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README for the Gadgets extension
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Copyright © 2007 Daniel Kinzler
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Licenses: GNU General Public Licence (GPL)
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GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
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The Gadgets extension provides a way for users to pick JavaScript or CSS
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based "gadgets" that other wiki users provide.
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<http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets>
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The Gadgets extension was originally written by Daniel Kinzler in 2007
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and is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL).
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The internationalization files may contain contributions by several people;
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they should be mentioned in each file individually.
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== Installing ==
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Copy the Gadgets directory into the extensions folder of your
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MediaWiki installation. Then add the following lines to your
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LocalSettings.php file (near the end):
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require_once( "$IP/extensions/Gadgets/Gadgets.php" );
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== Usage ==
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The list of available gadgets is defined on MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition.
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Gadgets defined there show up in the "Gadgets" section of
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Special:Preferences, so users can pick the gadgets they would like to use.
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An overview of the gadgets defined by MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition is also
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shown on Special:Gadgets, along with links to the respective system
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messages, for easy editing.
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Each line in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition that start with one or more "*"
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(asterisk) characters defines a gadget; it must have the following form:
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* mygadget|mygadget.js|mygadget.css
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That is, each line consists of fields separated by a "|" (pipe) character.
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The first field ("mygadget" in the example) is the gadgets internal name,
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and references a system message (MediaWiki:Gadget-mygadget in the example)
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that contains a short description of the gadget, using wiki syntax.
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Note that the internal name must start with a ASCII letter, and must
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contain only ASCII letter and numbers, hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"),
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colons (":"), and periods (".") (spaces are also allowed but converted to
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underscores ("_"), like for page titles).
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The remaining fields on the line refer to the JavaScript or CSS code that
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makes up the gadget, contained in system messages
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(MediaWiki:Gadget-mygadget.js and MediaWiki:Gadget-mygadget.css in the
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example); the names of those messages must end with ".js" or ".css",
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respectively. A gadget can use any number of code messages, specifically,
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common code can be put into a code message used by several gadgets, in
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addition to their own specific code, e.g:
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* frobinator|commonStuff.js|frob.js|frob.css|pretty.css
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* l33t|commonStuff.js|tools.js|l33t.js
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The list of gadgets in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition can be broken into
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sections using lines that start and end with two or more "=" (equals)
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characters, enclosing the name of a system message that defines the
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section's name - for example:
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== editing-gadgets ==
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This would define a new section, with the title defined on the page
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MediaWiki:Gadget-section-editing-gadgets
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== Caveats ==
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* Requires MediaWiki 1.11alpha, revision 24477 or later.
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* Gadgets do not apply to Special:Preferences, so users can always disable
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any broken gadgets they may have enabled.
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* Uses BeforePageDisplay hook, thus only works with MonoBook based skins;
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specifically, does not work with CologneBlue.
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* Gadget code is included after user code - that means that user JS has no
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access to things defined in gadgets, and user CSS is overwritten by CSS
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from gadgets. (pending a better way to insert things into the HTML head)
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