Extension:Icon

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Icon Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser extension
Description	Allows using images as icons (linkless and linked both supported)
Author(s)	Tim LaquaTalk
Last version	1.6.1 (2009-08-31)
MediaWiki	1.10+
License	No license specified
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Extension is based on the ImageLink and ImageMap extensions - removes dependencies, allows for linkless icons, and also implements MW thumbnailing functionality. Is quite a bit lighter & quicker than ImageMap if all you want is an icon.

• Supports linkless images and linked images
• Intended to simplify use of uploaded images as icons
• Utilizes MW thumbnailing rather than having the browser resize the image - renders MUCH higher quality icons and loads only the thumbnail sized image, yielding faster client-side page render times.
• ALT text is populated in both the ALT and TITLE attributes of the IMG tag for tooltip functionality

Installation

1. Create a new folder (directory) in the following location:
   wiki-install-folder/extensions/Icon
2. Download the following required files:
   • Icon.php
   • Icon.i18n.php
   • Icon.i18n.magic.php
3. Copy the files in to the new Icon folder
4. Add the following code to your LocalSettings.php (at the bottom)

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

Usage

1. Follow Installation Instructions
2. You will have a new Parser Function (#icon) - Syntax is as follows:

 {{#icon: image title | image alt text | image width | page to link to }}

• Only the image title argument is required - the rest are optional.

 {{#icon: Info.png|Info}} will display the Info.png icon in its default size
 {{#icon: Info.png|Info|24}} will display the Info.png icon with a width of 24px
 {{#icon: Info.png|Info|24|Special:Help}} same as above and clicking on it will link to Special:Help