MobileFrontend
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Mobile Frontend
A PHP extension providing a mobile view for any MediaWiki site
| Group: | Mobile |
| Start: | 2011 |
| End: | 2012 |
| Team: | Patrick Reilly, Phil Chang |
| Management: | Tomasz Finc |
| Status: | See updates |
MobileFrontend is a MediaWiki extension providing a mobile front-end to MediaWiki sites.
It was developed to replace Wikimedia's Ruby-based mobile gateway
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Status [edit]
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We'll no longer be updating this project as all general work on MobileFrontend is complete. All further activity will be in sub project pages like our core migration
Rewrite rationale [edit]
- Puts the code in our code repo rather than on github
- Easier to review code in a language that most Wikimedia/MediaWiki developers are already using (PHP, instead of Ruby)
- Easier on the ops team to maintain servers (most infrastructure is already built for PHP web apps, not Ruby web apps)
- Allows for third parties to easily create mobile sites
Timeline [edit]
Specifications [edit]
- Written in PHP
- Extensible for any MediaWiki installation
- Support current Ruby-implemented API (mentioned on bug; where is this?)
- Requirements
Testing [edit]
- English: prototype, User feedback
- Japanese (Non-roman character set): Prototype, User feedback
- Hebrew (RTL language): Prototype, User feedback
Deployment to Wikimedia cluster [edit]
Additional documents [edit]
- User requirements:
- In order for searching in the mobile view to work properly, you need to install Extension:OpenSearchXml
- Software design document:
- Test plan:
- Documentation plan:
- User interface design docs:
- Schedule:
- Task management:
- Release management plan:
- Communications plan:
Communications [edit]
- Call for testers on our new Mobile gateway prototype, Wikimedia blog, June 10th, 2011.
See also [edit]
- bugzilla:25558: "Mobile site should be rewritten in PHP"
- m:Mobile Projects
