has anyone written a plugin that will allow me to grab images?
eg if i want to write something up now, about an image I see on the web somewhere that may dissappear tmrw, i currently have to save the image, then upload it, remember the [[image..] link text, go back edit page etc.
instead:
<grab>http://domain/some.jpg</grab>
would on first time encountering the image copy it locally. next time display it from the cache...
leaving aside the copyright question, i have seen this feature in other wikis.
Also is there a repository of mediaWiki extensions? A little googling didnt seem to turn up a clear winner...just a few random things ppl have done.
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D_C wrote:
has anyone written a plugin that will allow me to grab images?
None that I know.
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<grab>http://domain/some.jpg</grab>
would on first time encountering the image copy it locally. next time display it from the cache...
That's a good idea, you can then display a form to the user asking to enter description for each image, add them automaticly from remote source and then save the article with the correct tag (eg: [[image:some.jpg]]).
leaving aside the copyright question, i have seen this feature in other wikis.
Also is there a repository of mediaWiki extensions? A little googling didnt seem to turn up a clear winner...just a few random things ppl have done.
Most extensions are under the category: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions You can find the link on www.mediawiki.org , left tab, 'ressources'.
cheers,
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