Help:Custom namespaces: Difference between revisions

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#Pick the names of your namespaces and their associated talk pages. '''Do not include spaces in the name''', but instead use an underscore character. Then pick the namespace numbers. '''Even numbers are for namespaces containing actual articles, odd numbers are reserved for talk pages'''. Numbering for custom namespaces start at 100.

#Goto /includes/DefaultSettings.php and copy the variables <var>$wgExtraNamespaces</var>, <var>$wgNamespacesWithSubpages</var>, and <var>$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault</var> into LocalSettings.php

#:Note: ''If $wgExtraNamespaces is not in DefaultSettings.php, you probably have ana very old version of MediaWiki (1.3.2 or older). You should upgrade to the [http://www.mediawiki.org/ current release], as there have been bug and security fixes since then.''

#To <var>$wgExtraNamespaces</var>, add the name of your namespace and its talk page, using the names and numbers chosen in step 1.

#*:Example: