User talk:Zayoo/Extension:Advanced Meta

This is a suggested version of Extension:Advanced Meta.

Installation

To install this plugin:

Create a folder called MWAdvancedMeta in /extensions/ in your MediaWiki main folder.

Then upload the source code below in two files called MWAdvancedMeta.php and MWAdvancedMeta.i18n.php in the new folder you just created.

In LocalSettings.php add this line:

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

Create the page Mediawiki:Globalkeywords in your own wiki and write your global keywords there, separated by commas (,).

Example: movie stars,saints,legends,bots

More LocalSettings Options

Other LocalSettings.php settings you can change are:

Namespaces (NS_MAIN and NS_PROJECT are the default settings for this extension.)

Users (No default settings.)

Usergroups (The default settings are sysop and bureaucrat.)

To set these settings, add this line first:

$mwaMeta = MWAdvancedMeta::setup();

Then add one or more of the lines shown below (change to the actual Users and/or Usergroups you want to grant access):

$mwaMeta->setAllowedUsers(array('BrigitteBardot','Sophia Loren','JoanOfArc','Medusa'));
$mwaMeta->setAllowedUsergroups(array('bot','user','ScriptKiddie'));
$mwaMeta->setIndexedPages(array(NS_MAIN, NS_PROJECT, NS_IMAGE, NS_TALK));

Namespaces that are not in the 'indexedpages' variable will be set to "noindex,follow" by default. There is currently no setting to also prevent them from being followed, but I might add that sooner or later depending on if it's being requested (feel free to contact me).

Database Changes

Last, add a table to your mediawiki database. The following SQL should take care of that (note: change 'mw' to your wiki prefix as needed for the AL code and modify the table name referenced in the "write" function as well....):

(Zayoo, what does "AL code" mean in the above line "change 'mw' to your wiki prefix as needed for the AL code..."?)-Davydog 02:53, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mw_ext_meta` (
  `pageid` INT(8) NOT NULL,
  `rindex` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `rfollow` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `titlealias` VARCHAR(255),
  `keywords` text,
  `description` text,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`pageid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

MWAdvancedMeta.php MySQL Table Insert Script

An alternative way to add the required table to your database is to use a simple php script.

Edit the script shown below with your database login credentials.

Save it as MWAdvancedMeta.php and upload it to your wiki's root folder.

Point your browser to the script (example: http://www.yourdomain.org/wiki/MWAdvancedMeta.php).

If your browser window responds with a "Table Created!" message, congratulate yourself on a job well done!

<?php
// Make a MySQL Connection
mysql_connect("mysql.yourdomain.org", "yourusername", "yourpassword") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("localhost") or die(mysql_error());
 
// Create a MySQL table in the selected database
mysql_query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mw_ext_meta` (
  `pageid` int(8) NOT NULL,
  `rindex` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `rfollow` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `titlealias` varchar(255),
  `keywords` varchar(500),
  `description` varchar(2000),
  PRIMARY KEY  (`pageid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;")
 or die(mysql_error());  
 
echo "Table Created!";
 
?>

-Davydog 03:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)