Manual:Extension/DynamicPageList3

The extension DynamicPageList3 allows you to include lists of wiki pages on any content page.

Application examples

You can view a documentation of all selection criteria and formatting options at Gamepedia.

This help page contains some examples of typical applications for this extension as well as a list of common parameters and their values.

List of subpages

The following code shows the subpages of the current page in a 3-column layout:

                    {{#dpl:
|titlematch={{PAGENAME}}/%
|shownamespace=false
|replaceintitle=/{{PAGENAME}}\//,
|columns=3
|mode=none
|rowcolformat=width=100%
}}

                

Example: Display the subpages of the page VisualEditor imn the namespace Manual in a 1-column layout:

                    {{#dpl:
|titlematch=VisualEditor/%  
|shownamespace=false
|namespace= Manual
|replaceintitle=/VisualEditor\//,
|columns=1
|mode=ubordered
|rowcolformat=width=100%
}}

                

Output:

• Files
• Images
• Tables
• Tables/Examples
• Version comparison

Selecting pages by namespace

                    {{#dpl:
  |namespace=Manual
  |includesubpages=true
  |shownamespace=false
  |count=5
  |ordermethod=title
}}

                

Output:

• Admin Manual Introduction
• Archive/Extension/DocumentManager
• Archive:Extension/RatedComments
• BlueSpice Layout
• BlueSpice Layout/Footer

Selecting pages by category

                    {{#dpl:
  |category=QM
  |addcategories  = true
  |includesubpages=true
  |shownamespace=false
  |count=5
  |ordermethod=title
  |mode=ordered  
}}

                

Output:

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.3.2: Warning: No results.

Selecting pages with specific naming patterns

                    {{#dpl:
 |namespace=File
 |titlematch=A%
 |count=5
 }}

                

Output:

• File:A1.png
• File:A1A3.png
• File:AbBlSp1.jpg
• File:AboutBlSp1.jpg
• File:AddPhoto.jpg

Show a random page in a category

<div style="border:2px solid #f6f6f6; padding:10px; width:500px; height:500px; overflow-x:hidden; overflow-y:auto;"> {{#dpl: |category=Editing |randomcount=1 |includepage=* |includemaxlength=10 |format=,\n==[[%PAGE%]]==\n,,}} </div>

Output: Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceExportTables

ExportTables allows exporting tables and grids on wiki pages to Excel formats.

How to export a table

Any regular table that is insert on a page can be exported. Before table export is possible, the table must be configured to support exporting.

Making a table exportable

In VisualEditor

While editing a page in VisualEditor, click on the table and select Properties. In the dialog that is opened, activtate the option Exportable.

Opening table properties in VisualEditor

In Wikitext

A table can be set to be exportable in wikitext as well. Add the classes "bs-exportable" and "exportable" to the table's "class" argument.

                
{| class="wikitable bs-exportable exportable"
|+...


            

After saving the page, all users viewing the page can export the table by right-clicking on the table and selecting an export format.

Formats

Formats that are offered for exporting a page are:

CSV - Comma separated values

XLS - Microsoft Office Excel 2003

XLSX - Microsoft Office Excel
The "export table" menu in page view mode

Exporting data from grids

In addition to exporting the tables on pages, most of BlueSpice managers and other extensions that display tabluar data also allow exporting of data. Exporting such data is done over the "Export table" menu in right top corner of the managers like the Namespace manager.

Exporting tables in management grids

Related info

• Reference:BlueSpiceExportTables

List of common parameters

Criteria for page selection

Parameter	Syntax	Description
category	|category=QM|Setup...	Pages in the category QM OR Setup
	|category=QM&Setup&...	Pages in the categories QM AND Setup
	|category=QM|Setup...|category=Admin	Pages in the categories QM OR Setup, and pages in the category Admin
notcategory	|notcategory=QM	Pages that are not in the category QM
categoriesminmax	|category=QM|categoriesminmax=2	Pages that are in the category QM and in at least 2 more categories
	|category=QM|categoriesminmax=,1	Pages that are only in the category QM and in no other category
namespace	|namespace=	Pages in the namespace (Main)
	|namespace=Help|Manual	Pages in the namespace Help OR Manual
namespacenot	|namespacenot=Help	Pages that are not in the namespace Help
	|namespacenot={{NAMESPACE}}	Pages that are not in the namespace of the current wiki page

Output-Format

Parameter	Syntax	Description
mode	|mode=ordered	Unordered list
	|mode=unordered	Numbered list
	|mode=none	Line breaks
	|mode=category	Pages are grouped alphabetically with a letter heading (similar to category pages)
	|mode=inline|inlinetext=  •  	Page names are listed on the same line and separated with a bullet point

Sorting

Parameter	Syntax	Description
ordermethod	|ordermethod=title	Ordered by page (prefix+)title
	|ordermethod=titlewithoutnamespace	Ordered by page name independent of namespace
	|ordermethod=counter	Ordered by number of page views (popularity)
	|ordermethod=size	Ordered by page size
	|ordermethod=firstedit	Ordered by creation date
	|ordermethod=lastedit	Ordered by last edit date
	|ordermethod=user,firstedit	Ordered by author, then by creation date
	|ordermethod=user,lastedit	Ordered by last editor, then by last edit date
order	|order=ascending	Sorted in ascending order
	|order=descending	Sorted in descending order

Display of meta data

Parameter	Syntax	Description
addcategories	|addcategories=true	Shows all categories of a page after the page name
addpagecounter	|category:QM|ordermethod=counter|order=descending |addpagecounter=true|count=5	Shows the 5 most popular pages in the category QM
adduser	|category=QM|ordermethod=lastedit|adduser=true	Adds the name of the last editor in front of the page name
addauthor	|category=QM|addauthor=true	Adds the name of the original author in front of the page name.

Related info

• Reference:DynamicPageList3