I wont spoil all the fun for you. This is broken in some small way - it
writes out the new link instead of changing all the links. I developed it in
the firefox address bar, using the firefox error console to let me know when
it was broken.
javascript:links=document.getElementsByTagName("a");for (var link in
links){if(links[link].className=="new"){links[link].href='
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'+links[link].innerHTML}}
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Ekompute .info <[email protected]> wrote:
> LOL, from the frying pan into the fire! Thank you, Brian, for taking your
> time. I guess I will have to live with it for a while.
>
> (P/S: I know that modifying mediawiki directly is bad and that's why I dare
> not upgrade.)
>
> PM Poon
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I don't like modifying mediawiki directly because the changes often get
> > lost
> > during upgrades, but if you can find a way to do that OK.. Probably isn't
> > too hard to find grepping through the source.
> >
> > Otherwise, you might try jQuery if you are new to javascript, since it
> > abstracts a lot of complicated things away:
> >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179713/how-to-change-the-href-for-a-hyperlink-using-jquery
> >
> > You basically have to figure out how to say, "Take all hyperlinks in
> class
> > new and change their href attribute to be
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiplus
> > their innerHTML attribute"
> >
> > I just learned that using FireBug.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Ekompute .info <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I find it so difficult even after I download Firebug. The right
> panel
> > > didn't say anything of Comon.css and Common.js, only main.css.
> > >
> > > How about tweaking the mediawiki files? Maybe I will find that easier
> > > because I do go in and tinker with it, sometimes.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > PM Poon
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ekompute .info <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hahaha, when one does not know, everything is difficult.... Let me
> > give
> > > it
> > > >> a try.
> > > >>
> > > >> PM Poon
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Brian <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Download Firefox and the FireBug extension. Open FireBug, click the
> > > >>> inspect
> > > >>> button. Click on a red link. FireBug will show you all the code
> > related
> > > >>> to
> > > >>> it. You can override the css and javascript by editing the wiki
> files
> > > >>> MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Common.js. I don't know why you
> > > >>> suppose
> > > >>> editing the mediawiki source code would be easier. This is much
> > easier.
> > > >>> You
> > > >>> do have to figure out how to do it, but this is really a trival
> kind
> > of
> > > >>> programming.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Ekompute .info <
> [email protected]>
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> > Hi, thank you for your answer. I can't find any redlinks in the
> two
> > > >>> files.
> > > >>> > Would there be a simpler method by going to the Mediawiki source
> > > files
> > > >>> and
> > > >>> > edit it directly by putting [[Wikipedia:<redlink>]] to it? If it
> > > could
> > > >>> be
> > > >>> > done in one file, it would be easier for me, because I am not
> good
> > at
> > > >>> > programming.
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > PM Poon
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Brian <[email protected]
> >
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > > Using css and javascript in MediaWiki:Common.css and
> > > >>> MediaWiki:Common.js.
> > > >>> > > Find all the red links, prefix their href attribute to
> Wikipedia.
> > > >>> > >
> > > >>> > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ekompute .info <
> > [email protected]
> > > >
> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > >>> > >
> > > >>> > > > Hi, I am writing an encyclopedia fork. Since I am doing it
> > alone,
> > > I
> > > >>> > have
> > > >>> > > a
> > > >>> > > > lot of redlinks. I would like to redirect all these red links
> > to
> > > >>> > > Wikipedia,
> > > >>> > > > while maintaining its color as still red. How should I go
> about
> > > >>> doing
> > > >>> > it?
> > > >>> > > >
> > > >>> > > > PM Poon
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