How to add infoboxes in MediaWiki?

Posted on by Dominique Stacey

How to add infoboxes in MediaWiki?

Steps

  1. Step 1: Determine info boxes neededEdit.
  2. Step 2: Export Wikipedia templatesEdit.
  3. Step 3: Export Wikipedia ModulesEdit.
  4. Step 4: Import infobox templates and ModulesEdit.
  5. Step 5: De-WikipediaifyEdit.
  6. Step 6: Additional templates neededEdit.
  7. Step 7: Enjoy successEdit.

How do I export MediaWiki pages?

There are at least four ways to export pages: Paste the name of the articles in the box in Special:Export or use //www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Export/FULLPAGENAME. The backup script dumpBackup. php dumps all the wiki pages into an XML file.

How do I enable MediaWiki extensions?

How do I enable an extension? Edit. For most extensions, copy the extension PHP file (or directory) to your extensions/ folder and add the following statement to your LocalSettings. php , with ExtensionName being the filename of your extension, such as MyExtension.

What is MediaWiki extension?

Extensions let you customize how MediaWiki looks and works. Wiki users can browse through extensions. System administrators can install (or remove) extensions on the MediaWiki installations that they manage. Developers can write new extensions or improve or maintain extensions.

How to install ” infobox ” on Project Support Desk-MediaWiki?

I want to use a infobox in my Mediawiki but i don’t understand how to install it. When i use it, i get a message “template loop detected” :/ thx for your help. See Manual:Importing Wikipedia infoboxes tutorial.

How do I import an infobox into Wikipedia?

Go to English Wikipedia’s Special:Export page and enter the full page names of the infobox templates from step 1. Many of templates used in Wikipedia, especially the collapsible navigation templates, utilize Scribunto. Without these modules installed, the templates will produce lua error messages.

How do I save a template in MediaWiki?

Hit the ‘Export’ button; it will think for a second then spit out an XML file containing all the Wikipedia Templates for the infobox for you to save to your PC. Now you have the Template, you need to integrate them into your MediaWiki instance.

How to import JS into a wiki page?

Either manually create or Export/Import the JS from the source wiki; e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js. (this is optional; importing may be necessary for some template functionality). if copying templates from commons, either Special:Export/Special:Import these pages or create them manually in your local wiki: