Manual talk:Creating pages with preloaded text

Preloading "Subject/headline" Text Field
Is there a way to preload the "Subject/headline" text field when adding new comments in the discussion pages? Example. —Sledged (talk) 18:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * There is a way now (was added some time ago): preloadtitle parameter, see Manual:Parameters to index.php. —AlexSm 19:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Preloaded pages in Preview mode
Is there a way to put a new page with preloaded content in a preview mode (as if the user had just pushed the preview button) ?

--AkashicChacal 15:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


 * There is user option in Preferences «Show preview on first edit», and I even think its this way by default. Anyway, yes, you can force preview or no preview with preview=yes (or preview=no) URL parameter. —AlexSm 19:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

General How To regarding the Preload function
Maybe I'm utterly blind, but as of yet I fail to see how the inbuilt function Preload (included in the basic Mediawiki package, not via extension) would be set up to work. Basically, what I've expected to find is this: A user creates a new page (using any of the usual methods given) and sees the editor window opening with an already loaded Preload-page in it.

Yes, of course I've read how the index.php-parameter could be altered to force the preload to happen. Just that's not what I'd call a userfriendly preloading method. Users can type new page titles into their browsers address line, they can click the red link of a failed search result, they can create a new link on another page and click it... you get the drift, there are quite many methods to create a new page.

Simply put: Is there a method in the basic package to get a preloaded page on creation of a new page using any of the given page creation methods? And if yes, how would I go about to install it?

Thanks, --Carsten3m 16:16, 16 June 2008 (UTC)