Help:Books

This extension is experimental for the moment - Daniel K. Schneider 19:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC).

There are problems with server overload. If your book is large you likely will loose between a third and half of the pages. Therefore, only create smaller books.

Genral user information

Basic help:

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool/Help/Books

Further help:

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool/Help/Books
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool/Help/Books/for_experts
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool/Help/Books/Frequently_Asked_Questions

General information:

• http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikis_Go_Printable
• http://pediapress.com/

For wiki maintainers

Bugs and feature requests:

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Book_tool/Feedback
• http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/report/1 (Issue tracker for technical people)

Information about the collection extension and related server-side software

• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PDF_Writer
• http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/wiki (PediaPress Open Source Repository, Wiki and Bug Tracking System)
• http://groups.google.com/group/mwlib/topics (Google forums)

Installation notes

(I will move this)

• The collection extension installs like any other Mediawiki extensions. Really easy with Mediawiki=> 1.14 (Spring 2009).
• You then can just leave all the defaults and the PDF will be generated by PediaPress.

Server-side stuff

(not needed if you have a fast server and want to use the pediapress server)

Prerequisites

Install Python > 2.5

Install setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg

• http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
• http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools

sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg

Install python imaging library (PIL)

• http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
• Get Python Imaging Library 1.1.6 Source Kit
• Unzip and cd Imaging-1.1.6

 python setup.py install