MediaWiki extensions manual

HeaderFooter Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Description	Allows content to be included at the top and bottom of the wiki's page content section
Author(s)	Jean-Lou Dupont, James Montalvo, Douglas Mason, Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	4.0
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.Category:Extensions with long-term support release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	1.39+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
Composer	mediawiki/header-footer Category:Extensions supporting Composer
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Parameters $egHeaderFooterEnableAsyncHeader $egHeaderFooterEnableAsyncFooter
Hooks used OutputPageParserOutput Category:OutputPageParserOutput extensions ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars Category:ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars extensions
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The Header Footer extension allows content to be included at the top and bottom of the wiki's page content section per namespace and per page.

Features

• Speed - integrated with parser caching
• Secure - header and footer articles are located in the NS_MEDIAWIKI namespace
• Controllable - headers and/or footers can be disabled on pages which are edit protected
• Customizable - headers and footers are wrapped in ‎<div> elements

Installation

• Download and move the extracted HeaderFooter folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/HeaderFooter
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'HeaderFooter' );
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

Examples

1. Page MediaWiki:hf-nsheader-Extension would contain the wikitext to be included as header for all pages of the Extension namespace.
   • In this case, to suppress the header of the page Extension:HeaderFooter one should a) edit protect it, and b) add __NONSHEADER__ in it.
2. Page MediaWiki:hf-footer-Extension:HeaderFooter would contain the wikitext to be included as footer for the page Extension:HeaderFooter.
   • In this case, to suppress the footer of the page Extension:HeaderFooter one should a) edit protect it, and b) add __NOFOOTER__ in it.

See also

• PageNotice extension – provides a way for you to define fixed notice messages for the top or the bottom of a page (by individual page name), or entire namespaces (by namespace number).

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: BlueSpice Category:Extensions included in BlueSpice Canasta Category:Extensions included in Canasta ProWikiCategory:Extensions included in ProWiki This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.