Hi Clayton, On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Clayton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/2010 02:40 PM, Ivan M wrote: >>> >>> Looking good! Maybe (Im not sure about this) it might be an idea to >>> link to: >>> >>> >>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACategoryTree&target=MainIndex&mode=categories&dotree=Show+tree >>> >>> instead, as it is easier to navigate. >> >> You're right, this is easier to navigate (at least the information is >> not spread over many pages). However, I'm having trouble (in preview >> mode) inserting that URL as a link (the text inside the >> Documentation/Note template reverts to {{{1}}}) - Bjorn or Clayton, >> could you please do this? > > Fixed. The problem you were encountering is caused by the = signs in the > URL. The details/reasons it broke are: > > - The SpecialPage showing the Category tree cannot be linked via a normal > Wiki link (ie a [[wiki page name]] link). It must be linked as an external > URL. > > - The external URL contains key/value pairs used to generate the Category > tree each time it's clicked. The key/value pairs use the = sign to link the > two together (key1=value1&key2=value2 and so on). > > - MediaWiki Templates use = signs to designate parameter names, so > everything up to the first = sign in the URL was treated as a parameter > name. The result was the Template broke and all you get is {{{1}}} in the > Wiki page. > > The "fix" is actually easy... just wrap the = signs in the custom URL with > {{ and }}. So, every = in the URL should actually be {{=}}. This calls a > custom MediaWiki template that inserts the = where it needs to be in the URL > and all is happy with the Template :-) > > >> There's also another small issue: namely, some HTML code (<p><br >> /></p>) seems to be inserted after the template, resulting in quite a >> large gap between the copyright notice and the buttons. Trouble is, I >> can't actually find it inside the Copyrightwarning2 template :( > > Fixed. It was just some extra hard returns lurking around in the Template > and in the Copyrightwarning2 page.
That's looking great now, thank you Clayton! I really like how quickly we can do these things! Regards, Ivan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
