Extension:Boilerplatefactory

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Boilerplatefactory Release status: experimental
Implementation	Page action, Tag
Description	Load boilerplate from different pages text when creating new pages
Author(s)	klml
Last version	0.2 (2010-03-24)
MediaWiki	1.7.0+
License	GPL
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Hooks used EditFormPreloadText
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The Boilerplatefactory extension allows to select different pages as a boilerplate. You can choose from specified categories in an extra Special pages bevor editing new pages. You can use it to generate huge documents from many small Boilerplates

This Extension offers all Pages from Categories in one Root-Category (default: Category:Boilerplatefactory or change ist in LocalSettings.php) as boilerplates.

Im using:

• API categorymembers with internally API Calling to get the categorymembers
• Manual:Hooks/EditFormPreloadText to handle them to the new page
• optional: Template {{subst:
• respects noinclude

Bugs

Be careful with 2 bugs:

• Only put Categories into Root-Category, no Articles
• Namespace 0 (Artikle without prefix) will give template without : in {{:Article

ToDo

liability

• #Bugs!
• using POST instead of GET

Nice to have

• sorting categories
• Using additinally Extension:UrlGetParameters für Pagename or settings

Requirements

The Preloader extension requires MediaWiki 1.7.0 or later.

Installation

1. Download all extension files from github.com and place them in a Boilerplatefactory directory within your MediaWiki extensions directory
2. Edit LocalSettings.php and add the line require_once( "{$IP}/extensions/Boilerplatefactory/Boilerplatefactory.php" );
   1. $wgBoilerplatefactorycategorie = 'Kategorie:Test' ; root Category for included Categories (default: Category:Boilerplatefactory).
   2. $wgBoilerplatefactorydefaultpage = date( 'ym' ).'.dd_' ; for a Pagename proposal in the new Page

Installation can be verified through the Special:Version page.

Configuration

Configuration of the boilerplate sources categories is done via the wgBoilerplatefactorycategories configuration variable, which takes the following format:

$wgBoilerplatefactorycategories[ ] = CATEGORY TITLE ;

For instance,

$wgBoilerplatefactorycategories[] = "Category:Outdoorproject";
$wgBoilerplatefactorycategories[] = "Category:Overnightproject";

dictates that these categories are selectable as boilerplate text for pages.

Provides 'optionally a default Pagename:

$wgBoilerplatefactorydefaultpage = defaultname ;

$wgBoilerplatefactorydefaultpage = date( 'Y-m-d' ).'-Projekt';

Provides 'optionally a Namespace:

$wgBoilerplatefactorynamespace = namespace;

$wgBoilerplatefactorynamespace = '104';

Skin

You can use some css.

This for doubled column:

#boilerplatefactory div {
width:50%;
float:left;
}

See Also

• Extension:Boilerplate provides single preload template text
• Extension:Preloader
• Extension:PreloadManager provides per-namespace preload text
• Extension:HeaderFooter provides per-namespace header/footer text
• Extension:NewArticleTemplates provides per-namespace preload text

perhaps Extension:Preloader, Extension:PreloadManager, Extension:NewArticleTemplates and Extension:Boilerplate should be merged?