View source for Header Logo Implementation (Timeless) and Side Bar removal

= Header Logo Implementation (Timeless) and Side Bar removal =



- $wgSitename remains "അഭിപ്രായവേദി"

- Sidebar logo hidden via CSS

- Header logo implemented as SVG background on #p-banner

- Search placeholder uses site name

- No Timeless PHP modifications required


== Backup of related pages (18-06-2026) ==

==== Localsettings.php ====

<?php


$wgShowExceptionDetails = true;

$wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true;

wfDebugLog( 'session', 'LOGIN DEBUG: ' . $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] );




<nowiki># MediaWiki Configuration for AbhiprayaVedi</nowiki>

<nowiki># Generated and Cleaned: January 2026</nowiki>


<nowiki># Protect against web entry</nowiki>

if ( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {

exit;

}


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># BASIC SITE CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgSitename = "അഭിപ്രായവേദി";

$wgMetaNamespace = "AbhiprayaVedi";


<nowiki>## URL Configuration</nowiki>

$wgScriptPath = "";

$wgServer = "https://abhiprayavedi.org"; <nowiki># Changed to HTTPS for security</nowiki>

$wgCookieSecure = true;

$wgResourceBasePath = $wgScriptPath;


<nowiki>## Logo Configuration</nowiki>

$wgLogos = [

'1x' => "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/AV-Logo.svg",

'tagline' => [

"src" => "Debate * Discuss * Evolve",

"width" => 117,

"height" => 13

],

'icon' => "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/AV-Icon.svg",

];


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># LANGUAGE AND LOCALIZATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgLanguageCode = "en"; <nowiki># Malayalam as primary language</nowiki>

$wgLocaltimezone = "Asia/Kolkata"; <nowiki># Indian Standard Time</nowiki>

date_default_timezone_set( $wgLocaltimezone );


<nowiki>## Enable English as fallback</nowiki>

$wgUsersLanguages = [ 'en', 'ml' ];


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># DATABASE CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgDBtype = "mysql";

$wgDBserver = "localhost";

$wgDBname = "abhip6c6_abhi";

$wgDBuser = "abhip6c6_vij";

$wgDBpassword = "Free@2026"; 

$wgDBprefix = "";

$wgDBssl = false;

$wgDBTableOptions = "ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary";

$wgSharedTables[] = "actor";


<nowiki>## Secret keys</nowiki>

$wgSecretKey = "10840d43e32a0bc34bf870e6a90ced2d39447729bde9b134bedc86ca7442c20c"; 

$wgUpgradeKey = "0985e053df130967"; <nowiki># Replace with your actual key</nowiki>

$wgAuthenticationTokenVersion = "1";


<nowiki>## Force HTTPS (optional, but recommended if SSL is properly configured)</nowiki>

$wgForceHTTPS = true;


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># EMAIL CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgEnableEmail = true;

$wgEnableUserEmail = true;

$wgEmergencyContact = "admin@abhiprayavedi.org";

$wgPasswordSender = "noreply@abhiprayavedi.org";


$wgEnotifUserTalk = true;

$wgEnotifWatchlist = true;

$wgEmailAuthentication = true;


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># FILE UPLOAD CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgEnableUploads = true;

$wgUseImageMagick = true;

$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";

$wgMaxUploadSize = 100 * 1024 * 1024; <nowiki># 100MB</nowiki>

$wgFileExtensions = array_merge(

$wgFileExtensions,

['png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'pdf', 'svg', 'webp']

);


<nowiki>## Upload directory permissions</nowiki>

$wgUploadDirectory = "$IP/images";

$wgUploadPath = "$wgScriptPath/images";


$wgUseInstantCommons = false;


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># CUSTOM NAMESPACES</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


define("NS_DRAFT", 3000);

define("NS_DRAFT_TALK", 3001);


define("NS_PRIVATE", 3002);

define("NS_PRIVATE_TALK", 3003);


define("NS_SUBMISSIONS", 3004);

define("NS_SUBMISSIONS_TALK", 3005);


define("NS_ARTICLES", 3006);

define("NS_ARTICLES_TALK", 3007);


