Archive:StateBar

The StateBar

Extension: StateBar

Overview
Description:	it gives the user an overview of the article's essential meta information.
State:	stable	Dependency:	BlueSpice
Developer:	HalloWelt	License:	-
Type:	BlueSpice	Category:	Infrastructure
Edition:	BlueSpice free, BlueSpice pro
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Description

StateBar is the grey bar above the article. It gives the user an overview of the article's essential meta information. This is made available by other extensions.

Technical backgroundUsage / Features

The skin extension, ArticleInfo, Review and SaferEdit use the bar.

Where can I find the function StateBar?

You will find a grey bar above the contents area of the article. This is the status bar or StateBarStateBaror status bar. It can be displayed in full or collapsed. To show in full click on "DETAILS" at the right side . When expanded, further, detailed information is made available. The StateBar appears for article, category, image and file pages, but not for special pages.

The functionality of StateBar

The status bar uses icons and keywords to display information about the date of the last edit, the author of the last edit, the categories assigned, subpages, shouts of the shoutbox, approval and review processes. As well a warning about a possible edit conflict will be shown in the state bar. Instead of grey the pen-icon will be orange and next to it you find the information about the author who is also editing the page.
Here you can see an example fo information in the status bar:

Screenshot: Information in the state bar

Note: By default, only the author and the date of the last edit are shown. All further information is only shown when the corresponding function is used.

On the screenshot below you can see an expanded StateBar. The expanded StateBar offers further information about all the categories assigned, subpages, templates used, similar pages, the summary of the last change, approval process and the responsible editor with a profile picture (the possibility to accept or reject the article if you are the responsible editor) and the review process (quality assurance). Screenshot: Expanded state bar

Preferences for admins

Mask the StateBar on the following articles: A list of articles which should not have the StateBar (e.g. main page) - Entries can contain spaces, underscores, subpages and namespaces

Mask of single content articles: If you want o mask the StateBar on single articles you can use the MagicWord __NOSTATEBAR__

Mask for admins: Admins will also not see the StateBar when it is masked.

Top order: In this order, the individual elements will always be shown in the StateBar.

Body order: In this order, the individual elements will appear in the body of the StateBar, which is only displayed when the StateBar is expanded.

Show StateBar: Whether the StateBar should be displayed or not

Technical information

Configuration

Some aspects of this extension can be configured on Special:BlueSpicePreferences, under section "Status bar". Here wiki administrators can configure:

• Whether to show StateBar.
• Order of items displayed in the body of StateBar.
• Order of items displayed in the top line of StateBar.

Extensions FlexiSkin, ArticleInfo, Review and SaferEdit use the StateBar, extending it functionality. Configuration of those extensions might also be relevant.

Rights (permissions)

This extension does not require any special rights. Information coming from the extensions extending StateBar (listed above) will only show their information if user has appropriate rights defined by those extensions.

Requirements

StateBar requires BlueSpiceFoundation.

User manual

For detailed description and usage, visit our user manual.

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