User:Cacycle/wikEd international

This page explains how to translate and install the MediaWiki editing page extension wikEd.

Installation

1. Add the following code to your User:YourUsername/monobook.js (or whatever skin used) page:

install a [[User:Cacycle/wikEd international]] translation
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js'
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

2. Replace http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js with the address of your translation page, see below for a list of existing ones.

3. Click Shift-Reload or press Shift-Ctrl-R to update.

List of existing translations

• English: en:User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js, example and starting point for translations (address: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js)

• German: en:User:Olliminatore/wikEd_international_de (first version, open for edit, maybe need improvement) (address: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User::Olliminatore/wikEd_international_de)

Translation instructions

Copy the English example translation from User:Cacycle/wikEd_international_en.js.

• The first string is the internal text name and must not be changed.
• The second string after the colon is the text to be translated.
• The button alt text is displayed only when the button images are not available, it should be as short as possible.
• The button title text is the popup tooltip text hat appears upon hovering over a button.
• Every line beside the last one ends with a comma.
• Every ' character has to be written as \'.
• Do not change the {wikEd...} parts as these are dynamically replaced.
• Missing translations are displayed in their English built-in version.

Save your translation as a subpage in your personal name space and add it to the list of existing translations above.