MediaWiki extensions manual

Preloader Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	Page action Category:Page action extensions, Tag Category:Tag extensions
Description	Loads boilerplate text when creating new pages
Author(s)	Rob Church, troyengel
Maintainer(s)	Universal Omegatalk
Latest version	1.4.0 (2023-11-13)
MediaWiki	1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Category:Extensions in GitHub version control README
Parameters $wgPreloaderSource
Hooks used EditFormPreloadText Category:EditFormPreloadText extensions

The Preloader extension allows the creation of boilerplate text which will be inserted into the edit form when creating new pages. Different boilerplate text can be specified for different namespaces.

In addition, a new parser tag, <nopreload> is introduced, which is used to denote sections which should not be preloaded, ever; useful for instructions and advice on the boilerplate pages. This tag has no effect during a regular parse operation.

Installation

• Extract archive content and place the file(s) in a directory called Preloader in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Preloader' );
  

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

Configuration

Configuration of the boilerplate sources is done via the $wgPreloaderSource configuration variable, which takes the following format:

$wgPreloaderSource[ NAMESPACE ] = PAGE TITLE;

For instance,

$wgPreloaderSource[ NS_MAIN ] = 'Template:Boilerplate';

$wgPreloaderSource[ NS_HELP ] = 'Template:Boilerplate help';

dictates that the boilerplate text for pages in the main namespace should be loaded from Template:Boilerplate, while pages in the Help namespace will be preloaded from Template:Boilerplate_help. Other namespaces have no boilerplate configured.

Feedback

Please submit comments, suggestions and bug reports on Github.

See Also

• Extension:Header Footer provides per-namespace header/footer text
• Extension:MultiBoilerplate provides per dropdownlist multiple templates
• Extension:NewArticleTemplates provides per-namespace preload text
• Extension:NamespacePreload

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge 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.