Extension:PopupAlerts

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg PopupAlerts Release status: unmaintained
Description	Adds popup alerts to wiki pages with optionally specified expiration dates
Author(s)	Vedmaka, Ike Hecht
Latest version	0.1 (March 2019)
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.31+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The PopupAlerts extension allows to add popup alerts to wiki pages with an optionally specified expiration date so it can be controlled when (and if) users will see the popup again. It also has an integrated checksum-based invalidation mechanism to detect popup content change and hence reset the “already-seen” markers.

This extension was created for WikiWorks.

Installation

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/PopupAlerts</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>PopupAlerts</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/PopupAlerts
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'PopupAlerts' );
  

• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Usage

{{#popupalert:some random wiki markup}}

popup will be seen once in 100 years

{{#popupalert:some random wiki markup|3600}}

popup will be seen once in one hour (3600 seconds)

Note: If you have many popups added to the page, only the first one will be taken into account. This limitation was added intentionally to prevent wiki pages from being spammed with popups.