Extension:UserSidebar

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
UserSidebar; Release status: stable
Description	Adds an individual user navigation to the sidebar
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
	Parameters $wgMenuEditorUserSidebarAllowedKeywords;
	Hooks used BSUsageTrackerRegisterCollectors; EditFormPreloadText; MWStakeCommonUIRegisterSkinSlotComponents;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the UserSidebar extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

The UserSidebar lets users generate their personal navigation menu, which is only visible to them.

Usage / features

By default, the personal navigation shows latest viewed and edited pages as well as the watchlist
The links are maintained in the page User:<username>/Sidebar
Users can add menu headers and menu links

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceUserSidebar

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/BlueSpiceUserSidebar) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceUserSidebar
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/BlueSpiceUserSidebar": "BlueSpiceUserSidebar"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'BlueSpiceUserSidebar' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice free.

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