Extension:DonateBoxInSidebar

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg DonateBoxInSidebar Release status: unmaintained
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Implementation	Skin
Description	Adds a PayPal donate button to the sidebar
Author(s)	Suriyaa Sundararuban (Suriyaa Kudotalk)
Maintainer(s)	Suriyaa Sundararuban
Latest version	1.4 (2020-04-21)
MediaWiki	1.31+
PHP	5.6+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: <translate> project page</translate> <translate> git repository URL</translate> [<translate> help</translate> ] <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> Note:</translate> <translate> No [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation resources</tvar>|localisation]] updates are provided by <tvar name=twn>translatewiki.net </tvar>.</translate>
Parameters $onSidebarDonateBoxContent
Hooks used SkinBuildSidebar LocalisationCacheRecache
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using

The DonateBoxInSidebar extension allows an automatic addition of a PayPal donate button or box to a wiki's sidebar. (This extension is a further development of the SidebarDonateBox extension.)

Installation

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>DonateBoxInSidebar</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Only when installing from Git, run <tvar name=composer>Composer</tvar> to install PHP dependencies, by issuing <tvar name=code>composer install --no-dev</tvar> in the extension directory.</translate> <translate> (See <tvar name=phab><translate> task <tvar name=1>T173141</tvar></translate></tvar> for potential complications.)</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'DonateBoxInSidebar' );
  

• <translate> Run the [[<tvar name=update>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php</tvar>|update script]] which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</translate>
• Configure if required
• 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>

Configuration

1. Add your PayPal button/box code in your LocalSettings.php file using:

$wgDonateBoxInSidebarContent = 'Put your PayPal code here';