Extension:ShoutBox
From MediaWiki.org
 Release status: beta |
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|---|---|
| Implementation | Parser function |
| Description | Adds a parser function called #shoutbox for embedding shoutbox into pages. |
| Author(s) | Jim R. Wilson (Jimbojw) |
| Version | 0.1 |
| MediaWiki | 1.6.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x or higher |
| Download | ShoutBox.php |
| Example | in use at Meopedia |
The ShoutBox Extension is a MediaWiki extension which adds a parser function called #shoutbox for embedding a shoutbox into pages. Only shoutboxes hosted by http://www.shoutbox.us are supported.
- Project Homepage
- ShoutBox Extension - Jimbojw.com
- Source Code
- ShoutBox.php
- Licensing
- ShoutBox is released under The MIT License.
Installation
- Download ShoutBox, and be sure to rename the downloaded file to ShoutBox.php.
- Drop this script in $IP/extensions
- Note: $IP is your MediaWiki install directory.
- Enable the extension by adding this line to your LocalSettings.php:
require_once('extensions/ShoutBox.php');
Usage
Once installed, you (or editors of your wiki) may begin embedding shoutboxes into any article.
The parser extension expects to be called in any of the following ways:
- {{#shoutbox}} (if a $wgShoutBoxDefaultId has been specified) -or-
- {{#shoutbox:id}} -or-
- {{#shoutbox:id|width}} -or-
- {{#shoutbox:id|width|height}}
Where:
- id is the id of the shoutbox to display
- width (optional) is the width in pixels of the shoutbox (defaults to 150 if unspecified)
- height (optional) is the height in pixels of the shoutbox (defaults to 300 if unspecified)
