Extension:CategoryStepper
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CategoryStepper Release status: unmaintained | |||
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Implementation | User interface | ||
Description | Displays a category stepper box allowing one to navigate forward and backwards alphabetically through one or more categories a page is in. | ||
Author(s) | Robert Leverington (RobertLtalk) | ||
Latest version | 1.5 | ||
MediaWiki | 1.11 or higher | ||
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later | ||
Download | README #Releases | ||
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The CategoryStepper extension displays a category stepper box allowing one to navigate forward and backwards alphabetically through one or more categories a page is in, as specified via a MediaWiki: namespace page or the $wgCategoryStepper configuration variable.
Bugs and feature requests should be added to MediaZilla under the 'MediaWiki extensions' product and 'CategoryStepper' component.
Contents
Installation[edit]
- Download the latest snapshot and extract it to your extensions directory.
- Add
require_once( "extensions/CategoryStepper/CategoryStepper.php" );
toLocalSettings.php
. - Enjoy!
Configuration[edit]
Two methods of configuring this extension are offered.
Array in LocalSettings.php[edit]
Set the $wgCategoryStepper
variable in LocalSettings.php
to an array of category names to the title of the category box.
For example:
$wgCategoryStepper = array( 'Astronauts' => 'Astronauts Box Title' );
Message in the MediaWiki namespace[edit]
Alternatively set $wgCategoryStepper = false; in LocalSettings.php
, and edit the MediaWiki:Categorystepper
page to set the categories.
For example:
* Astronauts|Astronauts Box Title
Usage[edit]
The category stepper box will automatically appear on all pages that are within a category that is configured within the extension.
Releases[edit]
Version | Release date | Comments |
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1.1 | 2008-01-19 | Original version. |
1.2 | 2008-01-20 | Added missing space in i18n file. |
1.3 | 2008-02-16 |
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1.4 | 2008-02-17 | The second parameter of each row on the MediaWiki:categorystepper page is now optional and defaults to the first parameter.
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1.5 | 2008-02-26 |
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