Extension:WikiForum/Original
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| Implementation | Database, Special page | ||
| Description | Forum extension | ||
| Author(s) | Michael Chlebek (unidentifystudiosTalk) | ||
| Last version | 1.31 (Jan 31th, 2011) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.16 | ||
| License | GNU GPL v3 | ||
| Download | WikiForum_v1_31.zip Readme |
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| Example | http://wiki.unidentify.com | ||
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[edit] What can this extension do?
This extension will provide your wikipage a small forum which uses the usermangement of mediawiki. As there is already an forum extension "Extension:Forum_extension", but since it will be not further developed, I decided to create a new forum extension. This one has some more features, some more colors and a better restructured design. It uses css, so you can adopt the layout very fast. You can define categories and forums where the user can add threads. You can use icons and it supports multiple-languages (until now only english and german), but I would enjoy it, if you could help to extend this library.
So on, new version 1.31 is ready for download. Check the new features!
[edit] Download
You can download the complete package here: WikiForum_v1_31.zip Version 1.31 contains a fix for icons in the installer file.
[edit] Installation
Start to extract the files in includes and extensions folder to your mediawiki main folder. To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:
#add configuration parameters here #setup user rights here require_once("$IP/extensions/WikiForum/WikiForum.php"); $wgGroupPermissions['ForumModerator']['wikiforumadmin'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['ForumAdmin']['wikiforumadmin'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['ForumModerator']['wikiforummod'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['ForumAdmin']['wikiforummod'] = true;
And add yourself to the WikiForumAdmin Usergroup (see SpecialPages).
As next step you need just to login and open the WikiForum Specialpage. The installation script will pop out automatically. Follow the inctruction given in the installer. (Make sure your MySQL account has CREATE rights, if not, you need to update your MySQL tables manually with the querys you can find in WikiForum.sql).
[edit] Update from 1.x to 1.3
Please check out the readme.txt before starting to update. Additionally it is always recommended to backup your WikiForum MySQL tables before updating.
[edit] Configuration parameters
There is a bunch of configuration parameters possible. You can find all in the WikiForum.config.php file with its description. Here is a small overview of them.
| Parameter | Standard values | Description |
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$wikiconf['link_in_toolbox'] |
true | inserts a direct link in the toolbox |
$wikiconf['wikiforum_tag'] |
true | enables the tags
<WikiForumList num=value />
<WikiForumThread id=value nocomments />
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$wikiconf['anonymous_allowed'] |
false | if true, allows anonym users to post in forum |
$wikiconf['max_threads_per_page'] |
20 | number of threads which shall be shown per page of a forum |
$wikiconf['max_comments_per_page'] |
15 | number of comments which shall be shown per page of a thread |
$wikiconf['main_link'] $wikiconf['extension_folder'] $wikiconf['action_string'] |
- | special definitions for location of script and additional parameters which supports the different wiki urls |
$wikiconf['icon_...'] |
no icons | these variables defines the icons which can be used. Default there are no icons installed, but it is prepared for the famfamfam icons (famfamfam Silk Icons). If you want to use any other icons adopt the url and filename to the icon. |
$smilies[':D'] |
no smilies | use any string you want to be replaced by a image by using the $smilies array. |
[edit] Features of next releases
no new features set for next release
[edit] Version History
| Release | Date | Major changes |
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| 1.31 | 2011-01-31 |
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| 1.3 | 2011-01-30 |
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| 1.2 | 2010-12-23 |
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| 1.1 | 2010-12-02 |
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| 1.0 | 2010-11-19 | first release of forum - no changes available |
