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*Create a folder called ''SimpleViewer'' inside your wiki ''extensions'' folder | *Create a folder called ''SimpleViewer'' inside your wiki ''extensions'' folder | ||
*[http://organicdesign.co.nz/Extension:SimpleViewer.php Download the SimpleViewer.php script] | *[http://organicdesign.co.nz/Extension:SimpleViewer.php Download the SimpleViewer.php script] | ||
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Where the image names are replaced with the names of images you have uploaded to your wiki. | Where the image names are replaced with the names of images you have uploaded to your wiki. | ||
*Go to the test page. You should see the gallery appear. | *Go to the test page. You should see the gallery appear. | ||
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==Bugs== | ==Bugs== | ||
*Does not parse wikitext of gallery ''src'' article so DPL queries and templates will not work as expected | *Does not parse wikitext of gallery ''src'' article so DPL queries and templates will not work as expected |
Revision as of 21:52, 6 April 2008
This extension is designed to integrate the SimpleViewer flash gallery into MediaWiki. SimpleViewer is available for use free of charge for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Contents
Example
Installation
- Create a folder called SimpleViewer inside your wiki extensions folder
- Download the SimpleViewer.php script
- Save the script into the SimpleViewer folder as SimpleViewer.php
- Download the SimpleViewer flash application from Airtight Interactive
- Unpack the zip and save the resulting simpleviewer folder inside exensions/SimpleViewer
- Add this line to LocalSettings.php
require('$IP/extensions/SimpleViewer/SimpleViewer.php');
- Check that the extension in installed by looking at Special:Version on your wiki. SimpleViewer should appear under Parser hooks
- Create a test page containing the text:
{{simpleviewer:src=Gallery test}}
- Create an article called Gallery test with the content
*Image:Foo.jpg *Image:Bar.jpg *Image:Pic.jpg
Where the image names are replaced with the names of images you have uploaded to your wiki.
- Go to the test page. You should see the gallery appear.
Bugs
- Does not parse wikitext of gallery src article so DPL queries and templates will not work as expected
- For some reason the head script containing swfobject.js only seems to load when action=purge other wise the non-flash message is displayed.
Further work
- Image thumbnail requests are sent a redirect header so it takes two HTTP requests instead of one to fetch each thumb and image (inefficient)
- Perhaps hook to ParserBeforeStrip to get around the fact that we don't have a parser object available at this stage.
- Parameters other than src in the parser function don't work
- Provide full control and pass all available parameters to SimpleViewer via parser params
- file_get_contents with HTTP wrappers is used to obtain the HTML of the image article contents to display when the image is clicked (inefficient)
- Thumb and image sizes are currently hard-wired are ready to be hooked in with params