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WikiArticleFeeds Version 0.6.4 Released

2009-04-12T07:01:00Z

Version 0.6.4 of the WikiArticleFeeds Extension has just been released. This is the first of my extensions to go into the wikimedia SVN repo. You can check it out here:

http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/WikiArticleFeeds

In MW 1.14, the format for anchor tags for heading sections changed. The only difference between WAF 0.6.3 and 0.6.4 (other than the location change) is that 0.6.4 now correctly accounts for the new anchor tag format.

At some point, I'd like to go through WAF and reformat it to use the correct three-file format (*.php, *.i18n.php and *_body.php). When that happens, I'll probably kick the version number up to 1.0.

As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions. Enjoy!

--Jim R. Wilson 07:01, 12 April 2009 (MST)

KeepYourHandsToYourself Version 0.3 Released

2008-08-04T04:03:00Z

Version 0.3 of the KeepYourHandsToYourself Extension has been released and is available for download. It prevents users and anonymous guests from editing other users pages and subpages.

As of version 0.2, this extension would protect Images in much the same way it protected user pages and subpages.

Now in version 0.3, the nomenclature for protecting uploaded images is on by default. Meaning, if UserXYZ uploads ABC.jpg, it will be converted automatically to UserXYZ--ABC.jpg, preventing the user from having to manually implement this step.

Note: This automatically prepended image protection can be prevented by prefixing the Image name with '--' while uploading. So to keep ABC.jpg the way it is, when uploading specify a target name of '--ABC.jpg'.

Hope this helps! As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

--Jim R. Wilson 04:03, 4 August 2008 (MST)

ArticleComments Version 0.4.3 Released

2008-08-01T07:28:00Z

Version 0.4.3 of the ArticleComments Extension has been released and is available for download.

This minor release adds a long-awaited (and frequently requested) new feature. By adding the text "" or "", you can force ArticleComments to inject new comments before or after those markers respectively.

This means it is now possible to have comments listed reverse chronological order, newest at the top. To do so, just add "" at the top of the Talk page...

--Jim R. Wilson 07:28, 1 August 2008 (MST)

ArticleComments Version 0.4.2 Released

2008-03-17T17:34:00Z

Version 0.4.2 of the ArticleComments Extension has been released and is available for download.

This minor release incorporates $wgSpamRegex support into the default SPAM filter.

Enjoy! As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

--Jim R. Wilson 17:34, 17 March 2008 (MST)

KeepYourHandsToYourself Version 0.2 Released

2007-11-26T11:20:00Z

Version 0.2 of the KeepYourHandsToYourself Extension has been released and is available for download. It prevents users and anonymous guests from editing other users pages and subpages.

This version adds a new feature whereby editing images is also filtered by user. If an image contains a double dash '--', then anything before the double-dash is considered to be a username, and only that user may edit that image.

For example, consider [[Image:SomeUser--avatar.jpg]]. That image would only be editable by SomeUser (or a sysop since they're immune to all restrictions).

In order to implement this restriction, it is necessary that user names do not themselves contain double dashes. To this end, an additional method is supplied which will reject new accounts if the username contains double dashes.

Enjoy! As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

--Jim R. Wilson 11:20, 26 November 2007 (MST)

RawMsg Extension Initial Release

2007-11-19T01:32:00Z

Version 0.1 of the RawMsg Extension has been released and is available for download. It adds a parser function called #rawmsg for inserting bits of raw HTML into wiki pages.

The RawMsg parser function expects to be called in the following way:

{{#rawmsg:message-name}}

Where message-name is the name of the message to inject.

For example, calling {{#rawmsg:test-pattern}} would grab the content of [[MediaWiki:rawmsg-test-pattern]] and insert the content directly into the page.

The MediaWiki namespace was chosen to house the HTML fragments so that only Sysops may edit them due to the XSS risk. Also, the messages must begin with 'rawmsg-' to decrease the likelihood that an obscure accidental MediaWiki article could be used as an XSS attack vector.

Enjoy! As always, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

--Jim R. Wilson 01:32, 19 November 2007 (MST)