Extension:Google News Bar

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Google News Bar Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Tag
Description	Add a Google News Bar to your wiki pages.
Author(s)	csw
Latest version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.6.8+
License	No license specified
Download	see below
Parameters newstitle, newskey
Check usage and version matrix.

What can this extension do?

This extension adds a Google News Bar to your wiki pages.

Usage

<googleNewsBar newstitle="pakistan" newskey="pakistan">Loading ... </googleNewsBar>

Installation

You will need a Google AJAX API key for your site (can be obtained here).

Parameters

newstitle

the title you want to display for your Google News Bar

newskey

the keywords that Google will use to fetch related news and display on your wiki page

Changes to LocalSettings.php

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

Code

<?php
# Save the extension to your extensions folder as googleNewsBarExtension.php.
# To activate the extension, include it from your LocalSettings.php with: 
#  require_once("$IP/extensions/googleNewsBarExtension.php");
# Usage example: 
#  <googleNewsBar newstitle="Baidu In The News" newskey="Baidu China">Loading ... </googleNewsBar>

$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "googleNewsBarExtension";
$googleNewsBarKey = "put_your_google_api_key_here";

# Credits for 'Special:Version' page
$wgExtensionCredits['other'][] = array(
       'name' => 'Google News Bar',
       'version' => '071007',
       'author' => 'China Stock Market Wiki and others',
       'description' => 'adds capability to enable Google News bar to your wiki site',
       'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_News_Bar'
       );

# Register the extension with the WikiText parser
function googleNewsBarExtension( ) {
  global $wgParser;
  $wgParser->setHook( "googleNewsBar", "renderGoogleNewsBar");
}

# The callback function for converting the input text to HTML output
function renderGoogleNewsBar( $input, $argv, &$parser ) {
  global $googleNewsBarKey;

  $output = "<div id='newsBar-bar'><span style='color:#676767;font-size:11px;margin:10px;padding:4px'>Loading...</span>  </div>";
  $output .= "<script src='http://www.google.com/uds/api?file=uds.js&v=1.0&source=uds-nbw&key=" . $googleNewsBarKey . "' ";
  $output .= "type='text/javascript'></script>";
  $output .= "<style type='text/css'> @import url('http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearch.css'); </style>";
  $output .= "<script type='text/javascript'>  window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true;  </script>";
  $output .= "<script src='http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/newsbar/gsnewsbar.js?mode=new' type='text/javascript'></script>";
  $output .= "<style type='text/css'>  @import url('http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/newsbar/gsnewsbar.css');  </style>";
  $output .= '<script type="text/javascript">function LoadNewsBar(){ var newsBar; var options ={largeResultSet:false, title:';
  $output .= '"'.$argv['newstitle'].'"'.', horizontal:false, autoExecuteList:{executeList:';

  $output .= '["'.$argv['newskey'].'"]'.'}}; newsBar=new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBar-bar"), options);}';
  // for multiple keywords use newskey1="my keyword" newskey2=... and replace the line before by the next commented code :
  /*
  $output .= '[';

  $keyw = array();
  foreach ($argv as $key => $value) {
    if (ereg("^newskey[0-9]*", $key))
      $keyw[$key] = "\"".$value."\"";
  }

  $output .= implode(",", $keyw);

  $output .= ']'.'}}; newsBar=new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBar-bar"), options);}';
  */

  $output .= 'GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar);</script>';

  return $output;
}

Google Blog Bar

What can this extension do?

This extension adds a Google Blog Bar to your wiki pages. preview available on FlyerWiki

Usage

<googleblogBar newstitle="VOTE-FOR.IT AIRLINE NEWS" newskey="site:travel.vote-for.it">Loading ... </googleblogBar> 

Code

<?php
# Save the extension to your extensions folder as googleNewsBarExtension.php.
# To activate the extension, include it from your LocalSettings.php with: 
#  require_once("$IP/extensions/googleNewsBarExtension.php");
# Usage example: 
#  <googleblogBar newstitle="VOTE-FOR.IT AIRLINE NEWS" newskey="site:travel.vote-for.it">Loading ... </googleblogBar> 
 
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "googleblogBarExtension";
$googleblogBarKey = "put_your_google_api_key_here";
 
# Credits for 'Special:Version' page
$wgExtensionCredits['other'][] = array(
       'name' => 'Google News Bar',
       'version' => '071007',
       'author' => 'China Stock Market Wiki and others',
       'description' => 'adds capability to enable Google News bar to your wiki site',
       'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_News_Bar'
       );
 
# Register the extension with the WikiText parser
function googleblogBarExtension( ) {
  global $wgParser;
  $wgParser->setHook( "googleblogBar", "renderGoogleblogBar");
}
 
# The callback function for converting the input text to HTML output
function renderGoogleblogBar( $input, $argv, &$parser ) {
  global $googleblogBarKey;
 
  $output = "<div id='blogBar-bar'><span style='color:#676767;font-size:11px;margin:10px;padding:4px'>Loading...</span>  </div>";
  $output .= "<script src='http://www.google.com/uds/api?file=uds.js&v=1.0&source=uds-blbw&key=" . $googleblogBarKey . "' ";
  $output .= "type='text/javascript'></script>";
  $output .= "<style type='text/css'> @import url('http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearch.css'); </style>";
  $output .= "<script src='http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/blogbar/gsblogbar.js?mode=new' type='text/javascript'></script>";
  $output .= "<style type='text/css'>  @import url('http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/blogbar/gsblogbar.css');  </style>";
  $output .= '<script type="text/javascript">function LoadblogBar(){ var blogBar; var options ={largeResultSet:false, title:';
  $output .= '"'.$argv['newstitle'].'"'.', horizontal:false, autoExecuteList:{executeList:';
  $output .= '["'.$argv['newskey'].'"]'.'}}; blogBar=new GSblogBar(document.getElementById("blogBar-bar"), options);}';
  $output .= 'GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadblogBar);</script>';
 
  return $output;
}