Talk:MediaWiki Tips

Dynamic Sidebar

. In includes/Skin.php there is a function called buildSidebar. Just edit that to check for $wgUser->isLoggedIn() and called a different system message than Sidebar.

if ($wgUser->isLoggedIn()) {
  $lines = explode( "\n", wfMsgForContent( 'sidebar' ) );
} else {
  $lines = explode( "\n", wfMsgForContent( 'anon_sidebar' ) );
}

Then in your Wiki, go to MediaWiki:anon_sidebar and create your new sidebar. You can change the content of the sidebar with this code and restrict the modifications to anonymous users. --WIKImaniac 22:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC) This Mod sounds awesome, but on my wiki it does nothing... I added "global $wgUser;" , then deleted the line "$lines = explode( "\n", wfMsgForContent( 'sidebar' ) );" and added the code in that position - no error, but the second sidebar is not seen (i created it as described in the manual) I´m using Mediawiki 1.11! Thanks for Help

Also broken in 1.12.0: "Fatal error: Call to a member function isLoggedIn() on a non-object in /home/intspeib/public_html/mediawiki-1.12.0/includes/Skin.php on line 1626" Singalen

I got the same error with 1.12.0. But after adding global $wgUser it worked for me --62.245.235.214 14:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC) Using the technique above...is there a way to get a different sidebar for different UserGroups. I tried using the technique i used in my Common.js where i:

if('sysop' in $wgUserGroups)
..do something 
else
..do something else

but that doesnt seem to be working. Also tried using $wgUser->getEffectiveGroups() but that evidently made a string of values and so i tried exploding it but not quite sure what the identifier should be (assumed '\n'). Any assistance would be grand

variables

ARTICLEPAGENAME, TALKPAGENAME