Extension:WikiShare
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 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | Skin, Tag |
| Description | Adds social media sharing capabilities, without sending any user data, to wikis using sidebar portlet and page toolbar. With user preferences enabling/disabling the feature and individual services. Wiki SysAdmin settings to control the look, placement and appearance of the toolbar. |
| Author(s) | Gregory Varnum (Varnenttalk) |
| Latest version | 0.15042020 |
| MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
| Download | |
| Example | WikiGreed |
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<wikishare /> |
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| Quarterly downloads | 2 (Ranked 138th) |
| Translate the WikiShare extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
This extension adds share buttons to your wiki. It is in early stages of development and requires all settings to be configured via LocalSettings.php. A Special page for management in the future is in development.
Usage
[edit]By default, the sidebar is set to appear on all pages.
By default, the toolbar will appear in the header of all articles in a content namespace.
Using the <wikishare /> tag, you can:
- Display the toolbar on pages in non-content namespaces
- Display the toolbar when it has been disabled in LocalSettings.php
- Display the toolbar on places other than the page header
Installation
[edit]- Download and move the extracted
WikiSharefolder 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/WikiShare - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'WikiShare' );
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
[edit]| Parameter | Default | Description |
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$wgWikiShare['background']
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'#f6f6f6'
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Background color for toolbox displayed in article header |
$wgWikiShare['border']
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'#a7d7f9'
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Border color for toolbox displayed in article header |
$wgWikiShare['sidebar']
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true
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Display widget as sidebar portlet |
$wgWikiShare['header']
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true
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Display widget toolbar in article header |
$wgWikiShare['main']
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true
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Display widget toolbar on the main page |
$wgWikiShareServices['facebook']['service']
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'Facebook'
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Name of service |
$wgWikiShareServices['facebook']['url']
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'http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=%url%&t=%title% - %wiki%'
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URL for service sharing. Use %url% as a replacement for the page's URL, %title% for page's title, and %wiki% for wiki's name.
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$wgWikiShareServices['facebook']['icon']
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'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Facebook_f_logo_%282019%29.svg/40px-Facebook_f_logo_%282019%29.svg.png'
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URL of service sharing service's icon. |
$wgWikiShareServices['twitter']['service']
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'Twitter'
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Name of service |
$wgWikiShareServices['twitter']['url']
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'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Look%20what%20I%20found%20on%20%wiki%:%20%url%'
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URL for service sharing. Use %url% as a replacement for the page's URL, %title% for page's title, and %wiki% for wiki's name.
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$wgWikiShareServices['twitter']['icon']
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'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Twitter_Logo.png/40px-Twitter_Logo.png'
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URL of service sharing service's icon. |
$wgWikiShareServices[1]['service']
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Name of service | |
$wgWikiShareServices[1]['url']
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URL for service sharing. Use %url% as a replacement for the page's URL, %title% for page's title, and %wiki% for wiki's name.
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$wgWikiShareServices[1]['icon']
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URL of service sharing service's icon. | |
| You can then replace '1' with '2' and so on until you have all your services entered. | ||
Concept
[edit]Develop a MediaWiki extension that allows social media sharing in a way that allows for deployment on Wikimedia project sites.
- No use of APIs or scripts
- No transmission of any of the wiki user's information - including IP address
- Only support services that allow URL based submissions
- Use Wikimedia Commons images
- User preferences will allow wiki users to:
- Disable or enable entire social media sharing feature for people avoiding social media
- Disable or enable specific services
- SysAdmin settings to:
- Set defaults for user prefs
- Add additional or custom services
- Pick between 2-3 different toolbox designs
Release notes
[edit]- Alpha 0.15042020
- Proof concept of design
- Basic layout
- Settings page not yet enabled
Roadmap
[edit]Intended to help developer map out future features and communicate plans to potential users. Version in bold is the current development stage.
- Alpha 0.2aX
- Basic settings mapped out
- Alpha 0.3aX
- SpecialPages setup
- Beta 0.XaX
- Functional version with settings
- Beta 0.XaX
- Finalize images setup
- Beta 0.XaX
- Additional designs
- Version 1.0
- Fully functional for third-party wikis
- Version 2.0
- Compliance for Wikimedia project wikis
Notes
[edit]Sources for code
[edit]Working examples of concept in light form on current WMF sites:
Model code to borrow from:
General thoughts / essays
[edit]- User:Dantman/Post to social media feeds
- strategy:Product Whitepaper#Red link: Post to social media feeds
- meta:Social media plugins
Interested in bug squashing
[edit]- your name here
- nischayn22
Free floating ideas
[edit]- Dantman: When you get close to the sharing area a grey x shows up on the right side of it. When you hover over it a tooltip says something like "Disable share buttons." After clicking the button the share area is replaced with a message. For logged out users "Share buttons have been disabled temporarily. [Log in] to disable them permanently. - Undo" and a cookie is set. For logged in users the message is "Share buttons have been disabled permanently. You can re-enable them later in your [preferences]. - Undo"
- Dantman: After clicking the button the share area is replaced with a message. For logged out users "Share buttons have been disabled temporarily. Log in to disable them permanently. - Undo" and a cookie is set. For logged in users the message is "Share buttons have been disabled permanently. You can re-enable them later in your preferences. - Undo"