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Hi,

I would like to know how to enter the function of creating new pages? How to create a link to create new pages (articles)? Do I have to enter some code to LocalSettings.php file or use an extension?  

I have installed the "InputBox" plugin and on this page: Help:Starting a new page is the code for creating a new page "Using article creation template", but how can I create a new page at all? What should I click?

I would like to have a link to create a page immediately, something like Upload file in Tools tab.

I'm a beginner at MediaWiki.

Please help me.

What I did for my wiki is that I put in a link on the sidebar. Using the MediaWiki:Sidebar page I put this code into the side bar page ** Create Page|Create Page. Now you will need to make a page called Create Page. In the page input the following wiki text <inputbox> type=create break=no </inputbox> . Then you should be good to go.

Thank you for the information.

"What I did for my wiki is that I put in a link on the sidebar. Using the MediaWiki:Sidebar page I put this code into the side bar page".

How can I put the same link? How to do it exactly?

Is this explained here?

Manual:Configuration settings

1. Install Extension:InputBox.
2. Browse to any page on your Wiki, in the address bar of your browser, replace the Wiki page name with: Project:Create Page.
3. Click on the Create tab and then enter the following text: <inputbox> type=create break=no </inputbox>.
4. Go to your Wiki's version of the page MediaWiki:Sidebar.
5. Add: ** Project:Create Page|Create Page (better to replace "Project" with your site name).

You can also use some extensions. See Extension:Create Page and Extension:CreatePageUw.

1. I have this extension installed.

2. Explain it to me more clearly. Example link: https://www.golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=Brzytwa.&action=edit&redlink=1 how to change this link in "Project: Create Page"?

In this way?

https://www.golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=Golarzopedia:Create_Page

3. If so then after going to the editor and after entering this code an error occurred: Input box type "create break=no" not recognized. Please specify "create", "comment", "search", "search2" or "fulltext".

4. Can you explain it more clearly? I do not really understand.

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I installed this extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreatePageUw and the link to create a new page is located in the special pages tab. How can I add this link to the Tools tab on the main page?

And in the Configuration tab is such a code, should I add this code to LocalSettings.php file?

$wgCreatePageUwUseVE = true;

In golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=Golarzopedia:Create_Page , instead of <inputbox> type=create break=no </inputbox>, use:

<inputbox>
type=create
break=no
</inputbox>

For Extension:CreatePageUw, try adding the ** Special:CreatePage|Create Page in your MediaWiki:Sidebar page. Replace "Special:CreatePage" with whatever link to create a new page is located in the special pages tab.

Since you're not using Extension:VisualEditor, there is no need to add $wgCreatePageUwUseVE = true;.

Thank you for the explanation.

To go to edit the sidebar should to do it this way:

.../index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar

Only now I realized how to do it. :)

I managed to add this link to this sidebar but I would like to know whether I can add this link below to the Tools tab?

https://i.imgur.com/WAbZBG1.png

I added the same post by case as a guest. How can I report that post to be deleted?

From Topic:Scrgphbajks15l61:

"Toolbox items are not editable. They're generated based on MediaWiki/skin/extensions.

If you know PHP you could use the BaseTemplateToolbox hook to modify the items in PHP"

Some hacks are mentioned at Manual talk:Interface/Sidebar, if you want to give them a try.

A more convenient method would be to create a new section in the sidebar:

* Actions
** Special:CreatePage|Create New Article

That post was deleted. Yes that I how you edit the sidebar. I am not aware of a way that you can edit the tools section without going deep into the backend and risking breaking the toolbox function.

@AhmadF.Cheema

I understand. Thank you for the explanation.

I would like to know if the "Create Page" link can be set to be visible only after logging in?

I would like to know how can I put other links in sidebar? E.g. forum link etc.

@Examknow

This post is still visible, it is hidden. I do not want my IP to be publicly visible in that post.

For details, see Manual:Interface/Sidebar and Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Change sidebar content when logged in (PHP).

Thank you for the explanation. I would like to hide only the "Create Page" link for anonymous. This code hides the remaining links. That is: Home page, Recent changes, Random page. Is there any way to hide only the "Create Page" link for anonymous users?

Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Change sidebar content when logged in (PHP)

Try Manual:Interface/Sidebar/Hacks, maybe it still works.

@AhmadF.Cheema

After entering this code to LocalSettings.php file an error occurred.

https://i.imgur.com/qZC5JjJ.png

First try the workaround mentioned in Manual talk:Interface/Sidebar/Hacks.

This solution also does not work.

Links disappeared: Home page, Forum, Recent changes, Random page and Create page. And occur a mistake visible on the screen.

https://i.imgur.com/p5gDBBv.png

I think that rather there is no solution.

Did you create the MediaWiki:anon_sidebar page?

As a last resort, try Show a different sidebar for anonymous users. This is a little more recent.

I did not create MediaWiki:anon_sidebar page. Do you have a hidden link "Create Page" for anonymous users in your Wiki? I ask out of curiosity. I see that there is a lot of try with this.

It is possible that it will be left as it is. Or I will remove the Create page from navigation link.

You should try some of the extensions given by @AhmadF.Cheema:

When you say "Links disappeared: Home page, Forum, Recent changes...", is this for anonymous users or logged-in users. If it is only for anonymous users, then this probably is the expected behaviour. Anonymous users will see the sidebar defined through the MediaWiki:anon_sidebar page, in the absence of which they will see p5gDBBv.png including the "mistake".

I personally have never set-up a hidden link "Create Page" for anonymous users, seems much more trouble than it's worth.

@Examknow

Which are these extensions? Can you give me the link?

@AhmadF.Cheema

So I leave it as it is.

I have a question. How can I create links to articles in MediaWiki:Sidebar?

Example article:

https://www.golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=Brzytwa.

For extensions, see my first comment above.

For links to articles, add something like the following in MediaWiki:Sidebar:

* Interesting articles
** Brzytwa|Foo

For details, see Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Links.

Thank you for your help and support. I have a question. How can I remove a dot from this title? "Brzytwa."

https://www.golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=Brzytwa.

Can not to delete this dot in the edition of this page. I would like to know if the title can be edited at all.

See Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle.

In the LocalSettings.php file, I added these line:

$wgAllowDisplayTitle = true;

And unfortunately I still can not edit the title.

I entered the address: https://www.golarze.pl/golarzopedia/index.php?title=DISPLAYTITLE:Brzytwa. and I still do not know how to edit this title. I definitely did something wrong.

In LocalSettings.php, you probably also need to set $wgRestrictDisplayTitle = false;.

On the Brzytwa. article page, include the text: {{DISPLAYTITLE:Brzytwa}} .

Thanks for the clarification.