Extension:FormWizard

MediaWiki extensions manual

FormWizard Release status: beta
Implementation	Parser function , Ajax, API
Description	Creating new pages on MediaWiki wikis
Author(s)	Egbe Eugene and James Hare
Latest version	0.0.1 (TBA)
MediaWiki	1.29+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review README
Help	Help:Extension:FormWizard/en
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads	5 (Ranked 144th)
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The FormWizard extension allows anyone to create forms on MediaWiki wikis, used to create new pages. It was first developed as a FormWizard gadget but is now available as a MediaWiki extension.

User guide

For an end user guide to FormWizard, see Help:Extension:FormWizard .

Installation

• Download and move the extracted FormWizard folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/FormWizard
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'FormWizard' );
  

• Run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing composer update in the extension directory.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Basic setup

For FormWizard to be able to work properly, you need to configure the parser function on a wiki page like so:

{{#formwizard:action=Start|config=Config.json|mode=subpage|project=TestProject}}

with mode=" ", should generate a button which looks like this:

Start with mode="subpage", should generate a button and a text field like so:

In the parser function definition,

• action is what should be displayed on the button which will be created
• config is the name of the JSON configuration page. An example can be found Help:Extension:FormWizard#The Wizard
• mode is the mode in which the extension in operating and is used to determine if the user will need to provide a subpage name before the making use of the extension.
• project is the project where the extension is applied (this will be used to define page content in context of the project.