Extension:PDF Creator

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
PDFCreator; Release status: stable
Description	Creates PDF files from wiki pages
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	5.0
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Database changes	Yes
	Parameters $wgPDFCreatorCoverbackground; $wgPDFCreatorOpenHtml2PdfUploadThresholdCount; $wgPDFCreatorToolbarOffset; $wgPDFCreatorOpenHtml2PdfUploadThresholdSize; $wgPDFCreatorTemplateProvider; $wgPDFCreatorDefaultTemplate; $wgPDFCreatorBackend; $wgPDFCreatorOpenHtml2PdfServiceUrl;
	Hooks used BlueSpiceDiscoveryTemplateDataProviderAfterInit; ContentHandlerDefaultModelFor; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates; MWStakeCommonUIRegisterSkinSlotComponents; MWStakeGenericTagHandlerInitTags; MediaWikiServices; ParserFirstCallInit; SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the PDF Creator extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

PDF Creator allows users to export wiki content to professionally styled PDF documents. It supports both individual pages and multi-page exports (books).

Usage / features

Pages can be exported individually or together with subpages or linked pages.
Users can choose between different templates for their PDF layout (with or without cover sheets).
PDF export is available directly from the page tools menu via an intuitive export dialog.
ContentDroplets allow users to add quick-export links or previews directly on a page.
Templates are customizable, including headers, footers, styles, and metadata.

Template "StandardPDF" layout definition page
"Edit" dialog for the header section

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-PDFCreator

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/PDFCreator) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-PDFCreator
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/PDFCreator": "PDFCreator"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'PDFCreator' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice free.

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