Extension:JSKitComments

From Jldupont

Purpose

Provides integration with JS-Kit Comments, an AJAX based social tool.

Usage

Just use the following parser function {{#jskitcomments: [optional parameters] }} on the desired wiki page.

Use the noscript parameter to control when the JS script should be included. Useful when putting together aggregate pages with the path parameter.

Parameters

For a complete description, please see JS-Kit Ratings Customization.

Parameter	Description
noscript	Set to true or 1 if the JS script should be omitted
label	You can override the default "Leave a comment" message
path	You can have multiple comment blocks on the same page.
permalink	Permanent link
paginate	You can break long lists of comments into multiple pages
backwards	You can use the backwards="yes" attribute to make the comments on a page appear in reverse chronological order
style	You can completely change the comment entry design by using templates

Dependency

StubManager extension version >= 1.2.0

Installation

See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.^[1]

LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote^[2]

Add the following to LocalSettings.php if the extension was downloaded from Jean-Lou Dupont's MediaWiki SVN directory (link in the download entry of the table above)^[2]:

{{#tag:source|require_once( "$IP/extensions/JSKitComments/JSKitComments.php" );|lang="php"}}

PEAR

PEAR is a repository of en:PHP software code.

Install the channel PEAR channel ' http://mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn '

pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn

Install extension through PEAR:

pear install mediawiki/JSKitComments

Add the following to LocalSettings.php^[2]^[3]:

{{#tag:source|require 'MediaWiki/JSKitComments/JSKitComments.php';|lang="php"}}

Note that the required version of PEAR must be respected. Currently, the minimum version of PEAR usable with this channel is v1.6.2. Perform the following command to upgrade to the latest version of PEAR:

pear upgrade pear

Upgrades through PEAR

Sometimes, it is necessary to clear PEAR's cache in order to perform upgrades.

pear clear-cache

or use the force method:

pear upgrade --force mediawiki/JSKitComments

PEAR Web Frontend

For easier remote package management, PEAR Frontend WEB can be installed. Installation notes can be found here. An example of the WEB frontend is available here.

RSS feed

To keep kept up-to-date with this channel, use the following RSS feed .

Notes

Sandbox

You are invited in the author's sandbox to try-out some of his extensions.

↑ The most recent release is always available through the extension's PEAR and SVN repositories. This page is not necessarily up-to-date.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Extension:ExtensionManager does not require any modification to LocalSettings.php because ExtensionManager includes the extension.
Note that if PHP code caching is in place (e.g. APC, eAccelerator), then to successfully complete the installation a cache flush might be needed.
↑ Modifications to LocalSettings.php is only necessary if not using Extension:ExtensionManager