Rob,
It is possible to do, and I have seen it done many times, mostly to get
custom signature mouseovers to say quirky things. I've just not done it
myself. The mouseover is actually determined by a property called
"title" within the html link. It's the MediaWiki software that
determines the default to be the page name.
When I take a look at it tomorrow, unless you figure it out before then,
I'll either surf the village pump/forums over at wowwiki, or look up the
proper documentation at the WMF wiki. If all else fails, I'll just put
in a straight-up html link. I may find out that's all it really is!
Jesse
On 14/07/2009 23:50, Robert Kruhlak wrote:
> Hi Jesse and Wayne,
>
> There is currently a Template:Help that adds a box and icon to
> indicate that the page is a Help Page.
>
> If you decide on a different name for the template, Template:Prev (
> links to a previous page with an icon and mouse over) does a similar
> thing to Template:Pdf and may be a cleaner way to do it. However, I
> don't see how to get the mouse over to say anything other than the
> url. I will have to think about it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Wayne
> Mackintosh<mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jesse,
>>
>> Sound's good to me -- something like:
>>
>> {{Help|[[Wikipage uri goes here]]}}
>>
>> You may want to take a look at http://wikieducator.org/Template:Pdf -- which
>> uses a neat trick where clicking on the image goes to the wikipage rather
>> than the image page in the database.
>>
>> This will also help us identify gaps in our training materials.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/7/15 Jesse Groppi<jagro...@gmail.com>
>>
>>> Wayne,
>>>
>>> I'm happy to see it going, too, and I'm excited to be seeing contributions
>>> already. Thanks for your thoughts!
>>>
>>> I really like your idea for making a help template. I think it would be
>>> useful in making the process of developing the guidelines as inclusive as
>>> possible. I will work on that in the morning; I think it would be a simple
>>> question mark icon that links to the tutorial and has the mouseover title as
>>> "What is this?" similar to the way MS does it. How does that sound?
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>>
>>> On 14/07/2009 22:07, Wayne Mackintosh wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jesse,
>>>
>>> Thanks for all your work in setting this up. I like the open approach
>>> you've implemented for this workgroup aimed at supporting and encouraging
>>> wide participation from all users --- which I think is particularly relevant
>>> for a style guideline project.
>>>
>>> I've already added an "approval" for one of the first guidelines and an
>>> open comment :-). Great to see this project get off the ground!
>>>
>>> I've also been thinking that it would be a good idea, where appropriate to
>>> incorporate a "help" link which would direct users to relevant tutorials.
>>> For example, when developing guidelines on navigation templates -- we could
>>> have a link to the Tutorial on navigation templates. Perhaps we should
>>> develop a template which corresponding help icon/graphic for this purpose.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/7/15 Jesse Groppi<jagro...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The style guide workgroup has officially opened at
>>>> http://www.wikieducator.org/Workgroup:style_guidelines . I drafted up a
>>>> quick charter and set up all the pages I foresee as necessary. Please
>>>> have a look around and tell me what you think. I would appreciate
>>>> comments and suggestions on the charter, but as for the most part of the
>>>> guidelines for participation, I would like those to stay the same in
>>>> principle. This is equally because I believe it will facilitate the
>>>> best collaboration possible, as much as it is an experiment on the
>>>> workgroup guidelines. Please let me know what you think about that!
>>>>
>>>> The primary activity of the workgroup should take place at the
>>>> Guide-point discussion. Let's get this collaboration started! Let's
>>>> make WikiEducator a better place to contribute to!
>>>>
>>>> In utter excitement,
>>>> Jesse Groppi
>>>>
>>>> Skype:jesse.groppi
>>>> MSN:jagro...@comcast.net
>>>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jesse_Groppi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D.
>>> Director,
>>> International Centre for Open Education,
>>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
>>> Board of Directors, OER Foundation.
>>> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org
>>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380
>>> Skype: WGMNZ1
>>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D.
>> Director,
>> International Centre for Open Education,
>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
>> Board of Directors, OER Foundation.
>> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org
>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380
>> Skype: WGMNZ1
>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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