Extension:HelpPages

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HelpPages Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface
Author(s)	Kunal Mehta (legoktmtalk)
Latest version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.22+ (tested)
License	The Unlicense
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgHelpPagesExpiry
Hooks used ArticlePurge HtmlPageLinkRendererBegin ShowMissingArticle SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal
Quarterly downloads	3 (Ranked 171st)
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HelpPages is a MediaWiki extension that will automatically download pages in the Help namespace from mediawiki.org if they do not exist locally.

Download

The extension can be retrieved directly from Git ^[?]:

• Browse code
• Some extensions have tags for stable releases.
  • Browse tags
  • Select the tag
  • Click "snapshot"
• Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release. There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).
  • Browse branches
  • Select a branch name
  • Click "Continue"

Extract the snapshot and place it in the extensions/HelpPages/ directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows:

cd extensions/ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/HelpPages.git

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called HelpPages in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php :

  wfLoadExtension( 'HelpPages' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension(). If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'HelpPages' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/HelpPages/HelpPages.php";