Extension:EditPageTrick

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EditPageTrick Release status: beta
Implementation	Hook
Description	Add a simple random trick when editing a page.
Author(s)	B. Roussel (CoRfrTalk)
Last version	1.0u
MediaWiki	tested with 1.14.0 (may run with older versions)
License	No license specified
Download	see below
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

This extension adds a random trick at the head of the editing page in a really easy way.

Possible tricks are easily editable and are contained in a single page.

Usage

Tricks

In order to make the extension works, you must create a page called 'EditTricks' in the MediaWiki namespace. This page contain all the tricks that will be shown randomly. Tricks are separated by the syntaxe '----'.

Exemple:

Tricks are a really easy way to highlight new syntaxes.
----
You can upload files on the wiki using the File namespace.
<pre>[[File: MyUploadedFile.pdf]]</pre>
----
Tricks are tricky.

Trick template

The tricks are rendered using a template called Trick.

You can do pretty good things using css, here is a screenshot of mine.

Install

• Create the MediaWiki:EditTricks as shown in the last paragraph

• Create the extensions/EditPageTricks.php and copy/paste the #Code

• Create the Trick template, in order to do that edit the Template:Trick page and put your template in there. A really simple template would be something like this:

{{{1}}}

• Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

require_once("$IP/extensions/EditPageTricks.php");

Code

<?php
if ( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) )
        die ();
 
$wgHooks['EditPage::showEditForm:initial'][] = 'editPageTricks';
 
function editPageTricks($editPage) {
        global $wgOut;
 
        $trick = '';
 
        $title = Title::newFromText('EditTricks', NS_MEDIAWIKI);
        $article = new Article($title);
 
        $tricks = explode( '----', $article->getContent() );
 
        if( !empty($tricks) ) {
                $size = count($tricks);
                $trick = $tricks[rand(0, $size-1)];
                $editPage->editFormTextTop .= $wgOut->parse( '{{Trick|'.trim($trick).'}}' );
        }
 
        return true;
}
?>