Template:GuestbookWidget: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:33, 14 September 2026

Be the first to share a memory.

Drop {{GuestbookWidget}} into any memorial page's Guestbook section. It works on whichever page it's placed on — no page name to fill in — by transcluding "<This page>/Guestbook" and rendering a native submission form (built by MediaWiki:Common.js) instead of linking out to a VisualEditor edit.

Important: do NOT pre-create the "PersonName/Guestbook" subpage — leave it to be created by the first real submission. The above shows a friendly placeholder instead of a redlink until then.

The visible form (name / message / a tribute-icon row / photo upload / submit) is rendered client-side by MediaWiki:Common.js into the empty .guestbook-form-widget div above, and submits via the Action API (action=edit, appendtext) directly onto this page's

"/Guestbook" subpage as a


A Visitor

entry — the same storage format the old VisualEditor-based flow used, so this only changes how entries are submitted, not how they're stored or rendered.

Posting requires being logged in — logged-out visitors see a "log in or create an account" prompt instead of the form fields.

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-[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Guestbook|veaction=edit&preload=Template:Memory_Preload}} '''➕ Add a Memory''']
+<div class="guestbook-form-widget" data-guestbook-subpage="{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Guestbook"></div>
 <noinclude>
 Drop <code><nowiki>{{GuestbookWidget}}</nowiki></code> into any memorial page's
 Guestbook section. It works on whichever page it's placed on — no page name to
-fill in — by transcluding "&lt;This page&gt;/Guestbook" and linking to a
+fill in — by transcluding "&lt;This page&gt;/Guestbook" and rendering a native
-VisualEditor edit of that same subpage.
+submission form (built by <code>MediaWiki:Common.js</code>) instead of linking
+out to a VisualEditor edit.
-Important: do NOT pre-create the "PersonName/Guestbook" subpage. VisualEditor's
+Important: do NOT pre-create the "PersonName/Guestbook" subpage — leave it to
-preload only fires for a page that doesn't exist yet — if the subpage already
+be created by the first real submission. The {{#ifexist:}} above shows a
-exists (even blank), the first visitor loses the pre-filled form. The
+friendly placeholder instead of a redlink until then.
-{{#ifexist:}} above shows a friendly placeholder instead of a redlink until
-the first memory is saved.
-The first memory on a page opens pre-filled via preload. After that, the page
+The visible form (name / message / a tribute-icon row / photo upload / submit)
-already has content, so VisualEditor can no longer preload it automatically —
+is rendered client-side by <code>MediaWiki:Common.js</code> into the empty
-later visitors use VisualEditor's Insert > Template > Memory dialog instead
+<code>.guestbook-form-widget</code> div above, and submits via the Action API
-(TemplateData gives it labeled fields and a real photo picker).
+(<code>action=edit</code>, <code>appendtext</code>) directly onto this page's
+"/Guestbook" subpage as a <code>{{Memory|...}}</code> entry — the same storage
+format the old VisualEditor-based flow used, so this only changes how entries
+are submitted, not how they're stored or rendered.
+Posting requires being logged in — logged-out visitors see a "log in or
+create an account" prompt instead of the form fields.
 </noinclude>

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Revision as of 06:33, 14 September 2026