Extension:Page Forms/Related extensions

There are various other MediaWiki extensions that relate to Page Forms in some way.

Extensions that Page Forms can make use of, if they are installed

• Admin Links - provides a page of links for administrators - if PF is installed, it adds many links to the page.
• Cargo - types defined for Cargo tables are used to determine form input types; forms can autocomplete on Cargo data; PF's helper pages can be used to create Cargo-based templates
• Page Schemas - can be used to automatically generate form definition pages from an XML schema.
• Semantic MediaWiki - types defined for SMW properties are used to determine form input types; forms can autocomplete on SMW data; PF's helper pages can be used to create SMW-based templates and property pages

Providing editing interfaces within textarea fields:

• TinyMCE
• VisualEditor + VEForAll
• WikiEditor

Extensions that define Page Forms form inputs

• MintyDocs - defines the input type 'mintydocs toc'.
• Semantic Forms Select - defines the input type 'SF_Select'.

Extensions intended to support Page Forms' template-based approach

• Data Transfer - imports data from an external source into wiki pages with template calls.
• NumerAlpha - displays an incrementing number (can be used for multiple-instance templates).

Extensions that perform similar actions to Page Forms

• FlexForm - lets users define forms for editing page data (optionally stored within slots), and sending emails
• Forms - lets users define forms for creating pages and sending emails
• VisualData - lets users define forms for editing page data (stored within slots, using JSON and JSON Schema); also allows for querying and displaying this data

Obsolete extensions

The following Page Forms-related extensions are archived, obsolete, or at least appear to not be maintained.

That define PF form inputs

• HierarchyBuilder - defines the input types 'hierarchySelect' and 'hierarchy'.
• Semantic Forms HTML5 - defines some HTML5-based form inputs.
• Semantic Forms Inputs - defines the input types 'timepicker', 'datetimepicker', 'menuselect' and 'two listboxes'.
• Semantic Image Input - defines the input type 'instantimage'.
• Semantic Maps - defines the input types 'map' and 'googlemaps'.
• WikivoteMapsYandex - defines the input type 'yandex' (for Yandex Maps).

That otherwise require Page Forms

• AssembleFormLink - displays a helper form similar to #forminput, but that can contain more than one entry field.
• AutoFillFormField - lets you add a "preview" field to a form, showing what the resulting page name will be if the name is generated automatically.
• Automatic Semantic Forms - creates on-the-fly forms based on the template calls within a page, without the need to define the forms (part of SMW+).
• Evaluation WikiFlow - used to define workflow for reviewing documents.
• NagiosConfig - used to configure the Nagios monitoring software.
• OWL Wiki Forms - supports forms for editing property, template and form pages.
• RecurrentEventCalendar - lets forms create a large series of event pages at once.
• SemanticAccessControl - used to set read and write permissions on pages in the wiki.
• SemanticFormsToolbar - lets Page Forms (then called Semantic Forms) be used to edit inline template calls within wiki-text.
• Semantic Friendly Forms - the predecessor to OWL Wiki Forms.
• Semantic Image Annotator - uses forms to add annotations to images.
• Semantic Multi Edit Extension - lets forms create multiple pages at once.
• Semantic Page Series - lets forms create a large series of pages at once.
• Semantic Signup - enables a form for populating user pages when users register.
• Semantic Social Profile - lets users enter information for the SocialProfile extension via forms.
• Semantic Text Annotator - uses forms to add annotations to text.

That support a template-based approach

• IncludeOnlyNS - allows certain pages to be designated as "include-only", to enable less-hacky transclusion.
• Negref - lets ‎<ref> tags be added to wiki-text via a template parameter.
• Page Object Model - provides an API for accessing and modifying fields within template calls.

That perform similar actions to Page Forms

• Form - lets users define forms for creating (but not editing) pages.
• RecordAdmin - lets users define forms for creating, editing and querying structured data in wiki pages.
• Semantic Page Maker - lets users define forms for creating and editing SMW-based data
• SemanticQueryComposer - enables defining forms for querying semantic data.
• SemanticQueryFormTool - enables defining forms for querying semantic data.
• StructuredInput - lets users define forms for creating and editing pages.

That are based on Page Forms

• PopUpFile - lets users add a popup file-upload window to any page.