[Mediawiki-l] Re: Get Mediawiki to read template variables within extension tags?

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Billy Covington <wrcovington at gmail.com>
>
> I am attempting to create a template in which all anyone needs to do
> to put a Google Map on a page is use a template with 3 variables
> (longitude, latitude, and description) using Evan Miller's Google Maps
> extension (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/ 
> GoogleMapsExtension).
>
> The only problem is, Mediawiki won't read the variables if they're
> inside the <googlemap></googlemap> extension tags.

You will have to modify the extension to feed the included text  
through the wiki parser.

> I am definitely no expert or even novice at php...

This would seem to be beyond your scope, then. It sounds like an  
interesting project, but I have no extra time to help you right now!  
Perhaps someone else with an interest will want to craft a solution.


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