Extension:EnhanceContactForm

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EnhanceContactForm Release status: stable
Implementation	other (invalid type)
Description	Improves Special:Contact by sending more info about the user
Author(s)	Jack Phoenix
Last version	0.5
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
Example	ShoutWiki
Check usage (experimental)

EnhanceContactForm is a MediaWiki extension that hooks into Special:Contact and sends more information about the sender to the recipient of the contact emails. This information includes:

• the URL of the wiki ($wgServer; this is the only visible field, all other fields are hidden)
• the name of the wiki's database ($wgDBname)
• reporter's IP address
• reporter's browser
• reporter's operating system
• reporter's User-Agent string

The extension was written by Jack Phoenix for ShoutWiki.

Dependencies

• ContactPage extension, r60638 or newer
• MyInfo extension (for the browser/operating system/skin name/user agent detection)

Installation

1. Download the source code into a file called EnhanceContactForm.php and place it in $IP/extensions/EnhanceContactForm/
2. Add the line
   require_once("$IP/extensions/EnhanceContactForm/EnhanceContactForm.php");
   into the wiki's LocalSettings.php
3. Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version