Extension:SemanticComments

MediaWiki extensions manual

SemanticComments Release status: beta
Implementation	MyWiki, Special page, Ajax
Description	Manages comments for a page, using a custom Comment namespace.
Author(s)	Benjamin Langguth John McClure Peter Grassberger
Latest version	2.0.0 (not yet released) (2018-02-20)
MediaWiki	1.19 - 1.27
PHP	5.3+ - 7.0+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Parameters $cegIP $cegScriptPath $cegEnableComment $cegEnableCommentFor $cegEnableRatingForArticles $cegEnableFullDeletion $cegShowCommentsExpanded $cegEnableFileAttachments $cegUseRMUploadFunc $cegDefaultDelimiter
Hooks used LanguageGetMagic MakeGlobalVariablesScript smwhACNamespaceMappings
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The SemanticComments extension displays & manages comments and replies that are attached to any page in a wiki. This extension stores comments in semantic properties attached to pages in the "Comment" namespace which are queried by a special page.

This extension was derived by Hypergrove from the Project Halo Collaboration extension.

Contents

Installation

• Prerequisites:

- Semantic MediaWiki extension (version 1.8 or later, tested with 2.5.5)

- Variables extension

- ParserFunctions extension

- ImageMagick for thubmnails is required.

• Download, extract and place the file(s) in a directory called SemanticComments in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php";
  enableSemanticComments();
  

• Configure as required
• Import ontology

SemanticComments comes with a small ontology to provide functionality for displaying and querying existing comments and some icons. Go to Special:Import and upload /extensions/SemanticComments/import/SemanticComments.xml

• Import graphics

To use the delivered icons you need to upload the following files in your wiki:

1. /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/bad_active.png
2. /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/neutral_active.png
3. /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/good_active.png
4. /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/defaultuser.gif
5. /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/Comment_icon_crystal.png

Please be sure that you keep the original file names.

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

Configuration

All configuration options are defined in /SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php.

Usage

Enter {{ShowComments|show=True}} to any article where you want to get a list of all 'related comments' and a form that allows you to enter new comments.

From the list of Special pages, go to page “Special:SemanticComments”.

Add the property "User image" to the user page for individual user images, e. g. [[User image::File:Myimage.png]].

Wishlist

• Store all comments and their replies in subobjects on a single page in the Comment namespace instead of a page per comment.
• Provide date ascending and descending sort options

See also

• Extension:CommentStreams