Template:GuestbookWidget: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 02:19, 24 October 2026

Drop {{GuestbookWidget}} at the bottom of a memorial's own "PersonName/Stories" subpage, below any existing entries -- not the main memorial page. Visitors read the existing stories first, then find the form last. It renders a native submission form (built by MediaWiki:Common.js) that posts

new entries onto *this* page as


A Visitor

entries, inserted directly above this transclusion (not simply appended to the end of the page) so the form stays pinned at the bottom as more entries are added -- since the existing entries on the page are simply the rest of its wikitext, there is no separate storage subpage any more.

A "Stories" tab pointing at this subpage is added automatically to the parent memorial page (see the SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal hook in LocalSettings.php) for every main-namespace page, as a redlink until its "/Stories" subpage actually exists.

Posting is open to anyone, logged in or not -- anonymous visitors can post text, but the photo-upload button is disabled for them (MediaWiki's default permissions don't grant anonymous users the "upload" right).

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-{{#ifexist:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Guestbook
+<div class="guestbook-form-widget" data-guestbook-subpage="{{FULLPAGENAME}}"></div>{{#ifeq:{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|-1}}|Stories|[[Category:Stories|{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|-1}}]]}}
-|{{:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Guestbook}}
-|''Be the first to share a memory.''
-}}
-[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Guestbook|veaction=edit&preload=Template:Memory_Preload}} '''➕ Add a Memory''']
 <noinclude>
-Drop <code><nowiki>{{GuestbookWidget}}</nowiki></code> into any memorial page's
+Drop <code><nowiki>{{GuestbookWidget}}</nowiki></code> at the <strong>bottom</strong> of a
-Guestbook section. It works on whichever page it's placed on — no page name to
+memorial's own "PersonName/Stories" subpage, below any existing entries -- not the main
-fill in — by transcluding "&lt;This page&gt;/Guestbook" and linking to a
+memorial page. Visitors read the existing stories first, then find the form last. It
-VisualEditor edit of that same subpage.
+renders a native submission form (built by <code>MediaWiki:Common.js</code>) that posts
+new entries onto *this* page as <code>{{Memory|...}}</code> entries, inserted directly
+above this transclusion (not simply appended to the end of the page) so the form stays
+pinned at the bottom as more entries are added -- since the existing entries on the page
+are simply the rest of its wikitext, there is no separate storage subpage any more.
-Important: do NOT pre-create the "PersonName/Guestbook" subpage. VisualEditor's
+A "Stories" tab pointing at this subpage is added automatically to the parent
-preload only fires for a page that doesn't exist yet — if the subpage already
+memorial page (see the <code>SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal</code> hook in
-exists (even blank), the first visitor loses the pre-filled form. The
+<code>LocalSettings.php</code>) for every main-namespace page, as a redlink until
-{{#ifexist:}} above shows a friendly placeholder instead of a redlink until
+its "/Stories" subpage actually exists.
-the first memory is saved.
-The first memory on a page opens pre-filled via preload. After that, the page
+Posting is open to anyone, logged in or not -- anonymous visitors can post
-already has content, so VisualEditor can no longer preload it automatically —
+text, but the photo-upload button is disabled for them (MediaWiki's default
-later visitors use VisualEditor's Insert > Template > Memory dialog instead
+permissions don't grant anonymous users the "upload" right).
-(TemplateData gives it labeled fields and a real photo picker).
 </noinclude>

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Latest revision as of 02:19, 24 October 2026