Extension:Upload Fields

MediaWiki extensions manual

Upload Fields Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User interface, Media
Description	allows the configuration of custom upload fields to be added to the Special:Upload page.
Author(s)	Alexia E. Smith (Alexia E. Smith)
Latest version	0.0.3 (2018-11-08)
MediaWiki	1.30+
PHP	7.0+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitLab: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Hooks used SpecialUploadComplete UploadFormInitDescriptor
Vagrant role	UploadFields

The UploadFields Extension is a MediaWiki extension which allows the configuration of custom upload fields to be added to the Special:Upload page. Information from those custom fields is then added to the Template:FileInfo template on the file page.

Project Homepage

Documentation at Github

Source Code

Source code at Github

Bugs

issues at Github

Licensing

UploadFields is GPL-2.0+ Copyright 2017 Curse

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'UploadFields' );
  

• If necessary configure as required.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

To create a new upload field start by creating a new page in the MediaWiki namespace.

The format of the page name is: UploadField-field_type-Name

Valid types are:

• select - Select drop down. Supports option groups down to two depths.
• multiselect - Series of check boxes for multiple selection. Supports option groups down to two depths.
• text - Single line text input.
• textarea - Multiple line text input.
• category - Display a multiple select drop down of existing categories on the wiki.

If you wanted a drop down HTML select field named "Game" you would create the definition page: MediaWiki:UploadField-select-Game

Field Types

select and multiselect

These two types support two levels deep of listed options which is limited due to HTML specifications. Simply make a standard unordered list up to ** deep. Any blank lines and lines not starting with * with be ignored.

Each selection value should be in the format of: TemplateValue|Label Name

* Main Series
** Part1|This Amazing Game Part 1
** Part2|This Amazing Game Part 2

* Combinations
** CE|Collector's Edition

Example: Selecting "This Amazing Game Part 1" from the "Game" field when uploading a new image would result in "Game=Part1" being added to the FileInfo template.

{{FileInfo
|Game=Part1
}}

text and textarea

The text and textarea types add their respective single line or multiple line text fields to the upload form. The content of the MediaWiki:UploadField-text(area)-Name definition page will be filled in as a default value and can be left blank.

category

The category type produces a multiple select check box list of existing wiki categories to choose from. There is no filtering and any content added to the MediaWiki:UploadField-category-Name definition page will be ignored.