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Extension: BlueSpiceInterWikiLinks
| Overview | |||
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| Description: | Administration interface for adding, editing and deleting interwiki links. | ||
| State: | stable | Dependency: | BlueSpice |
| Developer: | HalloWelt | License: | GPL v3 only |
| Type: | BlueSpice | Category: | Administration |
| Edition: | BlueSpice free, BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice Farm, BlueSpice Cloud | ||
Features[edit source]
The extension InterWikiLinks simplifies linking to other wikis. An interwiki link is a code that stands for the start of an internet address (really a URL). This makes links much shorter. The actual address only needs to be know when defining the interwiki link, rather than each time it is used.
Technical backgroundThrough this extension, administrators can create the abbreviations for different extenal wikis using a special page.
Usage / features[edit | edit source]
This extension provides the following functionality:
- acces to the page Special:InterWikiLinks
- add new interwikilinks
- delete interwikilink entries
- assign URLs to interwiki link entries
- sort entries
- export entries
Technical information[edit | edit source]
Interwiki links Interwikilinks are saved in the Mediawiki table interwiki. An interwiki link Interwikilink essentially consists of assigning a link name (prefix) to a URL, where an URL. Keep in mind that the link name must be only one word.
User: How to insert InterWikiLinks?Configuration[edit | edit source]
When editing an article, you can see a link to the tool "InsertLink". In the wiki code mode and in the WYSIWYG mode it looks like this: 
Screenshot: Insert an InterWiki link with InsertLink
The tool Insert Link gives you an easy choice from many existing interwiki links. Chose the tab "Link to another wiki". You then only need to add the correct article name, choose the wiki and confirm.
An example: The URI for the Wikipedia article "Wiki" http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki is given using InterWikiLinks by the code [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]]
This extension offers no configurations.
Rights (permissions)[edit | edit source]Where do I find the InterWikiLink settings?[edit | edit source]
Screenshot: InterWiki link settings in the admin navigationInterwiki links can be added, edited and deleted from a special page. You can find this special page via Special:Wiki_Admin or in the navigation bar on the left in the tab Admin. (If you do not have administration rights, you will not have access to this special page and will not see the tab in the navigation bar.)
Overview of InterWikiLinks[edit | edit source]
Admins can set up and delete interwiki links via this special page. The links are sorted alphabetically in the table via the prefix (link name). The prefixes and the links assigned to them can be edited using the tool symbol. You can create as many links as you like. The management display shows 25 links per page. You can move between the pages using the arrows.
Screenshot:Overview of all InterWikiLinksEditing InterWikiLinks
Users must have the interwiki-viewspecialpage permission to view the list of interwiki links. This permission is by default assigned to the roles editor, admin, and maintenanceadmin. To edit the list, users need wikiadmin permissions. This permission is by default assigned to the roles admin and maintenanceadmin.
Requirements[edit | edit source]
Screenshot:Edit InterWikiLinks
The prefixes and the URLs of the individual wikis assigned to them can be changed using the tool symbol on the right. 
InterWikiLinks requires BlueSpiceFoundation.
More info[edit | edit source]
Step 1: Create an interwiki link (The prefix must be a [1] language code e.g. de, en, fr)
Step 2: Now enter your interwiki link in an arbitrary page and the language menu should appear in the side bar.
For detailed description and usage, visit our help page.
Demo[edit | edit source]
As mentioned above, interwiki links were designed to be a simple method for linking between different wikis. If one wants to link to Wikipedia from this wiki, the link would normally look like this:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink
As this URL is quite long for using in lots of links, there is an InterWikiLink, wp, which can shorten the link.
[[wikipedia:Hyperlink]]
Try inserting interwiki links in our BlueSpiceDemo.