[Mediawiki-l] News, events and forum

[Jim Wilson]

> As for news, I want write my own news. Special page where visitors can
> read/browse my news, subscribe to my RSS, but at the home page there will
be
> listed latest 3 or 5 news.

I had a similar problem a while back - I needed a way to convert a regular
wiki page into a feed of items.  To meet this need, I created
WikiArticleFeeds:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiArticleFeeds

It might do some of the things you require.

</shameless-self-promotion>

-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)

On 4/11/07, Frederik Dohr <fdg001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > As for news, I want write my own news. Special page where visitors can
> > read/browse my news, subscribe to my RSS, but at the home page there
> will be
> > listed latest 3 or 5 news.
>
> I'm not aware of any such extension - though it shouldn't be too hard to
> code, I guess.
> You might try creating a separate namespace for your news, and then use
> the News extension (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:News) on the
> front page to display only changes from that namespace.
>
> > Thanks for your help, HTH.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> PS: HTH = "Hope That Helps" :)
>
>
> -- F.
>
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