BlueSpiceUniversalExport

What is UniversalExport?

UniversalExport enables the single page export to PDF.

Where to find UniversalExport?

UniversalExport provides also a widget (UNIVERSALEXPORT ) called "Export" for the Widgetbar. This includes links to various export modules. Which modules are displayed depends on the settings of the respective modules and on the permissions of universalexport-export. Access to an export module can also be granted and withheld depending on namespaces.

The functionality of UniversalExport

Information on the special page

The export modules installed and their status can be viewed at Special:UniversalExport. The information displayed depends on the individual modules.

Settings

UniversalExport and the individual modules can be configured under "WikiAdmi > Preferences".

Configuration variables

Following settings can be configured for UniversalExport and its submodules

Universal Export

Setting	Description
Metadata (standard, JSON format)	Additional metadata to include in the template in JSON format, for example: {"creator":"Hallo Welt! Medienwerkstatt GmbH"}
Metadaten (overriding, JSON format)	Metadata values to override existing metadata keys

UniversalExport PDF module

Setting	Description
Standard template	Default template to use for exporting to PDF
Backend URL	URL to bshtml2pdf service
Hide namespace prefix in PDF	Whether to hide namespace part of page name when exporting to PDF
Template directory:	Directory path to where PDF templates are located

UniversalExport Book PDF Module

Setting	Description
Table of Contents	Only article titles (indent by page) Enbed article TOCs (no indent of article titles
Standard template:	BlueSpice Book
Template directory:	extensions/BlueSpiceBookmaker/UEModuleBookPDF/data/PDFTemplates

UniversalExport HTML Module

Setting	Description
	Hide namespace prefix in HTML
Path to templates	extensions/BlueSpiceBookmaker/UEModuleHTML/data/HTMLTemplates

Tips for working with UniversalExport

• Shoutbox comments are not included when a page is exported.

Classical export with MediaWiki

MediaWiki itself only offers the export of content pages in a proprietary XML format. There are, however, extensions which make the creation of ODF, PDF or DocBook files possible.

See also

Our reference page.

Related topics

• PDF book of several articles
• RSS Export
• Admin Preferences