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Contributions to this TWiki plugin are appreciated. Please update the plugin page at
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPlugin or provide feedback at
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/InterwikiPluginDev.
If you are a TWiki contributor please update the plugin in the SVN repository.
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Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
Introduction
The InterwikiPlugin links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This plugin is inspired by UseMod Wiki's inter-wiki links, http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InterWiki.
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- Enter
ExternalSite:Page to create a link that points to the Page on the ExternalSite server.
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ExternalSite:Page to create a link that points to the Page on the ExternalSite server. For example, type RFC:2397 to get RFC:2397.
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[[ExternalSite:Page][any label]] to specify a custom label.
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ExternalSite aliases are defined in the InterWikis topic.
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- Add and edit aliases in InterWikis.
- Each entry must be of format:
| External site alias | URL | Tooltip help text | .
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- Optionally, the
Page can be enclosed in single quotes or double quotes. Use quotes if your Page contains spaces or other special characters. Links of quoted pages are URL encoded. Example: Photos:"San Francisco Trip 2011" .
- Add and edit aliases in InterWikis (or the one specified in the
INTERWIKIPLUGIN_RULESTOPIC setting).
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- Each entry must be of format:
| External site alias | URL | Tooltip help text |
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- Site aliases must start with an upper case letter and may contain alphanumeric letters.
- The URL and Tooltip Text may contain optional
$page variables; the variable gets expanded to the page name.
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For TWiki sites, both the web and the topic have to be specified: TWikisite:Webname/SomePage
InterwikiPlugin Settings |
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> > | This plugin can be configured with preferences settings in Main.TWikiPreferences (site level), a WebPreferences (web level) or in a topic (page level). Do not change the settings here, they are here only to illustrate the default values. To overload, copy the settings to one of the aforementioned topics. |
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- One-line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Link
ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
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- Inter-link format, with variables:
$site | Site alias | $page | Page (part after colon) | $url | Site URL (might contain $page) | $label | Equal to $site:$page | $tooltip | Tooltip message |
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- Set INTERWIKIPLUGIN_INTERLINKFORMAT = $label
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Plugin Installation Instructions
Note: This plugin is included in the TWiki distribution package. You do not need to install it unless you want to upgrade to a newer version.
- Download the ZIP file from the TWiki:Plugins web (see below)
- Unzip
InterwikiPlugin.zip in your TWiki installation directory. Content: File: | Description: | data/TWiki/InterwikiPlugin.txt | Plugin topic | data/TWiki/InterWikis.txt | Link rules topic for inter-site links | lib/TWiki/Plugins/InterwikiPlugin.pm | Plugin Perl module |
- Test: If the Plugin is correctly installed, this Wiki:InterWiki link should point to http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InterWiki topic - try it out.
Plugin Info |
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- One-line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Link
ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
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Plugin Version: |
20891 (2011-05-03) |
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Plugin Version: |
21898 (2011-08-20) |
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Change History: |
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Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, DeveloperDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory, TWikiPreferences, InterWikis |