Set up new RecordAdmin record type

Set up new RecordAdmin record type Organic Design procedure

Comments to add to extension talk RecordAdmin

• Set up RecordAdmin on your wiki by adding the following lines to your LocalSettings.php file:
• This also creates the "form" namespace you will need.
• the first define(NS_FORM) is needed either way
• the $wgExtraNamespaces is also needed if you don't use SMW/SF
• If you have simpleforms set up, this will be using the "Form" namespace and you will have to ... first.

See also

• Using forms in MediaWiki

Actual procedure

• MW:Extension:RecordAdmin
• Extension talk:RecordAdmin
• Wiki Organisation
• You can use an existing form as a template, such as Form:Member
• For each record type, a form will have an equivalent template to go with it, in this case Template:Member, this is needed to ...
• In order to change what is listed in the table beneath the form, you will need to add the following css to your MediaWiki:Common.css page:

/* Member forms and tables */
form.recordadmin, .recordadmin-form, .recordadmin-template {
    background-color: #EDEDFA;
    padding:10px;
    width: 550px;
}

table.sortable tr.odd {
    background-color: white;
}
table.sortable td, table.sortable th {
    padding: 0 4px;
    margin: 0;
}
table.sortable th {
    text-align: center;
    display: none;
}
table.sortable td {
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    font-size: 8pt;
    display: none;
}

table.recordadmin .colOrganisation,
table.recordadmin .colJob,
table.recordadmin .colActivity,
table.recordadmin .colDate,
table.recordadmin .colTime,
table.recordadmin .colCity,
table.recordadmin .colEmail {
    display: table-cell;
}