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How to put license in the footer

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71.10.173.151 (talkcontribs)

So I'm trying to put my license information on the footer of the website. I was successfully able to add the $wgRightsUrl into my localsettings.php file, but I literally see nothing new that has changed. Two questions:

What exactly did altering the Localsettings.php do? How can I get my license stated on the footer of the page like that of MediaWiki?

Thank you for your help and time.

71.10.173.151 (talkcontribs)

So I figured out how to put the license information in the footer, but now I am trying to find out how to put a link for the actual license.

Can anyone help?

71.10.173.151 (talkcontribs)

So I put $wgRightsText successfully into my Localsettings.php file. The changes took effect. I was trying to figure out how I can put a link on that footer text, so I go to the MediaWiki:Copyright page. In that page, it said "Content can be available for under 1 dollar." I didn't want that. I removed it. After removing it, the SwgRightsText stopped displaying its text. The MediaWiki specifically stated that if you wanted to added links to the text, you had to use wiki code (doesn't show an example) as well as HTML in the copyright page.

My plan was to use SwgRightsText to provide the licensing statement, and then use HTML to provide a link to the license that I am using. Why the hell is the SwgRightsText not showing up? It was showing up before!

PLEASE someone help!

71.10.173.151 (talkcontribs)

The SwgRightsText is now on the bottom right on the screen, and I want it on the bottom left with a link to the license.

FlightTime (talkcontribs)

Set $wgRightsIcon. Here's a sample of a license set for LocalSettings>php

$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
$wgRightsUrl = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/";
$wgRightsText = "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported";
$wgRightsIcon = "http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/88x31.png";
71.10.173.151 (talkcontribs)

Thank you so much for your help!

Anyways you could help me provide a link in the footer of the page? I'm trying to get Creative Commons Attribution License to be linked to the licensed page.

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