Extension:Social

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Social; Release status: unmaintained
Description	Base extension for social extensions
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
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)
PHP	>= 7.0
Database changes	Yes
	Parameters $wgSocialRenderCacheEntityBlacklist; $wgSocialMainLinksTimeline; $wgSocialCanHaveChildrenBlacklist; $wgSocialUseRenderCache;
	Added rights social-deleteothers; social-editothers; social-source;
	Hooks used BSEntityDelete; BSEntitySaveComplete; BSRSSFeederBeforeGetRecentChanges; BSUEModulePDFBeforeAddingStyleBlocks; BeforePageDisplay; ChangesListSpecialPageStructuredFilters; GetPreferences; HtmlPageLinkRendererEnd; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates; MWStakeCommonUILessVarsInit; MWStakeCommonUIRegisterSkinSlotComponents; MergeAccountFromTo; SendWatchlistEmailNotification; SkinBuildSidebar;
	Hooks provided BSSocialEntityUserCan; BSSocialEntityGetActions; BSEntityAttachmentsRegister; BSSocialModuleDepths; BSSocialEntityOutputRenderBeforeContent; BSSocialEntityOutputRenderAfterContent; BSSocialEntityOutputRenderBeforeChildren; BSSocialEntityOutputRenderAfterChildren; BSSocialEntityListInitialized; BSSocialEntityListRenderEntity;
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 Social extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

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.

Social is a group of extensions that add social media features to the wiki. This allows users to quickly communicate on the wiki and to express their opinions on pages more easily.

Usage / features

BlueSpiceSocial provides the architecture for all Social extensions. This extension is required by all Social extensions. Without another Social extension (e.g., BlueSpiceSocialBlog), this extension has no effect.

External links

Helpdesk: Social

The following Social extensions are available:

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceSocial.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/BlueSpiceSocial) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

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

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( 'BlueSpiceSocial' );

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

External Links

Technical reference

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. You can download this extension separately.

BlueSpice: