Extension:CreateAPage

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CreateAPage Release status: unstable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Adds an easy to use interface for creating new articles
Author(s)	Bartek Łapiński Łukasz Garczewski Przemek Piotrowski Jack Phoenix
Last version	3.91 (r15554)
MediaWiki	1.18+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary • tree • code changes SVN [?]: checkout-url • tree • code changes
Parameters $wgCreatePageCoverRedLinks
Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial CustomEditor GetPreferences
Check usage (experimental)

CreateAPage extension adds an easy to use interface for creating new articles. The interface is accessible at Special:CreatePage.

This extension was forked from r15554 of Wikia's version.

Installation

1. Dump the files into $IP/extensions/CreateAPage
2. Add require_once("$IP/extensions/CreateAPage/CreateAPage.php"); into the wiki's LocalSettings.php
3. Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version

To-do list

1. Rewrite not to require EasyTemplate and YUI (one day...)
   1. JS rewrite almost done on 2 October 2011, but there are some bugs:
      1. Overlay bugs — see CreateAPage.resizeOverlay()
      2. $IP/resources/jquery.ui/jquery.ui.dialog.js is not loaded despite that it's registered as a dependency in the module registration
      3. mw.msg() does not work — <message-name> is returned instead of message text from the i18n file
      4. Various stuff reported by Dantman:
         1. var previewarea = jQuery( '#createpagepreview' );if ( !cDone && ( previewarea === null ) ) { makes no sense
         2. fontSize = '10pt';
         3. eval() is evil
2. See if PocketSilentArticle is still needed and if not, remove it
3. Rewrite the upload form to be compatible with 1.16+
4. End-user documentation (for now, users can refer to the Wikia help page about CreateAPage)
5. Fix ConfirmEdit by adding a hook into its body file — see http://trac.wikia-code.com/changeset?new=6990@wikia%2Ftrunk%2Fextensions%2FConfirmEdit&old=1711@wikia%2Ftrunk%2Fextensions%2FConfirmEdit

Parameters

• $wgCreatePageCoverRedLinks — if set to true, a new option ("Use CreatePage when following broken links") is added to Special:Preferences