[Mediawiki-l] Excerpts - how to do them?

[Henrik Lindberg]

Well, I solved it myself - wasn't that difficult using the ParserExtensions 
like if, ifeq.
Here is an example that allows inclusion using different tags.

On a page called Test
<includeonly>
When including this page, this text is always included.
{{#ifeq:{{{tag}}}|foo| FOOTEXT HERE This text is included if this page is 
included with the tag set to foo}}
{{#ifeq:{{{tag}}}|bar| BARTEXT HERE If tag is set to bar, then this text is 
included}}
{{#if:{{{tag}}}| ALL TAGS This text is included if the tag is set to any 
value except being blank | If not tagged, this text is shown.}}
<br>
This text is always included.
</includeonly>
<noinclude>
This is the normal text that is shown on the regular page. It is not 
included anywhere.
</noinclude>
*EOF*

To include/trigger all the different variations on another page :
{{:Test|tag=foo}}
or
{{Test|tag=bar}}
or
{{Test|nonexistant}}
or just
{{Test}}

- henrik

"Henrik Lindberg" <glashammer at hotmail.com> skrev 
i meddelandet news:ed9ilf$s04$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Hi, I would like to be able to include/transclude an excerpt from a page.
> Can anyone suggest how to do this with MediaWiki?
>
> I have been thinking about several things:
> - set up a separate name space like Talk, and associate and place each
>  excerpt as a subpage to a page's excerpt page
> - transclude a section, sort of like how Edit of a section works
> - add new tags and hooks
> - use noinclude and includeonly in a clever way using macros
>
> Has anyone done something like this, and care to share some experiences?
>
> Thanks
> - henrik