Wikipedia reference-link BBCode
 

Wikipedia reference-link BBCode

Install instructions

1) Upload wikipedia.gif to /images/misc

2) Login into your AdminCP

3) Custom BB Codes, Add New BB Code

Title: Wikipedia reference-link

Replacement: Example: Use {option}: No
Button Image (Optional): images/misc/wikipedia.gif

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Syntax: Simple but useful. :)

thanks alot, very handy, works in vb3.5.4 too :)

works a treat...clicked install

Maybe I add a yellow popup layer, that show the first part of the wikipedia article, in future. ;)

Nice idea. :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2006/06/3.png

The first 500 chars of the wiki article. :cool:

I just get the word as a link with the W above but when I click it it says invalid page and what not.

UPDATE: Showing this in my link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%20<br%20/>vbulletin<br%20/>

Did your replacement code exactly look like this
and the tag in the post like this?
Its currently only a link, the popup layer is a feature I work at present.

Yes, all done exactly as the instructions stated. I'm using vb 3.6.0 Beta 3.

It was me not putting wikipedia in the Tag area when adding a new BB code. I put in [wikipedia][/wikipedia] by mistake and not just wikipedia, working fine now thankyou

Might be a good idea to mention that in first post as some noobs like me will probably make a mistake.

Excellent, but I have modified it for my dark skin.

example post

Any luck with the popup feature? That would make this code absolutely perfect. Useful enough as it is, but the popup feature would just rock.

Only one comment - you might want to choose a more neutral color for the default link background, which will work for either white or black based styles. I'm using Gray, which works in all my styles.

-- hugh

I still work on the feature. I get the infos from wikipedia and strip the HTML but at time I work on a better solution - with a additional text file or database with the keywords - that wont cause so much load for wikipedia.

Ok, thanks for the suggestion. :)

While I applaud your efforts to be a good net.citizen by caching wiki results, I'm just wondering what method you will use to make sure the cached results don't become outdated? Obviously one of the fundamental principles of wikipedia is that it is constantly changing, with anyone being able to edit the entries.

Maybe a cron job which runs thru your table once a day and refreshes the data?

On the flat file vs database, personally I would vastly prefer a database table.

If you need anyone to help with development or testing, I'd be more than happy to help out in any way I can.

-- hugh

Hi, I had a wiki installed in my site and I'll use surely this mod.
But there's a way to make it automatic, like a glossary?

Not at present.

If you press Editor Mode (in advanced mode) something is wrong.Can you check it ?

Thanks

Whats wrong? I mean ... could you provide me a more detailed description? :confused:

Is it possible to let the users select wich language they want to refer to?
Like a dropdown list or something (after you pressed the BB-code-button)

..Maybe like the smiley button in the post-editor?

No, but you could add a Wikipedia BBCode and Button for each language. Like [wikipedia-de], [wikipedia-en], [wikipedia-se] and so on ...

if the smileybutton is possible, this would also be -_-
(I just asked since I can't figure out where the code for the smileybutton is)

And yes, I might not have made myself clear, but i did actually mean the possibility to choose (in the same way as you choose smileys from a drop-down) between different BB-codes.
Why? Because a button for each one would simply just take up too much space -_-

Excellent mod for referencing Wikipedia articles on a separate line! We do this all the time.

Would also love to have the flexibility to have a slightly less obvious version that looks like a standard html link (like the Wikipedia BBcode hack provided for 3.0.x). This is a minor request, though.

Second request would be for the preview popup you mentioned on the first page.

Great hack!

@Luggruff, silurius

I will see what I could do ... ;)

Use the Replacement code beneath and the Wikipedia links will be shown like normal links.

Yeah, I actually realized this after posting. Lazy thinking on my part. What I would probably need to do is create two buttons, one for this and one for a subtle inline version.

*bump*

Yeah, yeah I didnt forgot you. :P When I have time I will modify the BBCode. If another developer likes to make modifications, he should feel free to do so.

My Wikipedia has stopped working in 3.6.4 in firefox browser 1.5.0.8

It mall formats the actual link. You can see an axample at the beginning of an existing post at http://www.physiobob.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3510

The first word was a link working perfectly until a recent upgrade. This might be a firefox issue or it might be a vbulletin issue. This is because I also have now seen that my plugin which does the same thing for adding utube plugins is also asking to install a plug to make it work!

I attach a screen shot of that as well for you interest in case it help to work out where the issue might be coming from

Looks like a Firefox issue. I visited your page some minutes ago and it worked well. :)

I like the "W" logo preceding the link but I modified it as follows to look better as an inline link:

See demo here. Change the background-color from #F5F5FF to whatever best suits your forum style.

If you want to omit the "W", just use this:

Update: I've decided I prefer it as a link without the "W" image too.

Quick question. Does this mod reference Wikipedia only?

If our web site has it's own wiki, would I be able to tie it into this site?

Yes.

If you edit the plugin to reference your wiki instead of wikipedia, sure.

You could use [wikipedia] and [wiki] to differentiate the two.

very cool!

Thanks for the info.

Very nice.... thank you ... :)

A pop up kind of "balloon" thing would be a nice option....

Regards,
Badger

I wait for a sane interface from wikipedia.

This seems not to be valid html and it wasn't working at me.

It works fine for me. Check for typos.

this is a great mod! i used this, but changed the wiki websit to my own, and now i can link my forums up with my wiki!

downloaded!

Hi!
great Mod, installed.

Thanx