Extension:HierarchyBuilder

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HierarchyBuilder Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Parser extension
Description	Manages a hierarchy of pages with hierarchy links stored external to the pages themselves. Provides form renderers the ability to build a hierarchy of pages in a given category as well as to allow selection of individual pages from a hierarchy.
Author(s)	Kevin Ji Cindy Cicalese
Latest version	5.0 (2016-12-06)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.25+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
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Tags hierarchy
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads	11 (Ranked 161st)
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The HierarchyBuilder extension introduces a tag, <hierarchy>, two Semantic Form input types, hierarchySelect and hierarchy, and three parser functions #hierarchyChildren, #hierarchyParent, #hierarchySectionNumber.

Installation

This extension requires Semantic MediaWiki to be installed first.

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'HierarchyBuilder' );
  

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

Usage

Usage documentation and live examples are provided at our extensions documentation site.

Version history

Version 5.0

• Switched from Semantic Forms to Page Forms
• Requires MediaWiki 1.25+

Version 4.0.1

• Updated forms to support MW 1.26 and fixed static invocation warnings.

Version 4.0.0

• Removed SelectFromHierarchy legacy mode support.

Version 3.2.2

• Removed inline JS.

Version 3.2.1

• Increased editHierarchy page limit to 2000.

Version 3.2.0

• Added ability to specify pages by property value for HierarchyFormInput.

Version 3.1.0

• Added titleicon support to hierarchySelect.

Version 3.0.1

• Corrected collapsed flag and ampersand defects.

Version 3.0.0

• Restructured code to comply with new code standards. Various minor code quality improvements.

Version 2.0.0

• Reimplemented display names without displaynameproperty argument.

Version 1.10.0

• Added TitleIcon support in editHierarchy.

Version 1.9.4

• Resolved displaynameproperty and collapsed defects in hierarchySelected parser function.

Version 1.9.3

• Improved robustness of property retrieval.

Version 1.9.2

• Fixed titleicon size and resolution issues.

Version 1.9.1

• Reimplemented titleicon support to be more efficient.

Acknowledgements

This extension is implemented using jsTree and nestedSortable libraries.