Wiki Menu
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This page coordinates the development of the wiki menu and its localization.
Do not use OrigLang for new pages
We are currently transitioning to the MediaWiki Translate extension. Do not use the OrigLang type of translation for newly created pages.
Description
The top menu was created because many users who come from the official websites (www.documentfoundation.org or www.libreoffice.org) or from search engines can't find back to the official websites. It must always appear at the very top of the page because it is the only menu bar formatted with a top margin.
The main menu bar should appear on all international wiki pages, which are involved in the menu structure. It can be followed by other menu bars, especially {{OrigLang|}}-bar.
The second menu bar is for all international Wiki sites, which are involved in the sub menu. It can be followed by other menu bars, especially {{OrigLang|}}-bar. There should be some attention that the following menu bars have no top margin (except the {{OrigLang|}}-bar).
Top level
{{TopMenu}}
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{{Menu}}
Second level (Sub Menus)
Menu Design
{{Menu.Design}}
Menu Development
{{Menu.Development}}
Menu Documentation
Menu Events
{{Menu.Events}}
Menu Extensions
{{Menu.Extensions}}
Menu Home
{{Menu.Home}}
Menu LibreOffice-Box
{{Menu.Box}}
Menu Localization
Menu Macros
{{Menu.Macros}}
Menu Magazine
{{Menu.Magazine}}
Menu Marketing
{{Menu.Marketing}}
Menu QA
{{Menu.QA}}
Menu ReleaseNotes
Menu TDF
{{Menu.TDF}}
Menu Website
{{Menu.Website}}
Menu FAQs
{{Menu.FAQ}}
Menu Building
{{Menu.Building}}
Menu ReleasePlan
{{Menu.ReleasePlan}}
Menu UndertheHood
Structure of the template
First there is the menu itself. The complete menu includes the following tags:
{{SubMenuStart}}
Menu items by using {{SubMenuEntry}} or {{SubMenuEntryAlternative}} (see documentation page)
</ul></div><noinclude>
{{OrigLang|}}
Documentation of the template (e.g. Usage)
Categories (e.g. [[Category:Templates|Menubar]], see Category:Templates)
</noinclude>
The reason is that for the Template-namespace the subside feature isn't enabled so you won't get the right links.
Localization
Base
If you want to localize the menus there are two possibilities as described in Multilingual Wiki: If it is a "translated" menu like the main menu or the submenus above I would prefer to make them like subpages named by their language code (e.g. Template:Menu/de, Template:Menu.Design/de, Template:Menu/fr Template:Menu.Design/fr).
If it is a (sub)menu which has only local focus and is useful in its local language only and have a relevance to other languages, the menu should be like subpages of a page named by the language code in upper case (e.g. Template:DE/Menu.Schweiz, Template:DE/Menu.Österreich, Template:FR/Menu.Belgique, Template:FR/Menu.France). But this SHOULD be the exception.
If you want to localize an international (sub)menu you only have to open the international menu and click on the desired language code. If there is no localized menu you will be asked to edit it.
Now you can build the template like it is described in the next point (or copy it from the international (English) template and translate it).
It is easy to do: At the top of your page, type in the code which is described in the "Usage" or the wiki code listed at this page at the top of the example on this page.
Credits
Thanks to Christian K. who created the menus for the German Wiki on which these are based.