ok. thanks. I was thinking there might be a hook that executes just before the
skin and content is rendered and I wouldn't have to worry about using css to
position a <div> that gets placed behind existing top left content (namely the
icon and sidebar). If there isn't, then i'll just have to get more clever with
the css gymnastics to get the <div> as clickable entity above) the logo <Div>
(which is the real problem i'm fighting). Here is the hook extension I am
currently using:
$wgHooks['BeforePageDisplay'][] = 'lfMyTopLeftDiv';
function lfMyTopLeftDiv( OutputPage &$out, Skin &$skin ) {
$out->addHTML( "<span style='position:fixed;top:0px;left:0px; z-index:100;'><a
href='https://mydomain.org' style='z-index:100;'>X</a></span>" );
return $out;
}
Again, I wouldn't even be posting about this if the added <span> code were
clickable above the logo and sidebar. It's not. It's underneath and superseded
by the logo link .. and large positive values of z-index don't seem to be doing
what I was hoping it would do.
I'll consider my questions answered as, "While there are lots of ways of
getting html added to each page, there is not a hook that executes just after
the <body> html is issued."
I am grateful for the responses I have received and I'll tinker with the
various options and see what works best for me in the end.
-Rich
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Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] what hook for adding html right after <body> tag
regardless of skin
Rich,
If your needs are fairly basic, you could easily do something with
MediaWiki:Common.js
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Adding_HTML_to_wiki_pages> (Interface/JS
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/JavaScript>) to inject a
new element wiki-wide. (Note that if you want the elements to appear
"natural" like the rest of your wiki User Interface, you should look at OOUI
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI> where you'd probably want to
implement a "panel". See
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI/Using_OOUI_in_MediaWiki)
There are a bunch of examples of directly injecting external JS and code
via the built-in ResourceLoader and in
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules
And, although Page Indicators are the right way to add certain elements to
the top of the page, you can also use Snippets like
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Snippets/Top_icons
If you need a solution that on-wiki admins would be able to manage, you
could use Extension:AdManager
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AdManager> (written by Ike Hecht)
and just put your HTML into $wgAdManagerCode plus style it (using
MediaWiki:Common.css) to place the block where you need it. The extension
is used on EyeWiki <http://eyewiki.org/Special:Version> but I didn't find
an example page. Another wiki where it's used is CondoPedia
<http://www.condopedia.com/wiki/Special:Version>; and an example I
found is this
page <http://www.condopedia.com/wiki/15_West_81st_Street>. The top box
with a photo of Michael Grabelsky is the Ad Code.
If you prefer to roll your own solution, the AdManager extension is one
that uses the prependHTML() method
<https://codesearch.wmflabs.org/search/?q=prependHTML&i=nope&files=&repos=> of
the OutputPage.php <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:OutputPage.php>
class.
~ Greg
Greg Rundlett
https://eQuality-Tech.com
https://freephile.org
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:24 PM, יגאל חיטרון <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, but it's just html code:
> <div class="mw-indicators mw-body-content">
> <div id="some-id" class="mw-indicator">
> some-content
> </div>
> </div>
> Igal
>
>
> 2018-04-30 20:07 GMT+03:00 Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) <
> [email protected]>:
>
> > I admit I haven't used them before, but aren't Page Indicators added
> > manually per-page?
> >
> > -Rich
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