Extension:FormWizard
![]() Release status: beta |
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Implementation | Parser function , Ajax, API |
Description | Creating new pages on MediaWiki wikis |
Author(s) | Egbe Eugene and James Hare |
Latest version | 0.0.1 |
MediaWiki | >= 1.35.0 |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | README |
Help | Help:Extension:FormWizard |
Quarterly downloads | 2 (Ranked 138th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The FormWizard extension allows anyone to create forms on MediaWiki wikis, used to create new pages. It was first developed as a FormWizard gadget but is now available as a MediaWiki extension.
User guide
editFor an end user guide to FormWizard, see Help:Extension:FormWizard .
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
FormWizard
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/FormWizard - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'FormWizard' );
- Run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing
composer update
in the extension directory. - Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Basic setup
editFor FormWizard to be able to work properly, you need to configure the parser function on a wiki page like so:
{{#formwizard:action=Start|config=Config.json|mode=subpage|project=TestProject}}
with mode=" ", should generate a button which looks like this:
with mode="subpage", should generate a button and a text field like so:
In the parser function definition,
- action is what should be displayed on the button which will be created
- config is the name of the JSON configuration page. An example can be found Help:Extension:FormWizard#The Wizard
- mode is the mode in which the extension in operating and is used to determine if the user will need to provide a subpage name before the making use of the extension.
- project is the project where the extension is applied (this will be used to define page content in context of the project.