Where in the mediawiki 1.35 core folders would I find the php file for the sidebar in the vector or minever skin?, I want to modify the donation link.
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See Manual:Sidebar.
I've read all that before asking, it's not there.
Please, I don't need anymore referral, anyone responding to this question should say the exact directory the file is.
the link given to you tells you how to modify the donation link on vector (and minerva, but that might depend on version see also https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-MinervaNeue#wgminervadonatelink . I think some older versions of Minerva did not use the standard mediawiki sidebar. )
It is impossible to modify the donation link through the php file because its not implemented in the php file.
If instead of links to documentation you want someone to read it for you and then explain it to, you may want to try Professional development and consulting because its unlikely people will do that for you for free.
@Bawolff:, a year ago I modified the donation link via a php file in mediawiki 1.33, if my post-amnesia memory serves me well, the file should be in vector skin folder/include/i18n but I can't know for sure which in particular, and that directory seems very unlikely, but that's what my post-partial-amnesia memory insists on. Although I'm unable to rediscovered the php file, the fact that I was able to edit it for 1.33 means it can be done via a php file, but on 1.35 maybe it cannot (I'm not sure).
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See Manual:Sidebar There you can find some information about how it works and more.
@Gustavo Borges Matos: so, tell me: where's the file after outsmarting me to read Manual:Sidebar?
Not all links are in files. You need to enter "MediaWiki:Sidebar" on your wiki.
The manual page tells you how to navigate to the wiki page that controls the sidebar. It is not a physical file on your server, it is a wiki page. The manual page tells you how to get there and find it (enter the corresponding web address in your browser's address bar to visit the page that needs to be edited)