New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Antwort: Creating Pulldown Menus

25 Sep 2006

I posted this as I joined, but since I haven't seen it in the mailing 
lists, I think I might've done something wrong.

First of all, pardon me if this doesn't go here, but I'm a brandnew 
MediaWiki user and I turned here because I couldn't find a solution to 
my problem anywhere. So, I'm hoping maybe you can. (And also, I hope 
this is what the mailinglist is intended for, although I'd appreciate it 
if you'd tell me if it wasn't)

I've created my Wiki (currently running here 
<http://lyrcanna.xtservices.net>) for use in my Pen&Paper Roleplaying 
Campaign so my players have an easily accesible database of 'everything' 
in the campaign world.

So I wanted to create an index in the MediaWiki:Sidebar which currently 
has the standard:
* Main Page
* Community portal
* Current events
* Recent changes
* Random page
* Help
* Donations

Now I'm working on reforging this whole thing into a simple
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 - History
* Chapter 2 - Regions
* etcetera...

For this, I consulted a friend of mine who is fluent (-ish) in java 
programming for information on how to add a pull-down menu to this. So 
that if someone would click on let's say Chapter 1, he'd get
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 - History
* A - The First Age
* B - The Second Age
* etcetera...
* Chapter 2 - Regions
* etcetera...

He forwarded me the following HTML code:
Quote:
Originally Posted by *HTML-code*
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Lyrcanna Wiki Example 2</TITLE>
<script src="showHide.js"></script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<ul>
<li><a href="javascript:showhide(Peral);">Peral, God of the
Sun</a></li>
<span id="Peral" style="display:none">
<ul>
<li>Portfolios: Day, Fire, Justice, Law, Light, Sun</li>
<li>Portfolios: Number 2, Healthy and Youthful</li>
</ul>
</span>
<li><a href="javascript:showhide(Anastay);">Anastay, Goddess of the

Moon</a></li>
<span id="Anastay" style="display:none">
<ul>
<li>Portfolios: A other one</li>
</ul>
</span>
</ul>
</BODY>
<HTML>

Which can be viewed here <http://test.xtservices.net/LyrcannaTest2.htm>.
He also wrote the showHide.js applet that makes this whole thing tick.

However, nomatter what I do, I can't get it running in the SideBar.

Would any of you know how to implement this code?
Or would any of you know of another way of implementing the 
functionality I'm looking for?

EDIT: I just noticed that the java applet doesn't appear to be working 
on my test-site for it either. However, this is probably due to the 
workings of java-applets in combination with the suppliers of my domain 
space and not due to the fact that the html-code isn't supported (which 
'is' the case on the mediawiki I think).

Thought I'd supply you with the contents of the java applet too... Just 
in case.
Quote:
Originally Posted by *showHide.js*
var Open = ""
var Closed = ""

function showhide(what){
if (what.style.display=='none'){
what.style.display='';
}
else{
what.style.display='none'
}
}

Greetings,
Willem-Jan van Strien
/The Netherlands/