for Sidebars depending on namespace?
I reckon it would not be very hard to adapt this that sidebars depended on namespaces?

--JuhaV 06:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Jean-Lou Dupont 11:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. Jean-Lou Dupont 12:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't Appear?
Installed this extension, along with Extension:ExtensionClass which has one error which I have reported on that extension talk page. Now can't seem to get the different Sidebars to appear, have defined MediaWiki:Sidebar/user, MediaWiki:Sidebar/sysop and my own personal one at User:Dr DBW/Sidebar and can't get anything different from the one already defined at MediaWiki:Sidebar

Does this ignore the normal Sidebar at MediaWiki:Sidebar, or do we have to delete that one? If a person is not a member of the groups defined, so it default back to this one? Or do I have to have the MediaWiki:Sidebar/* defined? --Dr DBW 02:22, 30 August 2007 (UTC)