Extension:DocxConverter

MediaWiki extensions manual

DocxConverter Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Special page
Description	Convert simple .docx documents to MediaWiki pages
Author(s)	Lainstalk
Latest version	0.8
MediaWiki	1.16
License	GPL
Download	SourceForge: project page files source code repository Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
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Basic info

DocxConverter is a MediaWiki extension that provide conversion of simple .docx documents to MediaWiki page. User can upload one document or .zip archive with documents.

Usage

User upload single .docx document or .zip archive with documents to Wiki. Next he must correct the converted text (if necessary) and write a title for the page. Main site of extension provide a table with converted and published documents.

Installation

• Download the source code and place it in $IP/extensions/DocxConverter/
• Directory DocxConverter/archives must be writable
• Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

require_once( "$IP/extensions/DocxConverter/DocxConverter.php" );

• Create db table converter.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `converter` (
  `id` int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `title` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_bin DEFAULT NULL,
  `text` mediumblob,
  `date_edit` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  `date_add` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  `filename` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8_bin DEFAULT NULL,
  `status` smallint(3) DEFAULT NULL,
  `user_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `url` varchar(270) COLLATE utf8_bin DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

• Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:DocxConverter

Caution

Extension is still in experimental version and can convert simple documents with standard styles.