Extension:DynamicRedirect

MediaWiki extensions manual

DynamicRedirect Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Special page
Description	Redirects user to a dynamically determined page
Author(s)	Petr Kadlec (Mormegiltalk)
MediaWiki
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Readme file

The DynamicRedirect extension provides redirection to a dynamically determined page. In the current version, the target can be determined either by evaluating a piece of wikitext, or chosen from a category.

Installation

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

  require_once "$IP/extensions/DynamicRedirect/DynamicRedirect.php";
  

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

Usage

By going to a URL in the form of

.../Special:DynamicRedirect?mode=mode&target=target

the user is redirected to a page chosen based on the values of the parameters:

• mode is the primary mode selector, the currently supported values are:
  • parse – parse the expression given in target and use the resulting text as the page title to redirect to
  • catfirst – redirect to the first page in the category which title is in target (without the Category: prefix)
  • catlast – redirect to the last page in the category which title is in target (without the Category: prefix)
• target – parameter containing either the wikitext, or the category name

If the parameters are not valid, or there is no target page fulfilling the parameters, Special:DynamicRedirect displays a UI (and possibly an error message) showing the available options.

Transclusion

A page dynamically determined per the above criteria (e.g. the last page of a category) can also be transcluded on another page using the straightforward syntax

{{Special:DynamicRedirect | mode = mode | target = target}}

with mode and target same as above.