Extension:SelectCategory
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Implementation | Page action |
Description | Allows the user to select from existing categories when editing a page. |
Author(s) | |
Latest version | 0.9.0 (2017-10-30) |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | |
PHP | 5.4+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | README CHANGELOG |
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Quarterly downloads | 5 (Ranked 135th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The SelectCategory extension provides three functions:
- It shows a list of all categories (unless a custom root category is configured) in their hierarchical structure on the edit page.
- It strips all categories linked within a page upon editing and selects them in the category list list.
- It adds selected categories from the list to the text body of the page on saving.
Download
editThe extension can be retrieved directly from Git [?]:
- Browse code
- Some extensions have tags for stable releases.
- Browse tags
- Select the tag
- Click "snapshot"
- Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release. There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).
- Browse branches
- Select a branch name
- Click "Continue"
Extract the snapshot and place it in the extensions/SelectCategory/ directory of your MediaWiki installation.
If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows:
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/SelectCategory.git
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
SelectCategory
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/SelectCategory - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
require_once "$IP/extensions/SelectCategory/SelectCategory.php";
- Configure as required
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
edit$wgSelectCategoryNamespaces
Defines in which namespaces the Extension should be active.
All namespaces are already predefined in the array. Set a specific namespace to true to enable or to false to disable the extension.
Active per default are: Media, Main, Project, Image, Help, Category.
$wgSelectCategoryNamespaces[NS_PROJECT] = false;
$wgSelectCategoryNamespaces[NS_CATEGORY] = false;
or
$wgSelectCategoryNamespaces = array(
NS_MEDIA => true,
NS_MAIN => true,
NS_TALK => false,
NS_USER => false,
NS_USER_TALK => false,
NS_PROJECT => true,
NS_PROJECT_TALK => false,
NS_IMAGE => true,
NS_IMAGE_TALK => false,
NS_MEDIAWIKI => false,
NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK => false,
NS_TEMPLATE => false,
NS_TEMPLATE_TALK => false,
NS_HELP => true,
NS_HELP_TALK => false,
NS_CATEGORY => true,
NS_CATEGORY_TALK => false,
100 => true, // customized namespace, e.g. ''Portal'', c.f. [[Manual:Using custom namespaces]]
101 => false // customized namespace, e.g. ''Portal talk'', c.f. [[Manual:Using custom namespaces]]
);
$wgSelectCategoryRoot
Set a specific root category depending the namespace. Only categories within this root will be displayed when editing a page in a certain namespace.
Useful on big wiki sites to keep the database load down.
If not set (default) the extension searches for all root categories and displays them including all children.
$wgSelectCategoryRoot = array(
NS_MEDIA => false,
NS_MAIN => "My Article Root Category",
NS_TALK => false,
NS_USER => false,
NS_USER_TALK => false,
NS_PROJECT => false,
NS_PROJECT_TALK => false,
NS_IMAGE => "My Image Root Category",
NS_IMAGE_TALK => false,
NS_MEDIAWIKI => false,
NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK => false,
NS_TEMPLATE => false,
NS_TEMPLATE_TALK => false,
NS_HELP => false,
NS_HELP_TALK => false,
NS_CATEGORY => false,
NS_CATEGORY_TALK => false
);
$wgSelectCategoryEnableSubpages
Defines if the extension should be active when editing subpages.
$wgSelectCategoryEnableSubpages = false;
Style
editTo customize the design of the select box use the CSS id "SelectCategoryBox" and attach your own settings to [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css]] or your users [[User:USERNAME/Monobook.css]].
Bugs & Feature Requests
editPlease file bugs and feature requests in the bug tracker on phabricator.wikimedia.org. You might just use this direct link that has these two settings pre-defined: