[Mediawiki-l] intra-page templates

[Frederik Dohr]

Oh really, that'd be great!
I haven't yet had the time to install the Semantic MediaWiki extension, 
but I have taken a quick look at their website.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything like that yet - 
could you point me in the right direction here?

 From what I understand, SMW 'only' adds some more advanced tags to the 
MW syntax - so it doesn't change anything that might confuse basic 
users, correct? They could still use the wiki as they always have, while 
advanced users could get their hands dirty with the geeky stuff!?


-- Frederik


----- Original Message -----
From: Fernando Correia
Date: 2006-12-04 18:15
> Semantic MediaWiki could be used to do this.
>
> 2006/12/4, FDG001 at gmx.net <FDG001 at gmx.net>:
>   
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> While I don't think this is possible (yet?), I still think it's worth
>> discussing:
>>
>> It'd be great if you could define variables on a page that could be
>> included in the text and which would then be expanded when displaying the
>> output.
>> Here's an example of what I mean (syntax arbitrary):
>>     <!-- variable definitions -->
>>     @status_done = <span style="color: green;">canceled</span>
>>     @status_inProgress = <span style="color: blue;">canceled</span>
>>     @status_canceled = <span style="color: red;">canceled</span>
>>     @document_manualEN = ''User Manual and Usage Notes''
>>     @document_manualDE = ''Benutzerhandbuch und Anwendungshinweise''
>>     <!-- text body -->
>>     This is an overview of current tasks:
>>     * Install MediaWiki %status_done%
>>     * Create Help pages %status_inProgress%
>>     * Go on vacation %status_canceled%
>>     * Create manuals:
>>     ** %document_manualEN%
>>     ** %document_manualDE%
>>     ** ensure consistency between %document_manualEN% and
>> %document_manualDE%
>> (sorry for the lack of creativity in this example, but it should suffice
>> to get my point across)
>>
>> I believe this could enhance consistency within structured pages, and
>> would probably be easy to implement - and learn - as well (too bad I'm not
>> very experienced with PHP).
>> While I guess the same could be achieved with regular templates, it can be
>> quite bothersome having to create a new template page for each tiny element
>> - not to mention the issue of coming up with unique names for a large number
>> of templates that are each only used on one particular page...
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> -- Frederik