Widget

Various custom WikiPage widgets created by users at the Virtual Skipper Wiki are created as separate sub-pages below this page.

That list is the content from Special:PrefixIndex/Widget presented inside an embedded WikiPage widget named Widget/UserWidgets
That particular widget produces 3 column output so is not suitable for the Monaco Sidebar but is perfectly fine for sidebar_3 at the widget dashboard. It is only marginally suitable for use in sidebar_4 at the widget dashboard. See also: MediaWiki:Gadget-myLZ/doc

Content from just a handful of Special: pages can be used inside a custom widget.

This article needs a list of the Special: pages that are compatible with these custom widgets.

1. First create a sub-page here e.g. Widget/UserWidgets
2. then at that sub-page transclude the special page of interest e.g. {{Special:PrefixIndex/Widget}}
3. Add a new WikiPage widget to the sidebar or widget dashboard and edit the "Source page" parameter to read :Widget/UserWidgets
   • notice the deliberate : prefix to identify the main namespace. Whenever you create a custom widget you must specify both the namespace and page name.
4. You can give the widget any title that you wish. When embedded in a page the title bar is not displayed but when you view that same custom widget in your dashboard (or sidebar) your custom title will be displayed.

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Note that these custom widgets may or may not exist at other wikis you visit. Even when a user at that remote wiki has created an equivalent custom widget there is a very good chance that a different page name was used for the source page.

• This is a problem in search of a w:c:central:widget repository for user defined custom widgets to encourage their re-use rather than their duplication.
• Some additional support within the widget framework to let the WikiPage widget recognize a w:c:central:widget: prefix in the source page parameter would be necessary to enable remote wikis to source from such a central repository.

If your sidebar becomes cluttered with "Failed to load" widget messages then review: MediaWiki:Gadget-myContent/doc and the blog referred to there.