Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceAuthors

Technical background

Description

The photos of the authors are added via their profile pages.

Tips for working with Authors:

• On print and PDF versions of the page, the usernames of the authors is given rather than the pictures.
• The administrator can set the number of author's photos displayed.

Authors extension displays all of the user who have contributed to the article. They are displayed at the bottom of the article, in the form of their user images/avatars.

Where to find Authors

Pictures of the authors are displayed at the end (right at the bottom) of each article. The photo slightly separated on the left is the author who created this article. If an author has not uploaded a photo, an avatar will be displayed. If a Main author and other contributors are shown at the bottom of each aricle. Main author will appear first and will be slightly separated from other users who have contributed to the page. If a user has been deleted there will be a dummy photo with a yellow question mark instead of his or her profile picture. When the mouse hovers over the photo, the username will be shown. Clicking on the picture takes you to that authors user page.

Screenshots

Configuration

A user's own user page:

contains a field with the current profile image and the link "Change profile image" at the bottom.

This takes you to the dialogue to change your profile picture.

There are three possibilities to create a profile picture:

Choose a new photo from explorer and upload it. The picture will then appear as your new profile photo.

Use a link to an image in the wiki or in the web.

Generate an (new) avatar

Number of authors displayed, and if authors will be displayed at all, can be configured on BlueSpice preferences page (Special:BlueSpicePreferences). In case there are more contributors to the page than the limit allows to be shown, icon representing "more" will be shown.

Displaying Authors can also be achieved for a single page by placing behaviour switch on the page.

Rights (permissions)

This extension does not require any special rights. All users having "read" permission for the article can also see the authors of that article.

Requirements

Authors requires BlueSpiceFoundation and BlueSpiceAvatars.