Extension:SimpleFooterLink

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SimpleFooterLink Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface
Description	This extension provides a simple way to add any link that system administrators want to footer link area.
Author(s)	AnnAngelatalk
Latest version	0.1.1 (2021/03/23)
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.35+
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 $wgSimpleFooterLinkArray
Hooks used SkinAddFooterLinks

The SimpleFooterLink extension provides a simple way to add any link that system administrators want to footer link area.

This extension requires MW 1.35.0 or higher. If you have lower MW version, just simply use legacy way.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'SimpleFooterLink' );
  $wgSimpleFooterLinkArray = [ /* see [[#Configuration parameters]] */ ];
  

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

Usage

1. Add link to a wiki page at footer link area:

   $wgSimpleFooterLinkArray = [
       [
           "name" => "ALink",
           "tag" => "a",
           "attr" => [
               "href" => "Extension:SimpleFooterLink"
           ],
           "innerHTML" => "Extension:SimpleFooterLink",
       ]
   ];
   

   The link Extension:SimpleFooterLink will be added.
2. You can add extenal link, multiple links, links with blob text, and even not link but <table> (but to be honest table looks ugly in this situation):

   $wgSimpleFooterLinkArray = [
       [
           "name" => "ALink",
           "tag" => "a",
           "attr" => [
               "href" => "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleFooterLink"
           ],
           "innerHTML" => "Extension:SimpleFooterLink",
       ],
       [
           "name" => "AnotherLink",
           "tag" => "a",
           "attr" => [
               "href" => "https://zh.moegirl.org.cn/",
               "target" => "_blank"
           ],
           "innerHTML" => "<b>MoegirlPedia</b>",
       ],
       [
           "name" => "NotALink",
           "tag" => "table",
           "attr" => [
               "style" => "border-width: 0;",
               "class" => "wikitable"
           ],
           "innerHTML" => "<tr><td>cell</td></tr>",
       ]
   ];
   

Configuration parameters

Configuration parameters

Name	Value typing
$wgSimpleFooterLinkArray	Unnamed array, fulfilled with key-value named array described as right (Forgive my poor English ...)	name	string Must be identical, or only the very last one keep and other lost.
		tag	string HTML element tagname, in lower case, pass to Html::rawElement as first parameter - $element.
		attr	key-value named array HTML attributes key-value map, pass to Html::rawElement as second parameter - $attribs, also see Html::expandAttributes for detail. CAUTION: if tag is "a", attr has key "href", then attr.href will be parsed by Skin::makeInternalOrExternalUrl first.
		innerHTML	string HTML string without escaped, pass to Html::rawElement as third parameter - $contents.

TODO

• Add ability to use the MediaWiki message system.