I am a complete and total newbie with MediaWiki. I would like to find a way to include Recent Changes directly on the Main Page, without having to have the user navigate to the recent changes page. What are my options for this?
Thanks!
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A:
One way would be to put
{{Special:RecentChanges}}
in [[Main_Page]].
Joshua C. Lerner
2010-03-10 21:09:33
A:
There is also an extension : Dynamic Article List - which allows you more control over what to display in your list of recent changes.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Socoljam/DynamicArticleList_%28enhanced%29
This is an enhanced version of a MediaWiki extension of the same name. It also provides slightly clearer instructions to install it and get it working.
Laurent Alquier
2010-03-11 15:59:06
I looked at the article and it looks fairly straightforward, but how would I apply that to the Recent Changes list?
Mike C.
2010-03-12 04:17:40
Unless I am misunderstanding your question, there is no way to change the Recent Changes list to use this extension.The idea is to create your own 'recent changes' page with a simplified layout using this extension.In your situation, you would create a new template: 'Template:Recent_changes' and use the extension there before embedding the template in your main page.
Laurent Alquier
2010-03-18 13:11:09