wiki Main page - sidebar

how do we reach the left side of the Main_Page?
I want to modify it.
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I think I have seen a post about it but can not find it. I don’t know the name of this part.

edit: change title by “sidebar”

Sidebar

Only the site administrator can modify this section :confused:
So the problem is not just you.

edit:

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Localisation_Sidebar
this page does not solve the problem

Sidebar, need to remember.

Thank you Kaktus for sharing the info.

If an admin is around, he can pm me and I’ll share new text.

At one time Renatorivo was helping me with this.
Since he is not present nothing can be done about it, Yorik has no time. :unamused:

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&action=history

Sorry all, missed this topic…

Basically indeed the Localisation_Sidebar page seems outdated. As far as I can see:

I came to the same page that you are pointing at the end your answer but I see all translations awaiting for update or to be made…not the sidebar. it’s like a dead end or mis-routing (can I say that?).

Yes… But some former items have been successfully translated already. This is weird. Most probably something has changed in recent mediawiki versions and the https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Unstructured_element_translation#Localised_sidebar_tutorial tutorial doesn’t work anymore…

We need to find updated info, but I’m googling now and find nothing :confused:

Maybe this helps:
https://www.forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?p=424480#p427722

Aah interesting…
That means, for example, https://wiki.freecadweb.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar-workbenches/fr must be created manually… Let’s try!

does it mean admins must manually create a page for each language and they need to receive a translation from a user for that page?

Let’s test first, but yes, I think so. Normally, every translator on the wiki has also editor rights. So if I’m not mistaken they have the right to create pages too. It’s easy, just write the URL of a page that doesn’t exist, and you’ll be offered to create it, ex: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar-workbenches/de

EDIT It seems to work OK, when switching to french, the item “Workbenches” in the sidebar is now correctly translated to “Ateliers”

Hi.
:wink:

I’m glad the topic was taken up.
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I think something else needs to change. When trying to create a page I get a message;

Ta strona nie posiada jeszcze zawartości. Możesz wyszukać ten tytuł w treści innych stron lub przeszukać powiązane rejestry, ale nie masz uprawnień do utworzenia tej strony

EN: This page does not yet have content. You can search for this title in the content of other pages or search related records, but you do not have permission to create this page

which user are you using? kaktus has normal editor permission, but kaktus_pl not, i don’t know the reason…

My Wiki username is: Kaktus
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EDIT:
Yorik: I have created Polish websites before, most often they were templates.

Aah i see, only admins are able to create pages in the MediaWiki: namespace.
I don’t think this restriction is very important to us.. i’ll look at how to change that

right, that was the purpose of my previous feedback. that’s great if you can modify the rights.

Ok enabling all users to modify the MediaWiki namespace seemed dangerous (you could break the whole wiki), so I did the following: From now on, members of the “admin” group will be able to modify/create pages in the MediaWiki namespace. (admins are not not wiki administrators, the “admin” group was created by the Translation plugin and gives additional powers related to translation, for ex. delete or move translations, etc)

So basically, who wants to edit MediaWiki: pages, please ask me (here or via PM, tell me which wiki username) and I’ll upgrade your wiki account.

:smiley:

I’m eager, Yorik.
It will be useful to handle the Polish version of the sidebar on my own. :unamused:

Kaktus

Done! Can you check if it works, if you are able to create a page in the MediaWiki: namespace?

:mrgreen:

Thank you very much for all your time :exclamation:

Works perfectly :bulb: