Extension:ManageCategories

ManageCategories
ManageCategories extends the editpage with capabilities to categorize the article in a user-friendly way. The extension also allows you to remove existing categorizations.

ManageCategories is located below the main textarea and consists of 3 parts.


 * A select box to choose from all the wikis categories
 * A text field to assign the article to a new category
 * (optional) Check boxes representing the currently assigned categories

All inputs or changes to these fields are then transformed to wiki markup and put into the textarea.

Installation

 * Download zip file containing source files. (update: I moved the download to box.net)
 * Unpack archive into the extensions directory of your mediawiki installation
 * Add the following line at the end of your LocalSettings.php:

Usage

 * To add an existing category to the article pick it from the selectbox and click add.
 * To add a new category enter the category name into the text field and click create.
 * To remove a categorization uncheck the corresponding checkbox.

Known issues
This extension apparently does not work with FCKEditor.

It also does not work with the new usability initiative (Vector) editor: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UsabilityInitiative