Extension:PortableInfobox

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PortableInfobox Release status: beta
Implementation	Tag
Description	Port of FANDOM's PortableInfobox extension to the MediaWiki 1.27+
Author(s)	Luqgreg, Wikia, Inc (original version)
Latest version	0.3 (2018-10-19)
Compatibility policy	master
MediaWiki	1.27+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . README
Parameters $wgAllInfoboxesSubpagesBlacklist $wgPortableInfoboxCustomImageWidth $wgPortableInfoboxUseHeadings $wgPortableInfoboxUseTidy
Tags <infobox>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit ParserAfterTidy BeforeParserrenderImageGallery ArticlePurge PageContentSave wgQueryPages
Hooks provided AllInfoboxesQueryRecached
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The PortableInfobox extension allows to create portable infoboxes, which can be rendered using clean semantic HTML markup on any skin or platform using easy to understand powerful XML-like markup. It is a port of FANDOM's PortableInfobox extension to the newer MediaWiki versions.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called PortableInfobox in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'PortableInfobox' );
  

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

Configuration parameters

$wgAllInfoboxesSubpagesBlacklist (array)

List of subpages in template namespace to omit by AllInfoboxes query. (default: [ "doc", "draft", "test" ])

$wgPortableInfoboxCustomImageWidth (int)

Size of image thumbnails used in infoboxes. (default: 300)

$wgPortableInfoboxUseHeadings (bool)

Use heading tags for infobox titles and group headers, it may cause incompatibilites with other extensions. (default: true)

$wgPortableInfoboxUseTidy (bool)

Use RemexHtml for validating HTML in infoboxes. (default: true)

Usage

See Help:Infoboxes on FANDOM

<media /> tag

In the 0.3 version, the <media/> tag was introduced in favor of <image/>, which still works (see #Aliases). It allows users to embed images, videos, and audio files in the infobox, in the same way as <image /> tag does in the original version.

Attributes

• source - name of the parameter
• audio - If set to false, it ignores all audio files
• image - If set to false, it ignores all images
• video - If set to false, it ignores all videos

Child tags

• <default>
• <caption>

Aliases

• <audio /> - variation of <media /> tag that allows only audio files
• <image /> - variation of <media /> tag that allows only images and videos (for backwards compatibility, can be disabled with video="false")
• <video /> - variation of <media /> tag that allows only videos

User-facing differences from the original version

• It's based on Wikia/app@b9fcbe5d6db928e318d64ad0568ec2d09a3f406e and there might be some features, that were introduced in the original version at a later date, but they're absent here.
• Europa theme was removed.
• .pi-theme-default class is applied instead of .pi-theme-wikia to the infobox, when no theme is specified.
• When a <gallery> tag is passed to the infobox with images without captions, file name is used instead of not showing the image.
• When embedding a video in the infobox additional class .pi-video is added to the <figure> tag.
• Videos use <video> tags instead of showing video in a modal after clicking a thumbnail.
• .pi-image class is no longer present in the <figure> tag with a video, instead .pi-media class is applied to all media elements.
• .pi-image-collection classes were changed to .pi-media-collection.
• accent-color-* attributes allow more color formats.
• More HTML tags are allowed in captions.
• Mobile skin doesn't get separate styling.