Extension:MetaDescriptionTag

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MetaDescriptionTag

Release status: stable

Implementation  Tag
Description Extension tag for adding a custom <meta> description to the document header.
Author(s)  Joshua C. Lerner (Jclerner)
Last Version  0.2 (2008-08-24)
MediaWiki  1.6.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.13.x or higher
License No license specified
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An extension which gives users the ability to inject a <meta> description into the document header.

Note: Jim R. Wilson's excellent article Doing more with MediaWiki parser extensions contains a lengthy discussion of how this extension works.

Contents

[edit] Installation

  1. Create a file named MetaDescriptionTag.php containing the code below.
  2. Copy this file to $IP/extensions.
    Note: $IP is your MediaWiki install directory.
  3. Enable the extension by adding this line to your LocalSettings.php:
    require_once('extensions/MetaDescriptionTag.php');
    

[edit] Usage

Once installed, editors of your wiki can add a <meta> description tag by adding the following to the article text:

<metadesc> PageDescription </metadesc>

Where PageDescription would be replaced by the desired meta description.

For example, the above would become:

<meta name="description" content="PageDescription" />

[edit] Example using template, variable substitution

(This approach requires MediaWiki 1.12 - or install Extension:TagParser. Explanation at Manual:Tag_extensions#Extensions_and_Templates.)

Say for example you want use a template to set the meta description to something like:

<metadesc content="Extract from the article ARTICLETITLE" />

Create a template called (for example) "Template:Metadesc". Add the following content:

{{#tag:metadesc | Extract from the article {{{1}}} }}

In the article to which you set the meta description, add:

{{metadesc|{{PAGENAME}} }}

[edit] MetaDescriptionTag.php

<?php
/*
 * MetaDescriptionTag.php - A MediaWiki tag extension for adding <meta> description to a page.
 * @author Joshua C. Lerner
 * @version 0.2
 * @copyright Copyright (C) 2007-8 Joshua C. Lerner, Jim R. Wilson
 * @license The MIT License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php 
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Description:
 *     This is a MediaWiki extension which adds support for injecting a <meta> description tag
 *     into the page header.
 * Requirements:
 *     MediaWiki 1.6.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.13.x or higher
 *     PHP 4.x, 5.x or higher
  * Installation:
 *     1. Drop this script (MetaDescriptionTag.php) in $IP/extensions
 *         Note: $IP is your MediaWiki install dir.
 *     2. Enable the extension by adding this line to your LocalSettings.php:
 *         require_once('extensions/MetaDescriptionTag.php');
 * Usage:
 *     Once installed, you may utilize MetaDescriptionTag by adding the <metadesc> tag to articles:
 *         <metadesc> Home page for the MetaDescriptionTag MediaWiki extension </metadesc>
 * Version Notes:
 *     version 0.1:
 *         Initial release.
 *     version 0.2:
 *         Change syntax to <metadesc>some content</metadesc> to support template variable substitution.
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to 
 * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of 
 * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do 
 * so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES 
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 
 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 
 * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 
 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 
 * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
	echo "This file is part of MediaWiki, it is not a valid entry point.\n";
	exit( 1 );
}
 
# Credits
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
	'name' => 'MetaDescriptionTag',
	'author' => 'Joshua C. Lerner - joshua&lt;_at_&gt;busytonight.com',
	'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MetaDescriptionTag',
	'description' => 'Tag to inject meta description into page header.',
	'version'=> '0.2'
);
 
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'setupMetaDescriptionTagParserHooks';
 
/**
 * Sets up the MetaDescriptionTag Parser hook and system messages
 */
function setupMetaDescriptionTagParserHooks() {
	global $wgParser, $wgMessageCache;
	$wgParser->setHook( 'metadesc', 'renderMetaDescriptionTag' );
	$wgMessageCache->addMessage(
		'metadescriptiontag-missing-content', 
		'Error: &lt;metadescn&gt; tag must contain a &quot;content&quot; attribute.'
	);
}
 
/**
 * Renders the <metadesc> tag.
 * @param String $text Incoming text - should always be null or empty (passed by value).
 * @param Array $params Attributes specified for tag - must contain 'content' (passed by value).
 * @param Parser $parser Reference to currently running parser (passed by reference).
 * @return String Always empty.
 */
function renderMetaDescriptionTag( $text, $params = array(), &$parser ) {
 
	// Short-circuit with error message if content is not specified.
	if ( !isset($text) ) {
		return
			'<div class="errorbox"&gt;'.
			wfMsgForContent('metadescriptiontag-missing-content').
			'</div&gt;';
	}
 
	return '<!-- META_DESCRIPTION '.base64_encode($text).' -->';
}
 
// Attach post-parser hook to extract metadata and alter headers
$wgHooks['OutputPageBeforeHTML'][] = 'insertMetaDescription';
 
/**
 * Adds the <meta> description to document head.
 * Usage: $wgHooks['OutputPageBeforeHTML'][] = 'insertMetaDescription';
 * @param OutputPage $out Handle to an OutputPage object - presumably $wgOut (passed by reference).
 * @param String $text Output text.
 * @return Boolean Always true to allow other extensions to continue processing.
 */
function insertMetaDescription( $out, $text ) {
 
	// Extract meta description
	if (preg_match_all(
		'/<!-- META_DESCRIPTION ([0-9a-zA-Z\\+\\/]+=*) -->/m', 
		$text, 
		$matches)===false
	) return true;
	$data = $matches[1];
 
	// Merge description data into OutputPage as meta tag
	foreach ($data AS $item) {
		$content = @base64_decode($item);
		if ($content) 
			$out->addMeta( 'description', $content );
	}
	return true;
}


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