Extension:TagToTemplate

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TagToTemplate

Release status: beta

Implementation Extended syntax
Description
Author(s) Jean-Lou Dupont
Version 1.0.0
MediaWiki 1.10, 1.11
Download SVN
See SVN ($Id: TagToTemplate.doc.wikitext 501 2007-10-10 18:11:48Z jeanlou.dupont $)
Hooks used

ParserBeforeStrip

Contents

[edit] Purpose

Substitute < tag > sections with MediaWiki templates.

[edit] Examples

[edit] Example 1

<etag>some data here</etag> would be translated to {{etag||some data here}}.

[edit] Example 2

<etag params here>some data here</etag> would be translated to {{etag|params here|some data here}}.

[edit] Features

  • Secure: only users that have access to the 'MediaWiki' namespace can change the tag mapping
  • Tag mapping are configured through the parser function #tag_to_template
  • Tag mapping table is located on the page MediaWiki:Registry/TagToTemplate

[edit] Usage

To do so, use the parser function to list all the required mappings.

[edit] Example

Here is a sample MediaWiki:Registry/TagToTemplate page:

 Handle 'etag' tags; 'etag' sections will be substituted with {{template_etag|[optional params]|...text here...}}
 {{#tag_to_template:etag|template_etag}}

 Handle 'php' tags; 'php' sections will be substituted with {{php|[optional params]|...text here...}}
 {{#tag_to_template:php|php}}

[edit] Dependancies



[edit] Installation

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

[edit] LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]

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

[edit] PEAR

PEAR is a repository of software code.

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

[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.

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Sandbox

You are invited in the author's sandbox to try-out some of his extensions.


  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] History

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