Extension:WolframCDF
 | This extension is incompatible with MediaWiki 1.39 or any later release! You are advised against using this extension on a live site.
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| This extension is currently not actively maintained! Although it may still work, any bug reports or feature requests will more than likely be ignored. |
 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | Tag |
| Description | Shows Wolfram CDF files in wiki pages. |
| Author(s) | TW~mediawikiwikitalk |
| Latest version | 0.2.1 (Goodge Street) (2012-04-25) |
| MediaWiki | 1.18+ (requires 'position' support in ResourceLoader) |
| License | GNU General Public License 3.0 or later |
| Download | GitHub: Note: |
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<cdf> |
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Description
[edit]Allows Wolfram CDF files (interactive content generated by Wolfram Mathematica) to be shown in wiki pages.
Usage
[edit]The basic syntax for the cdf extension is:
<cdf width="width in pixels" height="height in pixels">filename</cdf>
When specifying the filename, you do not need to include the `File:` namespace in the filename - it will work with or without it. If enabled, you may also provide an absolute URL instead of a filename to show a CDF file from another server.
Examples:
<cdf width="650" height="400">SomeExample.cdf</cdf> <cdf width="565" height="589">http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/HobermanCube/HobermanCube.cdf</cdf>
Note that the second example above will only work if $wgCDFAllowExternalURLs is set to true; the default is to not show external URLs.
Download instructions
[edit]To download the extension, you may obtain a zip of the latest code from the download link in the infobox. Alternatively, you may clone the git repository with the following command:
git clone git://github.com/TheWatcher/wolfram_cdf.git
Installation
[edit]To install this extension, place the wolfram_cdf directory in your extensions directory, and add the following to LocalSettings.php:
require_once("$IP/extensions/wolfram_cdf/CDF.php");
Note that, in order to actually upload and use .cdf files, you will need to ensure that file uploads are enabled ($wgEnableUploads is true) and cdf extensions are allowed. For example:
$wgEnableUploads = true;
$wgUseImageMagick = true;
$wgFileExtensions = array( 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'txt', 'cdf' );
You may also need to either ensure that your webserver serves up .cdf files as application/x-netcdf or, if that is not possible, you may need to modify $IP/includes/mime.types to contain
text/plain txt cdf
This should only be done in exceptional circumstances, however!
Parameters
[edit]The following parameters can be set in the LocalSettings.php file:
- $wgCDFAllowExternalURLs
- If this is set to
true(the default isfalse) then <cdf> tags may contain URLs to load .cdf files from other web servers. This should be enabled with caution, as it may have security implications!
- $wgCDFShowDownloadLink
- If set to
true(the default isfalse), the extension will place a 'Click here to download this CDF' link beneath each CDF box to allow users to save a copy of the CDF for offline use.
For example, your LocalSettings.php file may contain:
require_once("$IP/extensions/wolfram_cdf/CDF.php");
$wgCDFAllowExternalURLs = false;
$wgCDFShowDownloadLink = true;
The following css classes can also be used to apply styling to the html generated by this extension:
- div.cdf
- Each CDF box is contained within a div with this class
- div.cdflink
- If
$wgCDFShowDownloadLinkistrue, the CDF download link is placed in a div with this class.