Extension:SemanticComments
Description
SemanticComments is an extension that displays & manages any number of comments and replies that are attached to any page in a wiki. This extension stores comments in semantic properties while also providing an alternative to TALK namespaces for each SUBJECT namespace in a wiki.
The SemanticComments extension was derived from the Project Halo Collaboration extension by Hypergrove.
Setup
To install SemanticComments, please follow the steps indicated below.
- Download instructions
- The latest release may be found .
- Prerequisites
- Semantic MediaWiki 1.8+
- Copy Files
- Extract the downloaded archive into folder $IP/extensions/SemanticComments/
- LocalSettings.php
- Add the following to LocalSettings.php:
include_once("$IP/extensions/SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php");
enableSemanticComments();
- Import ontology
- SemanticComments comes with a small ontology to provide functionality for displaying and querying existing comments and some icons. Go to Special:Import and upload
/extensions/SemanticComments/import/SemanticComments.xml - Import graphics
- To use the delivered icons you need to upload the following files in your wiki:
- /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/bad_active.png
- /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/neutral_active.png
- /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/good_active.png
- /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/defaultuser.gif
- /extensions/SemanticComments/skins/icons/Comment_icon_crystal.png
- Please be sure that you keep the original file names.
- Options
- All configuration options are defined in /SemanticComments/SemanticComments.php.
- To reformat the style of existing comments or of the comment form, use the Cascading Style Sheet in the '/skins' directory.
Usage
Enter {{ShowComments|show=True}} to any article where you want to get a list of all 'related comments' and a form that allows you to enter new comments.
From the list of Special pages, go to page “Special:SemanticComments”.
Languages supported
SemanticComments has support for three languages so far:
- English
- German
- French
Extension Wishlist
- Store all comments and their replies in subobjects on a single page in the Comment namespace.