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==Introduction==
==Extensions Wanted==
===General===
It sure would be nice to know if Centiare could accomodate the following extensions, which would be amazingly useful for the right kinds of Centiare users:
:*The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics Google Analytics] embedder, so users could keep track of traffic statistics to their favorite articles. I'm curious if multiple users can code the same article, and also how http://www.centiare.com/skins/common/images/button_bold.png
Bold textit "appears" on the page (if at all).
:*The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] video embedder. Video would really make Centiare pop. (Don't know if this kills the server space, or not, though.)
These are two that my sister and I thought would be really interesting to offer, but I'm sure there are a half-dozen more that would be just as neat. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 15:20, 10 December 2006 (PST)
:These types of simple extensions are very easy to add. Go ahead and put together a list of others that you would like to see. As for the two above, youTube is ok, but analytics doesn't appear to be [[user:Centiare|working]] - you can check the author's own site as well. Do you have an example where it's working? [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 07:38, 11 December 2006 (PST)
::No, I don't have any example of the Google Analytics for MediaWiki working anywhere. Just saw it on their list, and went ga-ga, thinking of the opportunity of its use. It looks like [http://www.stoltenow.com/archives/2006/09/adding_google_a.html this post] suggests that you'd have to add it to one of the MediaWiki "skins" to get it to work, but presumably, only within that skin. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 08:13, 11 December 2006 (PST)
:::That's a modification to the core extension that requires a ''hack'' to the underlying MediaWiki code. You never, ever want to do that. Well, maybe in extreme circumstances where one knows exactly what's happening and controls the output. I've done a few to suit very specific purposes, but they're tested extensively and well documented. You definitely don't want to do something like that for some generic hook extension.
:::I'm going to go ahead and remove the extension+call. If you see it working anywhere, we can go ahead an add it at a later date. In the future, we should probably verify an extension is working before adding to a wish list or installing it (my fault - I assumed you had been using it.) [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:33, 11 December 2006 (PST)
===wikEd===
Here is the Wiki editor (newer version) that I had installed in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd
Just installed in Centiare and it seems to work as is. Great for wiki lists and tables. Also strips html code.
Wondering if this could be customized to add the script (function)
To create:
<nowiki>
[[Directory:Subject|Subject]]</nowiki>
when Subject is highlighted. --[[User:OmniMediaGroup|OmniMediaGroup]] 06:16, 22 December 2006 (PST)
:I just added both [[User:Centiare/monobook.js]] and [[User:Centiare/wikEd.js]] and it seems to work nicely - I'm seeing all sorts of interesting edit features as I type this comment. Why don't you go ahead and include wikEd.js to your User page and let me know if it works for you as well
:PS I followed the same procedures trying to get navpop to work, but a quick Google search revealed that no one outside of MWF controlled servers (projects) appeared to be able to get it to work. (It works fine for me at WP when signed in under my account.) [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 07:17, 22 December 2006 (PST).
::I went ahead and loaded wikEd.js for both of you - hope you don't mind. Let me know if it looks like it's working ok. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:41, 22 December 2006 (PST)
:::DOH! Now I get what you want. Let me look into it - if it can't be configured via monobook.js, then it would require a hack to the underlying wikEd.js. (Which, incidentally, I went back and removed since it's being externally served for now.) [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 10:18, 22 December 2006 (PST)
===Maps===
:Speaking of extensions, which Google maps did you want to include to pinpoint your address from lat/long? The [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.939586787168835&lon=-75.6117832660675&mag=4 Yahoo] map link from MWB looks like it's correctly identifying your address. (The Yahoo map ID is '4', whereas Google is just reading the coords - can you find their option code?) Btw, your pop-up ad appears to interfering with the [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|page rendering]]. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:08, 11 December 2006 (PST)
::Google Zoom Level is discussed as a "trial and error" right [http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/08/10/google-maps.html?page=2 here]. Was your question meant to say, which (of Map, Satellite, or Hybrid) form of Google Maps did I want to include? Actually, what do you mean "include" -- as in, an actual map rendering in the Infobox? I don't know if we need to go there yet. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 08:26, 11 December 2006 (PST)
:::Any of them. The link to the Yahoo map shows your location. Of course, we can get the same thing from Google from your address, but that sort of defeats the purpose of the coordinates. As to placement, we can provide links or we can embed (like the youTube extension). [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 08:37, 11 December 2006 (PST)
===Citation templates===
I would like to see Karl enable the 10 citation templates that are found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates at Wikipedia]. I believe that these 10 should cover any attempt any user should have to factually cite and article or Directory page. I currently updated [[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs]] with a <nowiki>{{cite news}}</nowiki>, but it isn't rendering. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 10:08, 2 January 2007 (PST)
:Done. Please see [[Centiare:Citation_templates]] - let me know if there's anything else you need. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 11:32, 2 January 2007 (PST)
