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.

If LiquidThreads is installed, this extension will create a new thread on the user talk page. See In-wiki configuration for details.

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

Possible template parameters

 * 1: User name
 * 2: Real name (can be empty)

Subject
A very simple example of the page you should create as Template:Welcome-subject:

Hello

This message will be used as the thread subject - preprocessed and substituted. If this page is empty, this extension will not do anything when LiquidThreads is installed.


 * Template parameter
 * 1: User name (user real name if used at registration)

Body
A very simple example of the page you should create as Template:Welcome-body:

Welcome to our Wiki,

This message will be used as the thread body. It will be substituted if MediaWiki:Newusermessage-substitute‎ has contents. If this page is empty, this extension will not do anything when LiquidThreads is installed.


 * Template parameters
 * 1: User name
 * 2: User real name

Hooks
This extension adds one new hook:
 * CreateNewUserMessage