Extension:PageTrail

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PageTrail

Release status: beta
Implementation Parser function
Description
Author(s) Jean-Lou Dupont
Version 1.0.5
MediaWiki tested on 1.11
Download see Installation
See SVN ($Id: PageTrail.doc.wikitext 718 2007-12-03 20:36:58Z jeanlou.dupont $)

Contents

[edit] Purpose

Provides a trail for recently visited pages.

[edit] Features

  • Parser-cache friendly
    • Local Browser caching limitations still apply.
  • Configurable on a per-user basis (see Special:Preferences under 'Misc' tab)

[edit] Dependancy



[edit] Installation

See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.[1]

[edit] LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]

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

[edit] PEAR

PEAR is a repository of software code.

pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn
  • Install extension through PEAR:
pear install mediawiki/PageTrail
  • Add the following to LocalSettings.php[2][3]:
require 'MediaWiki/PageTrail/PageTrail.php';

[edit] Upgrades through PEAR

Sometimes, it is necessary to clear PEAR's cache in order to perform upgrades.

pear clear-cache

or use the force method:

pear upgrade --force mediawiki/PageTrail

[edit] PEAR Web Frontend

For easier remote package management, PEAR Frontend WEB can be installed. Installation notes can be found here. An example of the WEB frontend is available here.

[edit] RSS feed

To keep kept up-to-date with this channel, use the following RSS feedImage:Rss2.jpg.

[edit] Notes

  1. ↑ The most recent release is always available through the extension's PEAR and SVN repositories. This page is not necessarily up-to-date.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Extension:ExtensionManager does not require any modification to LocalSettings.php because ExtensionManager includes the extension.
    Note that if PHP code caching is in place (e.g. APC, eAccelerator), then to successfully complete the installation a cache flush might be needed.
  3. ↑ Modifications to LocalSettings.php is only necessary if not using Extension:ExtensionManager

[edit] Notes

This extension is heavily influenced by the 'Breadcrumbs' extension found on MediaWiki.org. Extension:PageTrail resolves parser-caching issues found in the original extension listed here.

[edit] History

[edit] 1.0.5

  • Initial public availability

[edit] See also

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