Integration with vBulletin - MediaWiki Latest Additions & Changes

Last Updated Wiki pages block
Version 1.4

Purpose
This extension will list the last updated or new wiki entries.

It can be included as a vbAdvanced block or included wherever you desire. It was designed to be included in a vbAdvanced block for vBulletin. It also goes nicely with Nuhit's MediaWiki integration tool but is not required.


Requirements
This is only supported on MediaWiki 1.8.2 - 1.10. It might run on a lower version, but it hasn't been tested. It has been reported 1.12 not to function. If you are interested in updating this to support additional versions as they are released let me know and you can be a co-developer on this.

Warning
This is only designed for boards with less than 50 wiki page edits per minute. If you have more, it almost becomes a useless mod (and puts a senseless burden on the server).

No warranty other than this file will take up a few kb on your hard drive.


Instructions

1. Edit the setting where you want the created file (wikichanges.htm) placed
2. If you have a table prefix on your WIKI, then edit the sql to reflect your prefix
3. Place this file in the extensions directory in your wiki
4. add this line at the bottom of LocalSettings.php (before the "?>")
   
   PHP Code:

   //  Add last updates
require_once "$IP/extensions/makevbmodule.php"; 

5. Edit a wiki article
6. Browse to the file in your setting below to see if it worked
7. Add vbAdvanced block to include the file
8. Test links inside included page to ensure it works (you may have to edit depending upon your configuration)

Upgrade Instuctions

1. Backup your old version
2. Edit the current version's settings locally
3. Replace the old version with the updated version with your settings
4. Edit a wiki article (to generate a new wikichanges.htm file)
5. Confirm new file generation

Demos
Here are some demos of the plugin. If you would like yours to be included, just post your url in the thread.
www.golegend.com
www.euro-chimaera.co.uk
PinataIsland.info


Support
Support is limited to this forum and to those who click install (yes I can see who did). If you have any questions or find a bug, post it here. I spend time with my family on the weekends, so expect long waits then.


Versions
1.4 - Important bug fix. This fixes two issues:

• Links to namespaces were not being included in links
  
• Special or other undesirable pages being listed when updated

This version correctly generates links and will only show updated articles, user pages, images, and categories.

1.3 -Added namespace for User pages (thanks jimmcq)
1.2 - Removed some personal code references
1.1 - Update with table prefix setting (thanks jimmcq)
1.0 - Initial Release

Keywords: MediaWiki, Wiki, vbAdvanced, vbWiki, Nuhit

[klaush]

Great stuff!

Please give me a hint, when the mediawiki is not located in the forum location and has another domain name...

For example the wiki is located under: www.mywiki.de and the url for the forum is www.myforum.de.

Any idea?

[BlackxRam]

I have the same question. Can this be used to pull info from my Wiki or a Partner Wiki on a different domain? What would be needed to make that work?

[Warlord]

Nice hack. Couple questions though...

If I want to edit the appearance of the file it generates, how do I do that?

I want to make the font smaller, the background a diff color and I want to put a line break in between the article and the username.

Also, when making is a module for vbadvanced, did you just put it in an iframe or something?

[rwoscott]

This is beautiful.
Works FANTASTIC.

I have been contemplating how to do this for a while, but it's always been in the far too hard out of my league.

So thanks again.

[majorxp]

Originally Posted by klaush

Great stuff!

Please give me a hint, when the mediawiki is not located in the forum location and has another domain name...

For example the wiki is located under: www.mywiki.de and the url for the forum is www.myforum.de.

Any idea?

Just update the vbadvanced to include the file at that location.

Originally Posted by Warlord

Nice hack. Couple questions though...

If I want to edit the appearance of the file it generates, how do I do that?

I want to make the font smaller, the background a diff color and I want to put a line break in between the article and the username.

Also, when making is a module for vbadvanced, did you just put it in an iframe or something?

You would have to edit the code of the mod to change the appearance.

In vbadvanced, you can include the output file.

Originally Posted by rwoscott

This is beautiful.
Works FANTASTIC.

I have been contemplating how to do this for a while, but it's always been in the far too hard out of my league.

So thanks again.

My pleasure.

[Warlord]

Originally Posted by majorxp

You would have to edit the code of the mod to change the appearance.

In vbadvanced, you can include the output file.

Yeah, I tried that, figured it would be no big deal, I just add the html code to make it appear the way I wanted, but kept getting errors no matter what I did. Guess I need to brush up on coding, it didn't like a lot of the characters I was using. I'm sure I'll figure it out though given enough time. Thought maybe there might just be an easy fix somewhere. Thanks

[jimmcq]

Has this been updated to work with more recent versions of Mediawiki? Mediawiki 1.12.0 gave an "Internal Error" until I disabled this Add-on.

[majorxp]

No. I'm using this with Nuhit's MediaWiki integration too, and that hasn't been updated so I have to stay for support on 1.8 only. If someone wants to take this on to update it to support 1.12, I would be happy to help, but I cannot take on a new project at this time.

I'll update the project notes to reflect this.

[Jrain157]

Does this work if you're running the NuHIT Wiki 1.3 RC5 and no mediawiki?

[majorxp]

Originally Posted by Jrain157

Does this work if you're running the NuHIT Wiki 1.3 RC5 and no mediawiki?

Nope. This uses a mediawiki hook to grab the data.