Extension:HelpPages

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced.svg HelpPages Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface
Author(s)	Kunal Mehta (legoktmtalk)
Latest version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.22+ (tested)
License	The Unlicense
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (Phabricator · GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
Parameters $wgHelpPagesExpiry
Hooks used ArticlePurge HtmlPageLinkRendererBegin ShowMissingArticle SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal Universal extensions
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using
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HelpPages is a MediaWiki extension that will automatically download pages in the Help namespace from mediawiki.org if they do not exist locally.

Download

<translate> The extension can be retrieved directly from Git</translate> ^[?]:

• <translate> Browse code</translate>
• <translate> Some extensions have tags for stable releases.</translate>
  • <translate> Browse tags</translate>
  • <translate> Select the tag</translate>
  • <translate> Click "snapshot"</translate>
• <translate> Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release.</translate> <translate> There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).</translate>
  • <translate> Browse branches</translate>
  • <translate> Select a branch name</translate>
  • <translate> Click "<tvar name=1>⧼extdist-submit-version⧽</tvar>"</translate>

<translate> Extract the snapshot and place it in the <tvar name=name>extensions/HelpPages/</tvar> directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows: </translate>

cd extensions/ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/HelpPages.git

Installation

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/HelpPages</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>HelpPages</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/HelpPages
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'HelpPages' );
  

• 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>