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Extension: Gadgets


Overview
Description: provides Provides a way for users to pick JavaScript or CSS based "gadgets" that other wiki users provide.
State: stable Dependency: MediaWiki
Developer: Stephanie Amanda Stevens License: - GPL v2+
Type: MediaWiki Category: Infrastructure
Edition: BlueSpice free, BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice Farm, BlueSpice Cloud
For more info, visit Mediawiki.

Features[edit source]

The Gadgets extension provides a way for users to pick JavaScript-based or CSS-based "gadgets" that other wiki users provide.

Gadgets are made up of JavaScript and/or CSS snippets located on pages in the MediaWiki namespace. Each gadget is defined by a line in the page MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition, providing a name and description for the gadget, and a list of the JS and CSS snippets that it uses (see the Usage section below).

Since Gadgets reside in the MediaWiki namespace (the list defining the gadgets as well as the actual code snippets), only sysops users with sysop rights (aka wiki admins) can edit the code. This is as it should be: only users especially trusted by the wiki community should be able to edit JavaScript code that is used by other users, since JavaScript can easily be used to hijack accounts or spy on people.

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For the full guide on how to use this extension refer to extension official page on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Gadgets


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