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| Category:MediaWiki extension VisualEditor | |
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| Extension name | VisualEditor |
| About this article / disclaimer | [[Has about meta information::The VisualEditor project aims to create a reliable rich-text editor for MediaWiki. [...] The extension relies on the separate nodeJS-based Parsoid parser service to be up and running in order to edit pages. Stable release is planned for 2014.]] |
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| Screenshot | [[Image:|135px]] |
| Location of the main author | Berlin |
| Coordinates of the main authors | 52.510885, 13.398937 |
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| Description | |
| Mediawiki requirements | 1.23 (or better) |
| Dependencies | |
| Related extensions (documented here) | |
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| Language support | |
| Status | beta |
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| Last release date (as of 2014/06/20!) | |
| Last version number | 0.1.0 (as of June 2014) |
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| Alternatives | |
| Website | home page |
| Publications | |
| Support websites | web site |
| Example websites | |
| Last edited | 2014/06/20 |
The MediaWiki Visual Editor (operational since 2013 and more fully deployed on Wikipedia since 2014) is a Wysiwyg editor. It requires two components:
MediaWiki 1.23 installation notes
- Upgrade to the latest version
cd installdir git pull
Download and install the extension
cd installdir git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor.git cd VisualEditor git submodule update --init
- backtrack to an older version if needed!! E.g.:
git checkout REL1_23
Download and install the parsoid
This depends on your OS. For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS you cannot use the official distro as explained in the official setup documentation.
Install Parsoid
Firstly edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://parsoid.wmflabs.org:8080/debian wmf-production/
Then get/install Parsoid
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install parsoid
This will create:
- a user parsoid (uid = 118)
- A Parsoid server that runs on port 8142
Check it it runs, e.g.
more /var/log/parsoid/parsoid.log
Files:
/usr/lib/parsoid # the parsoid installation directory /etc/default/parsoid # default settings /etc/mediawiki/parsoid/settings.js # MEdiawiki-specific stuff /var/log/parsoid/parsoid.log
Install NodeJS
Then get a different NodJS first
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs=0.10*
Test if it's there:
nodejs --version
v0.10.28
Configure Parsoid
Go to the Parsoid directory
cd /usr/lib/parsoid
Type
npm install
- You will get some warnings about unmet dependencies
Configure the extension
In Localsettings.php:
# VISUAL Editor
require_once("$IP/extensions/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.php");
// OPTIONAL: Enable VisualEditor in other namespaces
// By default, VE is only enabled in NS_MAIN
//$wgVisualEditorNamespaces[] = NS_PROJECT;
// Enable by default for everybody
$wgDefaultUserOptions['visualeditor-enable'] = 1;
// Don't allow users to disable it
$wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'visualeditor-enable';
// OPTIONAL: Enable VisualEditor's experimental code features
//$wgVisualEditorEnableExperimentalCode = true;