[Mediawiki-l] Search Categories?

Fri Aug 25 13:15:59 UTC 2006

On 25/08/06, Yusuf Mohsinally <yusufm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just setup a new wiki. I want to have sections for different programming
> language articles (java, c, c# etc.). I did this by creating portals for
> each language : Portal:Java, Portal:Basic, etc.

Define "portal" in this sense?

> When I do a search I get checkboxes for:
>
> Search in namespaces:
> (Main) Talk User User talk ProgLang ProgLang talk Image Image talk MediaWiki
> MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk
>
> How do I get rid of all these checkboxes and have checkboxes for each portal
> only?

To alter the defaults, see $wgDefaultUserOptions. To *remove* them
will require some hacking of the search engine UI and the backend.

Rob Church