Extension:CommunityConfiguration

Community configuration

Mediawiki Extension

MediaWiki extensions manual

CommunityConfiguration Release status: experimental
Implementation	Special page
Author(s)	Martin Urbanec, Sergio Gimeno, Cynthia Simiyu
MediaWiki	>= 1.42.0
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
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Parameters $wgCommunityConfigurationValidators $wgCommunityConfigurationBugReportingToolURL $wgCommunityConfigurationProviders $wgCommunityConfigurationStores $wgCommunityConfigurationProviderClasses
Hooks used JsonValidateSave
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The CommunityConfiguration extension provides a mechanism for communities to configure the exposed settings from extensions installed in a wiki.

Current status is under development. See more information about the project in Community configuration 2.0.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted CommunityConfiguration folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CommunityConfiguration
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'CommunityConfiguration' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Glossary

The following terms are used across technical documentation and Phabricator issues. However they are not definitive and subject to change.

• Configuration variable/option/setting: A specific piece of configuration
• Configuration page: A place to store the configuration in; as of now, it is a JSON page in the MediaWiki namespace
• Schema: Defines what variables can be present in a configuration page and the format of the variables
• Editing form: An HTML form that allows to modify the configuration of a registered provider
• Configuration provider: Consists of a configuration page and matching schema.

Configuration parameters

Configuration settings in extension.json

parameter	default	comment
$wgCommunityConfigurationBugReportingTool	null	The URL to use for links targetting the bug report tool for the extension

See also

• Extension:CommunityConfiguration/Developer setup
• Extension:CommunityConfiguration/Technical documentation