Extension:RandomImagewithinCommons

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg Random Image within Commons Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Tag , Parser function
Description	Allows to display a randomized image per view including images that are stored at Creative Commons
Author(s)	Thiemo Schuff (Starwhoopertalk)
Latest version	2.3 beta build 20140916 (2014-09-16)
MediaWiki
License	Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0
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>
Example	http://thwiki.org
Parameters $wgriwc['size'];
Tags image random
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The RandomImagewithinCommons extension allows to display a randomized image per view including images that are stored at Creative Commons.

Usage

Set tag <riwc />

Installation

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>RandomImagewithinCommons</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  require_once "$IP/extensions/RandomImagewithinCommons/RandomImagewithinCommons.php";
  

• Configure as 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

Use $wgriwc['size'] = '400px'; to set the default size to 400 pixel. If it not set, it will be displayed in 200 pixel width.

To ignore any picture, you can add in to the Category [[Category:riwc blacklist]] to put in on blacklist.

Version history

Version 1.0 beta on 2. August 2011

Version 2.0 from 14. June 2012

• filter Namespace (use only normal Articles (namespace 0))
• repace all DB Querys with Mediawiki wfGetDB function
• the extension use the mediawiki own function to calculate the picture

Version 2.1 from 3. April 2014

• go to Multilanguage
• implement Ignorelist like $wgriwc['blacklist'] = array('x.svg', 'y.gif', 'z.jpg');

Version 2.2 from 30. August 2014

• Use Catogorys instead of the blacklist array

Version 2.3 from 16. September 2014

• optimize DB querys
• Add link to Blacklist on Specialpage of Versions