Extension:BlueSpiceMultiUpload

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BlueSpiceMultiUpload Release status: stable
Implementation	other (invalid type)
Description	Provides batch uploading of files
Author(s)	Robert Vogel Leonid Verhovskij
Latest version	4.2.0-alpha
MediaWiki	1.27+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgMultiUploadIntegrateWithUploadLink
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay
Quarterly downloads	2 (Ranked 127th)
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The BlueSpiceMultiUpload extension provides batch uploading of files:

• Overrides toolbox link to Special:Upload
• Integrates into Extension:BlueSpiceExtendedFilelist
• Integrates into Extension:InsertFile
• Provides tags <multiuploadbutton /> and <multiuploaddropzone />

Installation

• Download and move the extracted BlueSpiceMultiUpload folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/BlueSpiceMultiUpload
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'BlueSpiceMultiUpload' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Tags

<multiuploadbutton />: Displays a button that allows opening of the upload dialog within a wiki page.

<multiuploaddropzone />: Displays a drop-zone that allows opening of the upload dialog within a wiki page.

Common attributes

Both tags share the same attributes:

defaultfilenameprefix

A prefix that is added automatically to the uploaded file

defaultcategories

A list of category names to be set as default. Can be changed by the user in the upload dialog. Separator is |.

defaultdescription

A default description text to be set as default. Can be changed by the user in the upload dialog.

defaultlicence

A default selection for the licence to be set as default. Can be changed by the user in the upload dialog.

implicitfilenameprefix

A prefix that is always added to the filename.

implicitcategories

A list of categories that are always added.

implicitdescription

A description text that is always added to the file page.

label

The text on the button/dropzone

reloadpage

If set to true, the page will be automatically be reloaded after upload. This comes in handy if you want to combine the button/dropzone with an automatic list

class

A CSS class to be added to the button/dropzone. This way the appearance can be easily changed e.g. in MediaWiki:Common.css

Example: Page file attachments

A simple "File attachments" section can be composed using Semantic MediaWiki , Extension:Variables and some MediaWiki templates

Template:Attachments

<noinclude>
 <nowiki>{{Attachments}}</nowiki>
</noinclude><includeonly>
{{#vardefine:prefix|{{#replace:{{NAMESPACE}}_{{PAGENAME}}_|/|_}}}}
==Attachments==
<multiuploadbutton
  defaultFileNamePrefix={{#var:prefix}}
  reloadpage=true
/>
{{#ask:[[File:+]][[~{{#var:prefix}}*]]
|format=template
|template=Attachments/Row
|link=none
}}
<multiuploaddropzone
  defaultFileNamePrefix={{#var:prefix}}
  reloadpage=true
/>
</includeonly>

Template:Attachments/Row

<includeonly>{{#vardefine:prefixedtitle|{{#replace:{{{1}}}| |_}}}}
* [[Media:{{PAGENAME:{{{1}}}}}|{{#replace:{{#var:prefixedtitle}}|File:{{#var:prefix}}|}}]] ([[:{{{1}}}|Description]])</includeonly>

Concrete wiki page

Some page text ...
{{Attachments}}