Extension:FileTree

What can this extension do?
This extension displays a configurable AJAX/xHTML/jQuery based file browser by a given path.

The extension is based on the "jQuery File Tree" plugin. The "jQuery File Tree" itself is a configurable, AJAX file browser plugin for jQuery. You can create a customized, fully-interactive file tree with as little as one line of JavaScript code.

Usage
This extension will be available as Specialpage and used under Special:Specialpages.

Download instructions
Please cut and paste the code found below and place it in. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation
To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

and put the following code below in your extensions dir, named 'FileTree'.

User rights
To view the special page i invent the permission 'filetreesystem' which per default only SYSOP has. Note: not everybody should allowed to view the local file system and open files.