Extension:ContactPage

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ContactPage Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page , Hook
Description	Provides a contact form for visitors
Author(s)	Daniel Kinzler, Sam Reed
Latest version	Continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	>= 1.35.0
PHP	5.4+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review README
Example	nl.wikipedia.org
Parameters $wgContactConfig
Hooks provided ContactForm ContactFromComplete
Quarterly downloads	93 (Ranked 88th)
Public wikis using	855 (Ranked 282nd)
Translate the ContactPage extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Vagrant role	contactpage
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The ContactPage extension implements a contact form for visitors. It creates a special page "Special:Contact", which is similar to "Special:EmailUser", but it has a fixed recipient, and may be used without registering.

Installation and configuration

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called ContactPage in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php :

  wfLoadExtension( 'ContactPage' );
  $wgContactConfig['default'] = [
  	'RecipientUser' => 'WikiUser', // Must be the name of a valid account which also has a verified e-mail-address added to it.
  	'SenderName' => 'Contact Form on ' . $wgSitename, // "Contact Form on" needs to be translated
  	'SenderEmail' => null, // Defaults to $wgPasswordSender, may be changed as required
  	'RequireDetails' => true, // Either "true" or "false" as required
  	'IncludeIP' => true, // Either "true" or "false" as required
  	'MustBeLoggedIn' => true, // Check if the user is logged in before rendering the form. Either "true" or "false" as required
  	'AdditionalFields' => [
  		'Text' => [
  			'label-message' => 'emailmessage',
  			'type' => 'textarea',
  			'rows' => 20,
  			'required' => true,  // Either "true" or "false" as required
  		],
  	],
          // Added in MW 1.26
  	'DisplayFormat' => 'table',  // See HTMLForm documentation for available values.
  	'RLModules' => [],  // Resource loader modules to add to the form display page.
  	'RLStyleModules' => []  // Resource loader CSS modules to add to the form display page.
  ];
  

• See the README file for further options to customize and adapt as it convenes. Note, however, that since March 2014, it is no longer possible to prefill text from MediaWiki:Contactpage-text-[form-name].
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

You can require a CAPTCHA test for the contact page, if you have the ConfirmEdit extension installed. CAPTCHAs are enabled by adding

$wgCaptchaTriggers['contactpage'] = true;

to "LocalSettings.php" below the invocation of both extensions.

Further customization

Adding a link to special page "Contact" to the footer of your wiki (< 1.37.0)

To do this add ...

1. ... the following code without changing it to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

$wgHooks['SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec'][] = function( $skin, &$template ) {
	$contactLink = Html::element( 'a', [ 'href' => $skin->msg( 'contactpage-url' )->escaped() ],
		$skin->msg( 'contactpage-label' )->text() );
	$template->set( 'contact', $contactLink );
	$template->data['footerlinks']['places'][] = 'contact';
	return true;
};

1. ... the URL of "Special:Contact" to system message MediaWiki:Contactpage-url and
2. ... the label for "Special:Contact" to system message MediaWiki:Contactpage-label.

Creating more complex forms

See HTMLForm and related pages for more information on the possibilities available to create more complex forms.

Issues

Users of some hosting providers such as SiteGround and Amazon SES may get a PHP mail error or one that says that the FROM email address is not configured in the server, despite $wgPasswordSender being configured correctly and other email functionality working as expected. A fix for this issue is described here.

See also

• Extension:EmailPage - Allows sending fully rendered articles with embedded CSS to users, groups, or contact lists
• Extension:CIForms - Forms with auto-validation, multiple choice questions and cloze tests