Help:User preferences

Semantic MediaWiki 1.8.0Released on 2 December 2012 and compatible with MW 1.17.0 - 1.22.x
(except 1.22.1). introduced an user preference tab on special page "Preferences" (see here for a live example) where options are available to enhance the Semantic MediaWiki experience and that of related extensions by allowing customization on a per user basis.

Introduced	Context	Description	Name	Enabled
SMW 1.8.0	Special page "Ask"	Enable toggling between the standard parameter text or a compact info tooltip based display	smw-prefs-ask-options-tooltip-display	no
SMW 1.8.0	Special page "Ask"	Enable toggling between the standard parameter text or a compact info tooltip based display	smw-prefs-ask-options-tooltip-display	no
SMW 3.0.0	Search feature "SMWSearch"	Disable the syntax support information on the standard search page	smw-prefs-general-options-disable-search-info	yes
SMW 3.0.0	Search feature "SMWSearch"	Disable the syntax support information on the standard search page	smw-prefs-general-options-disable-search-info	yes
SMW 3.0.0	Input assistance	Enable the input assistance for semantic entity suggestions	smw-prefs-general-options-suggester-textinput	no
SMW 3.0.0	Edit help	Disable the introductory text on the edit page	smw-prefs-general-options-disable-editpage-info	no
SMW 3.0.0	Local time	Enable time correction for special pages using the local time offset preference	smw-prefs-general-options-time-correction	no
SMW 3.0.0	Local time	Enable time correction for special pages using the local time offset preference	smw-prefs-general-options-time-correction	no
SMW 3.0.0	Input assistance	Enable the input assistance for semantic entity suggestions	smw-prefs-general-options-suggester-textinput	no
SMW 3.0.0	Edit help	Disable the introductory text on the edit page	smw-prefs-general-options-disable-editpage-info	no
SMW 4.1.0	Entity issue panel	Enable the entity issue panel	smw-prefs-general-options-show-entity-issue-panel	yes
SRF 1.9.0	Eventcalendar format	Enable automatic updates during a page refresh	srf-prefs-eventcalendar-options-update-default	no
SRF 1.9.0	Datatables format	Enable automatic updates during a page refresh	srf-prefs-datatables-options-update-default	no
SRF 1.9.0	Eventcalendar format	Enable the pane view by default	srf-prefs-eventcalendar-options-paneview-default	no
SRF 1.9.0	Datatables format	Enable to use of local caching	srf-prefs-datatables-options-cache-default	no

Additional information

Automatic updates

This option allows to fetch content updates automatically during a page refresh (or initial page load).

Local storage

Local storage as part of most modern HTML5 web browsers is a browser storage engine that allows external content provider (which in our case is the result format/printer) to store arbitrary information that can help improve response time. One current application is in order to decrease necessary Ajax calls, the local storage keeps information about an image/thumbnail location within the browser cache so that the next time the same image is requested this information (URL etc.) is recalled from the browser instead of asking the server again.

The local cache time is set to 24 hours for an individual item, after that the browser will initiate a new request. The local storage can be deleted at any time and will not influence the behavior or functionality of the result format/printer.

Setting default values

See MediaWiki's $wgDefaultUserOptions configuration parameter for how to set default user preferences for anonymous visitors and users who did not set a preference themselves. For example extend the "LocalSettings.php" file after the inclusion of Semantic MediaWiki and extension "Semantic Result Formats"Provides additional formats for semantic queries:

$wgDefaultUserOptions['name-of-the-user-preference'] = 1;