Mediawiki upgrade to 1.20 - New Features

New Extensions

• WikiEditor is now built into core
• [FancyBoxThumbs http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FancyBoxThumbs] - The FancyBoxThumbs extension displays thumb nailed images in a Mac-style "lightbox" that floats overtop of web page. This can create a more user friendly environment, where the user doesn't leave the page every time they click a thumbnail.
• Collapsible Elements - allow you to show/hide additional content on your page using text or buttons
• User Merge and Delete

New Mediawiki-Bootstrap Skin

• Is now responsive and looks great on a variety of devices
• Sidebar content has been consolidated into top navbar Toolbox, blue Page button, and Account button. Removing sidebars allows for readers to focus page content.
• Custom navigation can be added as drop-downs in the top navbar.
  • To customize your navbar go to the MediaWiki:bootstrap-navbar page in your site.
  • For an example of how to custom see the Help Wiki's navbar at MediaWiki:bootstrap-navbar.
  • "Toolbox" and "SEARCH" are special words that will add key functionality to your navbar.

Default Settings in New Wikis

• Taxobox templates have been included in the SkelDB. All new sites are ready to go with taxobox and will recognize taxobox syntax..
• New Mediawiki-Bootstrap is set to be the default skin

Release Notes since our last version 1.15

• 1.20
  • New diff view for greater accessibility (less dependent upon colors)
• 1.19
• 1.18
  • Collapsible Elements added to core
  • Renameuser — A special page which allows authorized users to rename user accounts.
  • Vector — Enhancements to the Vector skin.
  • WikiEditor — An improved and customizable editing toolbar developed along the Vector skin.
  • Better gender support for languages that need it
• 1.17
  • Category sorting has been drastically improved. Sorting is now case insensitive.
• 1.16