VisualEditor/Real-time collaboration
shortcut: COLLABPAD
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VisualEditor real-time collaboration
"CollabPad"  Providing a real-time collaboration tool in MediaWiki
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A work-in-progress demo exists in the VisualEditor codebase which provides support for real-time collaboration in a VE environment.
The code is currently experimental and unstable.
Demos
[edit source]Standalone
[edit source]- Make sure you have the latest master of VisualEditor core from git (and place it at
extensions/VisualEditor/lib/veif inside MediaWiki). - Install a MongoDB instance.
- In the root folder of VisualEditor core (or
extensions/VisualEditor/lib/veif inside MediaWiki), runnpm installand thennpx grunt build. - In the
rebaser/sub-folder runnpm install. - Create a
config.yamlfile by copyingconfig.dev.yamland making any changes you require. - Run
npm startto start the server. - Go to
http://localhost:8081(or whatever port you set inconfig.yaml)
If you update the code, you will need to re-run npx grunt build and then restart the server from within rebaser/.
Once you have the standalone server working you can have a go at the MediaWiki integration:
MediaWiki
[edit source]- Check out the latest version of VisualEditor-MediaWiki from https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-VisualEditor, and run
git submodule updateto get the latest associated version of VE core inlib/ve. - Follow the steps above to get the standalone server running.
- Add
$wgVisualEditorRebaserURL = 'http://localhost:8081';to yourLocalSettings.php(or whatever server/port you ended up using above). - Go to Special:CollabPad on your wiki.
Known issues
[edit source]Support
[edit source]You can speak with us in our chat channel, #mediawiki-visualeditor connect.