Extension:GroupsSidebar

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GroupsSidebar Release status:Extension status experimental
ImplementationTemplate:Extension#type	User interface
DescriptionTemplate:Extension#description	Allows to add sidebar elements for specific user groups
Author(s)Template:Extension#username	churchofemacs (Church of emacstalk)
Latest versionTemplate:Extension#version	0.1.1 (2010-11-01)
MediaWikiTemplate:Extension#mediawiki	1.16a (r59215) and higher
LicenseTemplate:Extension#license	GPLv3
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Hooks usedTemplate:Extension#hook SkinBuildSidebarManual:Hooks/SkinBuildSidebar
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If you have usergroups and would like to add sidebar elements just for certain usergroup, you can use this extension.

Installation & Usage

Download the extension from SVN and place it in MediaWiki's extensions folder. You have to edit your LocalSettings.php. Add at the end of the file the following text:

# Extension:GroupsSidebar
require_once("$IP/extensions/GroupsSidebar/GroupsSidebar.php");

The resulting message names are "MediaWiki:Sidebar-groupname" whereas groupname is something like "sysop" or "user". For example, the message name could be MediaWiki:Sidebar-sysop. You can edit it the same way you edit the normal sidebar.

Note: You have to set $wgEnableSidebarCache to false in case you enabled it for performance reasons.

See also

• Extension:CustomSidebar
• Extension:PageSidebar (archived)