Extension:EtherpadLite

This is the manual of the EtherpadLite extension (in svn trunk) which is suited for MediaWiki trunk and PHP 5.3.x.

The EtherpadLite extension adds a tag "eplite" to the MediaWiki parser and provides a method to embed Etherpad Lite pads on MediaWiki pages. The Etherpad Lite server is not part of the extension.

Usage
 



Installation
Add the following lines in LocalSettings.php:

Prerequisites
You need at least one Etherpad Lite host server on which the pad lives. Assign the base Url to  as shown above.

For setting up your own Etherpad Lite server (based on node.js) see Etherpad Lite homepage https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite.

The extension is based on:
 * https://github.com/johnyma22/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin
 * https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/Embed-Parameters

The present MediaWiki extension does not require jquery. It adds an iframe.

Deinstallation

 * 1) remove the   from your $IP/LocalSettings.php
 * 2) delete   subdirectory