We saw how the talk pages are a good way to let the community discuss the content on a page, but talk pages are generally geared towards potential edits, correcting the article, or future additions to the page. Let's say you want to allow users to comment on a page or its content. User feedback can be a useful tool in creating good content or for inspiring interesting debates. As a sysop, we probably wouldn't want the reader feedback to be intertwined with the talk page though. Instead, we can install an extension called Discussion to provide a space for user to discuss and debate page content.
1. Download the extension from http://en.wikicaptions.org/wiki/ Extensions:Discussion:Installation.
2. Upload the compressed
Discussion
file to theextensions
folder on your server using your file manager or FTP program.3. Extract the
Discussion
file into theextensions
folder.4. On your server, open your
LocalSetttings.php
file and find the value...