Just to properly resolve this thread, I found the solution to my question.
:)
Basically, all that needed to be done was to override the tocList function
found in Linker.php. The Linker class is the parent class of Skin, which is
the parent class of SkinTemplate, which is the parent class of any custom
skin you create.
So to grab the TOC, all I had to do was override the tocList function to 1)
save the generated TOC and 2) return nothing so no TOC is printed with the
body content.
class SkinMyCustomSkin extends SkinTemplate
{
var $skinname = 'MyCustomSkin',
$stylename = 'MyCustomSkin',
$template = 'MyCustomSkinTemplate',
$useHeadElement = false;
function tocList($toc) {
$this->savedTOC = parent::tocList($toc);
return "";
}
}
Now I can place the TOC where ever I want by simply "print
$this->skin->savedTOC;"
Walter Mazza
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Walter Mazza <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry on the second read of my email, I realized I was kind of vague. I am
> actually creating a custom skin that uses a 2 column layout. As part of this
> layout, I would like to place the TOC in the "sidebar" (not to be confused
> with MediaWiki:Sidebar)
>
> So basically, the TOC needs to be placed OUTISIDE of the bodyContent div
>
> HTML example:
> <div id="bodyContent">
> <table id="toc"><!--TOC is currently here --></table>
> </div>
> <div id="column-one">
> <!-- I want to place TOC here -->
> </div>
>
> Thanks for your reply :)
>
> Walter Mazza
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Giuseppe Briotti <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> > Message: 6
>> > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:32 -0600
>> > From: Walter Mazza <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Move TOC
>> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > Message-ID:
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>> >
>> > Is it change the location of the TOC 1) specific to a skin, 2) despite
>> where
>> > the user places __TOC__, 3) without using JavaScript, 4) without
>> changing
>> > the core code of MediaWiki, and 5) output it somewhere other then the
>> > bodytext section.
>> >
>> > Basically, I would like to have the rendered HTML output to be something
>> > like this:
>> >
>> > <div id="bodyContent">
>> > <!-- Page Content goes here -->
>> > </div>
>> > <div id="sidebar">
>> > <!-- TOC goes here -->
>> > </div>
>> >
>> > I see that in "includes/parser/parser.php" that Parser -> formatHeadings
>> > takes care of creating the TOC but I do not want to change the actual
>> core
>> > code of MediaWiki (as this will affect other skins).
>> >
>> > Any thoughts? Ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks all :)
>>
>> I'm not sure I understood... are you talking about moving the TOC as,
>> for instance,
>> in this page?
>>
>> http://www.usnb.it/wiki/index.php?title=Pagina_principale
>>
>> (the TOC is placed on top right side)
>>
>> This can be achieved by a template with a div and __TOC__ magic word
>>
>> G.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Giuseppe Briotti
>> [email protected]
>>
>> "Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui
>> promis et celas aliusque et idem
>> nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma
>> visere maius."
>> (Orazio)
>>
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