Extension:Automatic Board Welcome
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 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | User activity | ||
| Description | Automatically posts a welcome message on new users' user boards on account creation. | ||
| Author(s) | Jack Phoenix | ||
| Last version | 0.1 (20 July 2011) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.16+ (theoretically 1.5+, but SocialProfile requires at least MW 1.16) |
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| License | Public domain | ||
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Automatic Board Welcome extension automatically posts a welcome message on new users' user boards on account creation. The extension will pick a random administrator from the database (user_groups table) and send the welcome message as the chosen admin.
You need to have SocialProfile installed and configured properly before installing this extension.
Installation [edit]
- Download the source code, either via the extension distributor or SVN and place it in $IP/extensions/AutomaticBoardWelcome/
- Add the line
into the wiki's LocalSettings.phprequire_once("$IP/extensions/AutomaticBoardWelcome/AutomaticBoardWelcome.php");
- Create the welcome message page, MediaWiki:User-board-welcome-message, on your wiki
- Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version
| Social tools | |
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| SocialProfile | Overview • UserStatus (GSoC 2011 project) • Roadmap • Developer info • Screenshots • History |
| Other social extensions | Automatic Board Welcome • BlogPage • FanBoxes • NewUsersList • PictureGame • PollNY • QuizGame • RandomFeaturedUser • RandomGameUnit • RandomUsersWithAvatars • SiteMetrics • UserWelcome |
| Semanticness | Semantic Social Profile |
| Other related extensions (which do not depend on SocialProfile) |
Comments • LinkFilter • NewSignupPage • RandomImageByCategory • Video • VoteNY • WikiTextLoggedInOut |
