Extension:NewUserMessage

Usually after a new user registers on a MediaWiki, the message in MediaWiki:Welcomecreation is displayed. This extensions allows a message in a specified template to be added into the new users talk page instead.

Installation
Download the latest snapshot and extract it to your extensions directory. Then include it in your LocalSettings.php file as in the following example.

Global variables
There are some global variables which affect the operation of the extension. These should be set in your LocalSettings file after the include of the NewUserMessage.php script.

In-wiki configuration
Other settings of the extension can be made in the MediaWiki: namespace. Note that these items are articles, to edit them go to the article in your browser and edit the text accordingly.

Example NewUserMessage page
A very simple example of the page you should create as Template:Welcome:

Hello
Welcome to our Wiki

this doesn't work....

Code
The code for this extension was imported into the MediaWiki subversion repository on 2008-02-10, so please download from SVN.