$wgExtraNamespaces = [

NS_DRAFT <nowiki>=> "Draft",</nowiki>

NS_DRAFT_TALK <nowiki>=> "Draft_talk",</nowiki>

NS_PRIVATE <nowiki>=> "Private",</nowiki>

NS_PRIVATE_TALK <nowiki>=> "Private_talk",</nowiki>

NS_SUBMISSIONS <nowiki>=> "Submissions",</nowiki>

NS_SUBMISSIONS_TALK => "Submissions_talk",

NS_ARTICLES <nowiki>=> "Articles",</nowiki>

NS_ARTICLES_TALK <nowiki>=> "Articles_talk",</nowiki>

];

<nowiki># Do not index editorial namespaces</nowiki>

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault[NS_DRAFT] = false;

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault[NS_SUBMISSIONS] = false;

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault[NS_PRIVATE] = false;


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># GLOBAL READ POLICY & NAMESPACE LOCKDOWN</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = true;


$wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_DRAFT]['*'] <nowiki>= ['user']; </nowiki>

$wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_SUBMISSIONS]['*'] = ['user'];

$wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_PRIVATE]['*'] <nowiki>= ['sysop']; </nowiki>


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># EDITORIAL WRITE PROTECTION </nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_DRAFT] <nowiki>= ['edit'];</nowiki>

$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_SUBMISSIONS] = ['edit'];

$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_PRIVATE] <nowiki>= ['editprivate'];</nowiki>


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># GROUP PERMISSIONS & USER RIGHTS</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


<nowiki># Anonymous users (*) </nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] <nowiki>= false;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] <nowiki>= false;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['autocreateaccount'] <nowiki>= false;</nowiki>


<nowiki># Regular users (user)</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgTemplateStylesNamespaces[NS_USER] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['user']['formedit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>


<nowiki># Editors (editor) </nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['edit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['createpage'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['move'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['upload'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['formedit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>


<nowiki># Sysops (sysop) </nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editprivate'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['formedit'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editinterface'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['viewedittab'] <nowiki>= true;</nowiki>


$wgGroupPermissions['*']['viewedittab'] <nowiki>= false; </nowiki>


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># SKIN CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


wfLoadSkin( 'timeless' );

$wgDefaultSkin = 'timeless';

<nowiki>#wfLoadSkin( 'Chameleon' );</nowiki>

<nowiki>#$wgDefaultSkin = "vector";</nowiki>

<nowiki>#wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Vector skin options</nowiki>

<nowiki># $wgVectorDefaultSkinVersion = '2';vi</nowiki>

<nowiki># $wgVectorDefaultSkinVersionForExistingAccounts = '2';</nowiki>


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># EXTENSIONS</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Core extensions</nowiki>

wfLoadExtension( 'CategoryTree' );

wfLoadExtension( 'Cite' );

wfLoadExtension( 'CiteThisPage' );

wfLoadExtension( 'ParserFunctions' );

wfLoadExtension( 'WikiEditor' );

wfLoadExtension( 'ImageMap' );

wfLoadExtension( 'PageForms' );

wfLoadExtension( 'VisualEditor' );

<nowiki>#wfLoadExtension( 'DynamicPageList4' );</nowiki>

wfLoadExtension( 'SemanticMediaWiki' );

$smwgCompactLinkSupport = true; 

$smwgChangePropagationProtection = true;


$wgDefaultUserOptions['visualeditor-enable'] = 1;

$wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'visualeditor-enable';

wfLoadExtension( 'TemplateStyles' );

wfLoadExtension( 'DisplayTitle' );

wfLoadExtension( 'Lockdown' );


$wgAllowDisplayTitle = true; 

$wgRestrictDisplayTitle = false; 


<nowiki># PageForms configuration</nowiki>

$wgPageFormsRenameEditTabs = true;

$wgPageFormsRenameMainEditTab = true;

$wgPageFormsShowEditFormTab = true;

$wgPageFormsEnableFormEditTab = true;

