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==Extensions Wanted==
==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:
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 it "appears" on the page (if at all).
:*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 it "appears" on the page (if at all).
::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)
::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)
===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)
: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)
::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)
