Moin moin.
Is it possible to control the elements in the Sidebar in dependence of the current usergroup? I think there is a new extension. But then you have to built a separate sidebar for every usergroup. I want only change ONE entry in the default sidebar.
Something like {{#ifgroup : thebestusergroupever | superartikle }}
thanks, Paul
By the way: is there a possibility to get a preview of my new theme?
@Paul Hema: I don’t know any such extension or way to do it in pure MediaWiki+PHP. Possibly you have to create an extension (the hard way) or write some JavaScript code. In JavaScript, you can do something like: (not tested, you have to debug it)
if( wgUserGroups.indexOf( 'autoconfirmed' ) == -1 ) {
$( '#n-mainpage-description' ).style( 'display', 'none' );
}
This should hide the element “Main page” (identified by id="n-mainpage-description" in HTML) for users who are not in the group “autoconfirmed” (search $wgUserGroups in HTML to see the groups of the current user). Such code can be put in your MediaWiki:Common.js.
Preview of a theme (“skin” in MediaWiki language) is possible for each user: go in your preferences, tab Appearance and click “Preview” next to a skin. The available skins must be previously installed by the system administrator, and enabled in LocalSettings.php.
Ok, just tried. It almost worked but correct code is: (I confounded jQuery with D3.js I recently learned)
if( wgUserGroups.indexOf( 'autoconfirmed' ) == -1 ) {
$( '#n-mainpage-description' ).css( 'display', 'none' );
}
Thank you. First it looks good.
But there are a few errors: in the NS "special" (e.g. the lockin page) it dosn't work. Also if you change from one to an other site, the hidden thinks flashes up.
In the meantime i found Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Add or remove toolbox sections .28JavaScript.29 and will try it ...