$wgPageFormsAutocompleteOnAllChars = true;

$wgPageFormsMaxAutocompleteValues = 100;


<nowiki>## ParserFunctions configuration</nowiki>

$wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;


<nowiki># Enable Universal Language Selector for Malayalam input</nowiki>

wfLoadExtension( 'UniversalLanguageSelector' );

$wgULSEnable = true;

$wgULSIMEEnabled = true;

$wgULSLanguageDetection = true;


<nowiki>## WikiEditor configuration</nowiki>

$wgDefaultUserOptions['usebetatoolbar'] = 1;

$wgDefaultUserOptions['usebetatoolbar-cgd'] = 1;




<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Disable some features for better performance on shared hosting</nowiki>

$wgDisableOutputCompression = false;

$wgJobRunRate = 0; <nowiki># Disable job queue on page requests (set up cron instead)</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Cache expiry</nowiki>

$wgParserCacheExpireTime = 86400; <nowiki># 1 day</nowiki>

$wgRevisionCacheExpiry = 86400;


<nowiki>## Resource loader</nowiki>

$wgResourceLoaderMaxQueryLength = 2000;


<nowiki># FIXED SESSION CONFIGURATION (KEEPS LOGIN WORKING)</nowiki>

$wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_DB;

$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ANYTHING;

$wgSessionsInObjectCache = true; 


<nowiki># Cookie fixes</nowiki>

$wgCookieSecure = false; // if not HTTPS

$wgCookieHttpOnly = true;

ini_set( 'session.cookie_httponly', 1 );


<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># MISCELLANEOUS</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Copyright/License</nowiki>

$wgRightsPage = "";

$wgRightsUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/";

$wgRightsText = "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0";

$wgRightsIcon = "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/licenses/cc-by-sa.png";


<nowiki>## Diff tool</nowiki>

$wgDiff3 = "/usr/bin/diff3";


<nowiki>## Pingback to MediaWiki.org</nowiki>

$wgPingback = false; <nowiki># Disable for privacy</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Recent changes</nowiki>

$wgRCMaxAge = 90 * 24 * 3600; <nowiki># 90 days</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Page title</nowiki>

$wgRestrictDisplayTitle = false;


<nowiki>## Prevent anonymous page creation</nowiki>

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;


<nowiki># Set contributor guide as prominent</nowiki>

$wgDefaultUserOptions['welcomecreation'] = true;

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># DEBUG CONFIGURATION (Disable in production)</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


<nowiki>## Uncomment these lines for debugging (NEVER on production)</nowiki>

<nowiki># error_reporting( -1 );</nowiki>

<nowiki># ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );</nowiki>

<nowiki># $wgShowExceptionDetails = true;</nowiki>

<nowiki># $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true;</nowiki>

<nowiki># $wgDebugToolbar = true;</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>

<nowiki># END OF CONFIGURATION</nowiki>

<nowiki># ============================================================================</nowiki>


==== Mediawiki:Timeless.css ====

<nowiki>#mw-site-navigation #p-logo {</nowiki>

display: none;

}

<nowiki>#p-banner {</nowiki>

display: inline-block;


width: 260px;

height: 42px;


background-image: url("/resources/assets/AV-Logo.svg");

background-repeat: no-repeat;

background-size: contain;

background-position: left center;


text-indent: -9999px;

overflow: hidden;

}

<nowiki>#simpleSearch {</nowiki>

margin-left: 30px;

}


==== Mediawiki:Common.css ====

/* ==========================================================================

1. LOAD MALAYALAM GOOGLE FONTS

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

@import url('https://smc.org.in/fonts/manjari.css');

@import url('https://googleapis.com');


/* GLOBAL FONTS FORCE (Combined to eliminate duplications) */

:lang(ml), :lang(ml) *,

body:lang(ml), .mw-body:lang(ml), .mw-body-content:lang(ml), #content:lang(ml),

.mw-parser-output:lang(ml), .article-content:lang(ml), .article-content *,

.intro-box:lang(ml), p:lang(ml), span:lang(ml), div:lang(ml),

h1:lang(ml), h2:lang(ml), h3:lang(ml), h4:lang(ml),

<nowiki>#firstHeading, .mw-first-heading, .firstHeading {</nowiki>

font-family: 'Manjari', 'Meera', 'Rachana', 'Noto Sans Malayalam', 'Nirmala UI', sans-serif !important;

