Extension:SimpleBatchUpload/en

The SimpleBatchUpload extension allows for basic, no-frills uploading of multiple files to MediaWiki at "Special:BatchUpload", using the jQuery File Upload JavaScript library.

Download
The recommended way to download this extension is by using Composer.

Add the following to the MediaWiki  file and run   from the MediaWiki installation directory.

To update the extension, just run  again.

Alternatively, you can download a tar ball or zip file from GitHub, and extract it into the  directory of your MediaWiki installation.

Installation
Add the following line to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

To make sure that SimpleBatchUpload has been installed correctly, check that an entry for it exists at Special:Version and that Special:BatchUpload is working.

Note: To use the extension needs to be enabled and the user needs the writeapi right. Both is the default MediaWiki setting for registered users, but it may have been changed during the configuration of the wiki.

Usage
There are four ways to upload files using this extension:


 * Go to Special:BatchUpload to get a plain upload page
 * Go to Special:BatchUpload/Foo to get an upload page that sets   as the wikitext of the uploaded file's page
 * Add   to any wikipage to get a simple upload button
 * Add   to any wikipage to get an upload button that sets    as the wikitext of the uploaded file's page

Note: The wikitext will only be set for newly uploaded files. If the file exists already, subsequent uploads of new versions of the file will not change the wikitext.

Customization
It is possible to specify dedicated upload pages for specific file types by editing the  "MediaWiki:Simplebatchupload-parameters" page. Each line of that page is considered as one set of parameters.

Available parameters are:
 * Name of template to be stored as text on initial upload
 * Upload comment
 * Title line of the  page.

Parameters should be separated by pipes (|).

The line to be used is selected by appending the name of the template as the subpage to the URL of the.
 * Note: Spaces in the name of your template will cause this process to fail.

Example:

Consider the parameter line

Pics | These pics were uploaded using SimpleBatchUpload | Upload some pics!


 * This can be selected by going to.
 * The title of this page will be Upload some pics!.
 * The comment for the upload will be These pics were uploaded using SimpleBatchUpload.
 * If a file with that name is uploaded for the first time it will have  as wikitext.

Configuration
Array defining the maximum number of files that can be uploaded each time depending on the user group. When a user is trying to upload larger batches of files an error message is displayed.

Default:

Note: Be aware that this is neither the right setting to block file uploads, nor to throttle them! Users can still use the normal file upload or the MediaWiki API. For selectively blocking uploads see the manual on configuring file uploads. For throttling uploads see the  configuration parameter.