mw_connected

A small mediawiki extension to have a variable to know if the user is connected or not.

Version 0.4
Mathieu Loiseau

This is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. Please see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for further details, including the full text and terms of the license.

Overview

Connected is an extension to MediaWiki that provides elements to adapt the content of a page to the user (or lack thereof).

The extension defines the following parser functions and variables:

• LOGGEDIN : 1 if the user is logged in, 0 otherwise ;
• USERNAME : the user's screen name, if they are logged in, their ip address otherwise ;
• #ifloggedin : displays the first parameter if the user is logged in, the second otherwise. If a third parameter is provided, it can specify that this text should not be included in a div (which is default).

The extension hides the sidebar for not logged in users.

It also provides two css depending on the status of the user :

• MediaWiki:NotLoggedIn.css (which should be listed in $wgWhitelistRead)
• MediaWiki:LoggedIn.css

Installation

To install the extension, place the entire 'Connected' directory within your MediaWiki extensions directory, then add the following line to your LocalSettings.php file:

    wfLoadExtension( 'Connected' );

Configuration

• $wgConnectedPrivateCSSClass : css class for loggedIn content
• $wgConnectedPublicCSSClass : css class for not loggedIn content