}


/* ഫയൽ എറർ ഒഴിവാക്കാൻ ഗൂഗിൾ വെബ് ഫോണ്ടുകൾ ഫോഴ്സ് ചെയ്യുക */

@font-face {

font-family: 'Meera';

src: url('https://gstatic.com') format('woff2'); /* സെർവർ എറർ മറികടക്കാൻ */

}


/* GLOBAL MINOR TWEAKS */

body {

line-height: 1.7;

}

.article-content * {

line-height: 1.85 !important;

}


/* ==========================================================================

2. HEADINGS & TITLES

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

<nowiki>#firstHeading, .mw-first-heading, .firstHeading {</nowiki>

font-size: 2.35em !important;

font-weight: 700 !important;

margin-bottom: 0.4em !important;

color: #222;

border-bottom: solid 4px #36c;

}

:lang(en) #firstHeading, :lang(en) .mw-first-heading {

font-size: 2.45em !important;

}


/* HIDE NAMESPACE SUBTITLE FOR PUBLISHED ARTICLES */

.mw-displaytitle-subtitle {

display: none !important;

}


/* ==========================================================================

3. LAYOUT & SIDEBARS (FULL WIDTH)

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

<nowiki>#mw-site-navigation, #mw-related-navigation {</nowiki>

display: none !important;

}

<nowiki>#mw-content-container {</nowiki>

margin-left: 0 !important;

margin-right: 0 !important;

padding-left: 2rem !important;

padding-right: 2rem !important;

max-width: 100% !important;

}

<nowiki>#content {</nowiki>

max-width: 100% !important;

}


/* ==========================================================================

4. FIXED: HIDE PAGE TABS FOR ANONYMOUS USERS (Dynamic Fix)

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

/* ==========================================================================

4. FIXED: HIDE PAGE TABS FOR ANONYMOUS USERS ONLY

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

.anon-visitor #mw-page-header-links,

.anon-visitor #siteSub {

display: none !important;

}


/* ==========================================================================

5. LOGO INTEGRATION FOR DISPLAY NAME PLACE

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

.mw-wiki-title {

font-family: 'Manjari', sans-serif !important;

font-weight: bold;

font-size: 22px;

color: #002B49 !important; /* Deep Navy */

}


==== Mediawiki:Common.js ====



/* ഇവിടെ നൽകുന്ന ജാവാസ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ് എല്ലാ ഉപയോക്താക്കൾക്കും, എല്ലാ താളുകളിലും പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും */

// Show display titles in category pages instead of page names

$(document).ready(function() {

if ($('.mw-category').length) {

$('.mw-category li a').each(function() {

var pageTitle = $(this).attr('title');

if (pageTitle) {

// This will use the page's actual display title

// MediaWiki automatically uses DISPLAYTITLE in title attribute

$(this).text(pageTitle);

}

});

}

});




/* ==========================================================================

ANONYMOUS USERS ONLY: HIDE PAGE TABS (View Source, History etc.)

<nowiki>========================================================================== */</nowiki>

(function () {

// ഉപയോക്താവ് ലോഗിൻ ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ലെങ്കിൽ (അനോണിമസ് ആണെങ്കിൽ)

if (mw.config.get('wgUserId') === null) {

// ഡോക്യുമെന്റ് ലോഡ് ആയതിനു ശേഷം റൺ ചെയ്യുക

$(document).ready(function () {

// പേജ് ടാബുകൾ അടങ്ങിയ കണ്ടെയ്നർ പൂർണ്ണമായി നീക്കം ചെയ്യുക

$('#mw-page-header-links').remove();

// 'From AbhiprayaVedi' എന്ന ലൈൻ നീക്കം ചെയ്യുക

$('#siteSub').remove();

});

}

}());