Extension:ClientsideDrafts

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ClientsideDrafts Release status: beta
Implementation	MyWiki
Description	Adds the ability to autosave a draft of a page on the client while editing.
Author(s)	Akzhantalk
Last version	0.2 (2012-06-10)
MediaWiki	1.17 to 1.19
License	MIT
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Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial
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This extension adds the ability to autosave a draft of a page on the client while editing using HTML5 Storage and JSON API's.

User Interface

Saving Drafts

Behavior	JavaScript Enabled
Automatic Saving	Saves a draft every 30 seconds

Edge Cases

• When a page is moved, the drafts which refer to that page are dropped
• When a draft is created for a new page but the page is never saved, the draft will still be available for creating the page
• When a draft is created for a page and the page is then deleted, the draft will remain, and the behavior will then be just as for drafts of uncreated pages

Installation

• Copy files of the extension into your extensions/ClientsideDrafts directory.
• Add the following line to the bottom of LocalSettings.php

require_once ( "$IP/extensions/ClientsideDrafts/ClientsideDrafts.php" );

Known Bugs

• Mediawiki change its info notice display method since 1.20. If you edit a page then close it without save, someone change the page then you will not be able to see the newest code in editor unless you change a browser or clear browser cache.

See also

Extension:Drafts - server-side draft extension compatible with old MediaWikis (1.17 and below) ==