Extension:DonateButton
DonateButton Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Skin , MyWiki , Hook |
Description | Add button with link to a donation page |
Author(s) | WikiMANNia (WikiForMentalk) |
Latest version | 1.5.2 (2024-01-02) |
MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
PHP | 7.3.19+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | GitHub: Note: |
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The DonateButton extension allows a custom addition of a button with link to a donation page to a wikis sidebar . The button image is automatically adapted according to the language selection.
Use[edit]
Install the extension and upload to the wiki a file as specified in $wmDonateButtonFilename
.
By entering * donatebutton
in the MediaWiki:Sidebar , the button can be placed individually.
Installation[edit]
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
DonateButton
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'DonateButton' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration options[edit]
Enable the DonateButton.
Default is false
.
$wmDonateButton = true;
An image with this name should be uploaded on each wiki of your wikifarm.
- Specify the link to a donation page.
$wmDonateButtonURL = "https://example.org/yourdonationpage.php?lang=";
The link is automatically completed by the code of the language selected by the user or alternatively by the $wgLanguageCode variable.
See also[edit]
- An alternative to the unmaintained extensions SidebarDonateBox and DonateBoxInSidebar .
Remarks[edit]
- Branch REL1_25 works from REL1_25 and has been tested up to MediaWiki version REL1_37 .
- Branch REL1_35 works from REL1_35 and has been tested up to MediaWiki version REL1_41 .
- Configuration of a donation link in Skin Minerva Neue .
- Version 1.5 has some Refactoring:
- Changed “configuration schema”, replaced manifest version 1 with version 2 and changed the prefix of the configuration variables from default to
wm
. - Replaced class “DonateButtonHooks” (extends “Hooks”) with class implements interfaces.
- Changed “configuration schema”, replaced manifest version 1 with version 2 and changed the prefix of the configuration variables from default to
- Version 1.5.1 adds a dirty hack for skin Timeless.
- The extension was tested with the following MediaWiki versions: 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2, 1.41.0