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Hi :-) let me know if you need any help - the [[MediaWiki code snippets]] article has some quite useful stuff in it. --[[User:Nad|nad]] 21:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC) | Hi :-) let me know if you need any help - the [[MediaWiki code snippets]] article has some quite useful stuff in it. --[[User:Nad|nad]] 21:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Well, I do have a question/issue. I would really like the RandomImage extension to be able to pull from a specific Category, rather than from the whole set of images. I have been fiddling with making a list using DPL, with the idea of making it the "choices" option. No luck.. | ||
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| + | Here are my attempts... | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | {{#vardefine:images|<dpl> | ||
| + | category=RandomImages | ||
| + | mode=inline | ||
| + | inlinetext=| | ||
| + | shownamespace=false | ||
| + | </dpl>}} | ||
| + | {{#var:images}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{#tag: randomimage | ||
| + | |test1 | ||
| + | |float=right | ||
| + | |size=250 | ||
| + | |choices={{#var:images}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | |||
| + | {{#tag: randomimage | ||
| + | |test2 | ||
| + | |float=right | ||
| + | |size=250 | ||
| + | |choices=CliffordABurchsted.jpg|20070917-JohnsHouse01.jpg | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | The second random image tag setup only shows the first image. | ||
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| + | I am about ready to rewrite the RandomImage extension; I was really excited to find you had a page on it, as I thought you might be working on it. My big stumbling block to writing a new version is understanding how a random image is chosen. __METHOD__ doesn't make a lot of sense to me. | ||
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| + | I am not sure that the DPL solution is very good, anyway, since I have hundreds of images -- only some of which I would like to display. | ||
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| + | See http://www.gausschildren.org/genwiki if you want to see what I have now. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 16 April 2009
Hi :-) let me know if you need any help - the MediaWiki code snippets article has some quite useful stuff in it. --nad 21:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, I do have a question/issue. I would really like the RandomImage extension to be able to pull from a specific Category, rather than from the whole set of images. I have been fiddling with making a list using DPL, with the idea of making it the "choices" option. No luck..
Here are my attempts...
{{#vardefine:images|<dpl>
category=RandomImages
mode=inline
inlinetext=|
shownamespace=false
</dpl>}}
{{#var:images}}
{{#tag: randomimage
|test1
|float=right
|size=250
|choices={{#var:images}}
}}
{{#tag: randomimage
|test2
|float=right
|size=250
|choices=CliffordABurchsted.jpg|20070917-JohnsHouse01.jpg
}}
The second random image tag setup only shows the first image.
I am about ready to rewrite the RandomImage extension; I was really excited to find you had a page on it, as I thought you might be working on it. My big stumbling block to writing a new version is understanding how a random image is chosen. __METHOD__ doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
I am not sure that the DPL solution is very good, anyway, since I have hundreds of images -- only some of which I would like to display.
See http://www.gausschildren.org/genwiki if you want to see what I have now.
