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<h3>[[Snippets:CollapsibleVector|Extension:CollapsibleVector]]</h3>
<p>The {{MH370Site}} site has a collapsible menu in the left column of the screen.  MediaWiki calls that a Sidebar.  Sidebar settings, the menu items, are located in the page MediaWiki:Sidebar.</p>
<p>The Vector skin is one of four skins included in the MediaWiki installation and in [[LocalSettings File|LocalSettings.php]] is commonly configured as the default skin:-</p>
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## Default skin: you can change the default skin. Use the internal symbolic
## names, e.g. 'vector' or 'monobook':
$wgDefaultSkin = "vector";

# Enabled skins.
# The following skins were automatically enabled:
wfLoadSkin( 'MinervaNeue' );
wfLoadSkin( 'MonoBook' );
wfLoadSkin( 'Timeless' );
wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );
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<p>However, the <b>[CollapsibleVector]</b> extension is not included. The Extension page <html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CollapsibleVector" target="_blank">Extension:CollapsibleVector</a></html>
 has the details. The <i>download</i> link takes you to a page <html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/CollapsibleVector" target="_blank">Download MediaWiki extension</a></html> which presents the current version:-</p>

[[File:VectorDownload1.44.jpg]]

<p>However, this website currently uses MediaWiki version 1.43.1 LTS, so it would be wise to select that option:-</p>

[[File:VectorDownload1.43.jpg]]

<p>Read the instruction page and save the download locally.</p>

<p>The download looks like this:-</p>

[[File:CollapsibleVector tar gz.jpg]]

<p>Using 7-zip the first extraction is to the folder CollapsibleVector-REL1_43-305a7e6.tar which contains a file named CollapsibleVector-REL1_43-305a7e6</p>
<p>Using 7-zip again, the files are extracted to a folder named CollapsibleVector-REL1_43-305a7e6 which contains a folder named CollapsibleVector.</p>
<p>Use [[FTP]] to transfer this folder and contents to your hosted site. Check that the number of files transferred is correct. Fix any errors.</p>

<p>At your hosted site use [[cPanel]] --> File Manager to copy (or move) the CollapsibleVector folder to /w/extensions</p>

<p>In File manager select LocalSettings.php and Edit. Scroll to the end.</p>
<p>Referring to the installation instructions for the CollapsibleVector Extension, add the line <code>wfLoadExtension( 'CollapsibleVector' );</code></p>

<p>My LocalSettings.php file looks like this:-</p>

[[File:EnabledExtensions.jpg]]

<p>I find it useful to group extensions:-</p>
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   <li>Extensions which are packaged with MediaWiki. When MediaWiki is upgraded to a newer version these xtensions will likely be included.</li>
   <li>Extensions which I have downloaded and installed. Before the next upgrade I will check that newer versions are available and will download them for installation in the new version of MediaWiki.</li>
</ol>

<p>Actually, I try to keep extra extensions to a minimum, particularly on a site like {{MH370Site}}. This is mainly because I have previously used extensions which were not maintained so I learnt the hard way not to be reliant on extensions outside of the standard set.</p>

<p>At this stage of development, the menu on this site looks like this:-</p>

[[File:SimplestCollapsibleMenu.jpg]]

<p>The only menu item with any sub-items is Tools, which can be expanded:-</p>

[[File:ExpandedToolsMenu.jpg]]

<p>To add items to the Menu see [[Customise the Menu]].</p>
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