Extension:YouTubeTag
 Release status: beta |
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| Implementation | Tag |
| Description | Adds <youtube> tag for embedding YouTube videos. |
| Author(s) | Jim R. Wilson (Jimbojw) |
| Latest version | 0.1 |
| MediaWiki | 1.6.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x |
| License | The MIT License |
| Download | YouTubeTag.php |
| Example | see the Project Homepage |
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The YouTubeTag Extension is a MediaWiki extension which provides a means for embedding YouTube content into wiki articles.
Important! - Please consider using the EmbedVideo Extension instead of this - it supports multiple video sharing sites and is syntactically and functionally superior.
- Note: There are already at least two other extensions designed to meet the same need as this one. Skip down to the #Developer Notes for a list of differentiating features.
- Project Homepage
- YouTubeTag Extension - Jimbojw.com
- Source Code
- YouTubeTag.php
- Licensing
- YouTubeTag is released under The MIT License.
Installation[edit | edit source]
- Download YouTubeTag, and be sure to rename the downloaded file to YouTubeTag.php.
- Drop this script in $IP/extensions
- Note: $IP is your MediaWiki install dir.
- Enable the extension by adding this line to your LocalSettings.php:
require_once("$IP/extensions/YouTubeTag.php");
Usage[edit | edit source]
Once installed, you may embed YouTube content to any article.
To do so, simply add this text to the body of your page where you'd like the video to appear:
<youtube v="aYouTubeId" />
Where "aYouTubeId" should be replaced with the id of the video to embed.
That's it!
Developer Notes[edit | edit source]
Important! - Please consider using the EmbedVideo Extension instead of this - it supports multiple video sharing sites and is syntactically and functionally superior.
Here are the differentiating features of this particular extension:
- Ridiculously simple syntax: <youtube v="aYouTubeId" />
- Further avoids malicious input by html-encoding specialchars
- Checks input for invalid YouTube id characters (only allows alphanumeric chars and '-' and '_')
- Displays informative error message on bad id which is configurable by system message (for localization purposes).
Wikis Using this Extension[edit | edit source]
- WikiLou.com
- DS-Xtra
- Wiki Terminator
- Wikigender
- CannedWiki
- Wikoohpedia
- OnlineMathCircle Wiki
- Howiw wiki
