Template:Extension

Revision as of 17:22, 19 February 2007 by 193.24.32.39 (talk) (put word status before the generated status. will generate nicer subcategory-list in category extensions)
This is a MediaWiki Extension
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Extension

Release status: unknown

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Type: {{{type}}}
Description: {{{description}}}
Author: {{{author}}}
Version: {{{version}}}
MediaWiki: {{{mediawiki}}}
Download: {{{download}}}
Parameters: {{{parameters}}}
Added rights: {{{rights}}}
Example: {{{example}}}

Purpose

This template should be added to the main page of all extensions documented on this wiki (and only the main page). It will add a useful infobox using the information supplied (see below) and will automatically add the extension to Category:Extensions.

Usage

Parameters
name name of the extension
status current release status

One of:

  • unstable (broken - do not use this extension)
  • experimental (early stages of development, may change drastically.)
  • beta (stable but not fully tested)
  • stable (stable version)
  • unknown (default)
type type of extension

Can contain any value, but the following special values ensure proper categorisation:

  • pfunc - Parser Function
  • parser - Parser Extension (new tag)
  • parser,pfunc - available as Parser Function AND as Parser Extension
  • hook - Hook Extension (using $wgHooks)
  • special - Special Page
  • interface - User interface extension (e.g. javascript code).

Please add to this list if necessary.

author author of the extension
image screenshot (of base 270px)
version last version
update date of the last update
mediawiki required version of MediaWiki
download link to the download : SVN or other
readme link to the readme file : README or other
changelog link to the changelog file : CHANGELOG or other
description short description
parameters available parameters for LocalSettings.php
rights rights added by the extension
example example, website or screenshot of working extension
{{Extension
|name      = 
|status    =
|type      =
|author    =
|image     =
|version   =
|update    =
|mediawiki =
|download  =
|readme    =
|changelog =
|description =
|parameters=
|rights    =
|example   =
}}