Extension:MultiLanguageManager

MediaWiki extensions manual

MultiLanguageManager Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Database , Locale
Description	Add multi-languages capacities to a wiki
Author(s)	Marc Despland, Robert Vogel
Latest version	2.0 (2017-08-31)
MediaWiki	1.29
Database changes	Yes
License	GNU General Public License 2.0
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Parameters $mgAvailableLanguage $mgLanguagePermisionsKey
Added rights language
Hooks used ArticleDelete BeforePageDisplay LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates SkinBuildSidebar SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal UserGetLanguageObject
Quarterly downloads	9 (Ranked 130th)
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The MultiLanguageManager extension allows you to add multi-languages capacities to a wiki:

• You can define a list of available languages
• You can define a page to be a variant of another page within the same wiki
• On a page with variants a special navigation will be displayed ("flags") that allow to switch between those pages
• The interface language for anonymous users will automatically be changed to match the language of the page

ATTENTION: This extension does not use the built-in Page content language mechanism of MediaWiki. If that is desired, use the PerPageLanguage extension.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted MultiLanguageManager folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MultiLanguageManager
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'MultiLanguageManager' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

Available languages

The configuration is done using the $mgAvailableLanguages variable which contains the code of language and the code of its name in the file MultiLanguageManager_setup.php.

$mgAvailableLanguages = array(
   'en',
   'fr'
);

The users rights

You can manage who has the rights to modify the linguistic parameters of the pages. You can set those users rights to match with an existing right using the $mgLanguagePermisionsKey variable. For example to set the linguistic rights to match the edition article rights:

$mgLanguagePermisionsKey = 'edit';

But you could also choose an other rights language:

$mgLanguagePermisionsKey = 'language';

Then think of set the rights according to the groups:

$wgGroupPermissions['*'][$mgLanguagePermisionsKey] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user'][$mgLanguagePermisionsKey] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop'][$mgLanguagePermisionsKey] = true;

See also

• Extension:PerPageLanguage - Displays the interface in the language of the content