User talk:Stelio/ParserFunctions - Revision history

Stelio: reply to Icy

Stelio — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:42:50 GMT

reply to Icy

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	:::Entropy has replied to your original query. If you proceed to chopping away at the backend codes, could you please keep me up to date as well? Thanks. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:31, 10 April 2009 (CDT)'''''		:::Entropy has replied to your original query. If you proceed to chopping away at the backend codes, could you please keep me up to date as well? Thanks. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:31, 10 April 2009 (CDT)'''''
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		+	:::: Thanks for the heads up (although I had e-mail notification set up already). I will of course keep you updated of any progress once there is some. :-) -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 02:42, 11 April 2009 (CDT)

Icy: Apended

Icy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:31:51 GMT

Apended

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	:: Well, I don't know if I can do it without seeing the code, but I may as well ask Entropy. Thanks again!		:: Well, I don't know if I can do it without seeing the code, but I may as well ask Entropy. Thanks again!
	:: -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 23:28, 14 March 2009 (CDT)		:: -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 23:28, 14 March 2009 (CDT)
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		+	:::Entropy has replied to your original query. If you proceed to chopping away at the backend codes, could you please keep me up to date as well? Thanks. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:31, 10 April 2009 (CDT)'''''

Stelio: fixing a typo

Stelio — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:46:58 GMT

fixing a typo

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	:Neither Triumph nor I has direct access to the /wiki/ files. Also, I have been told that it is not viable to upgrade the wiki backend (1.6) due to compatibility with the hooks for vbulletin. The said extension requires 1.7. Entropy has access to the files - if you can assist in improving the version/extensions, then that's great, because as the templates are now, one can't employ any conditionals. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:12, 14 March 2009 (CDT)'''''		:Neither Triumph nor I has direct access to the /wiki/ files. Also, I have been told that it is not viable to upgrade the wiki backend (1.6) due to compatibility with the hooks for vbulletin. The said extension requires 1.7. Entropy has access to the files - if you can assist in improving the version/extensions, then that's great, because as the templates are now, one can't employ any conditionals. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:12, 14 March 2009 (CDT)'''''

-	:: Thanks for the quick reply! :-D Yes, it was ~~considitonal~~ statements that I too thought would be most useful.	+	:: Thanks for the quick reply! :-D Yes, it was conditional statements that I too thought would be most useful.
	:: So if the sticking point are the vBulletin parser hooks, perhaps I could update the underlying PHP code that governs those hooks. Then that allows the wiki version to be updated, and all the additional benefits that entails (including the possibility of adding this extension).		:: So if the sticking point are the vBulletin parser hooks, perhaps I could update the underlying PHP code that governs those hooks. Then that allows the wiki version to be updated, and all the additional benefits that entails (including the possibility of adding this extension).
	:: Well, I don't know if I can do it without seeing the code, but I may as well ask Entropy. Thanks again!		:: Well, I don't know if I can do it without seeing the code, but I may as well ask Entropy. Thanks again!
	:: -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 23:28, 14 March 2009 (CDT)		:: -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 23:28, 14 March 2009 (CDT)

Stelio: responding to Icy

Stelio — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:28:02 GMT

responding to Icy

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	:Neither Triumph nor I has direct access to the /wiki/ files. Also, I have been told that it is not viable to upgrade the wiki backend (1.6) due to compatibility with the hooks for vbulletin. The said extension requires 1.7. Entropy has access to the files - if you can assist in improving the version/extensions, then that's great, because as the templates are now, one can't employ any conditionals. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:12, 14 March 2009 (CDT)'''''		:Neither Triumph nor I has direct access to the /wiki/ files. Also, I have been told that it is not viable to upgrade the wiki backend (1.6) due to compatibility with the hooks for vbulletin. The said extension requires 1.7. Entropy has access to the files - if you can assist in improving the version/extensions, then that's great, because as the templates are now, one can't employ any conditionals. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:12, 14 March 2009 (CDT)'''''
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		+	:: Thanks for the quick reply! :-D Yes, it was considitonal statements that I too thought would be most useful.
		+	:: So if the sticking point are the vBulletin parser hooks, perhaps I could update the underlying PHP code that governs those hooks. Then that allows the wiki version to be updated, and all the additional benefits that entails (including the possibility of adding this extension).
		+	:: Well, I don't know if I can do it without seeing the code, but I may as well ask Entropy. Thanks again!
		+	:: -[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 23:28, 14 March 2009 (CDT)

Icy: responded

Icy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:12:39 GMT

responded

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	-[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 21:44, 14 March 2009 (CDT)		-[[User:Stelio\|Stelio]] 21:44, 14 March 2009 (CDT)
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		+	:Neither Triumph nor I has direct access to the /wiki/ files. Also, I have been told that it is not viable to upgrade the wiki backend (1.6) due to compatibility with the hooks for vbulletin. The said extension requires 1.7. Entropy has access to the files - if you can assist in improving the version/extensions, then that's great, because as the templates are now, one can't employ any conditionals. '''''[[User:Icy\|Icy]] 23:12, 14 March 2009 (CDT)'''''

Stelio: can we add the ParserFunctions extension to this wiki?

Stelio — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:44:56 GMT

can we add the ParserFunctions extension to this wiki?

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To: [[User:Triumph|Triumph]] and [[User:Icy|Icy]]

Would you consider adding the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions ParserFunctions] extension to this wiki? This would add more flexibility and power to the way that templates can be used. Specifically, I have some ideas about useful ways to parameterise repeated sections through the use of templates that should improve the consistency of wiki pages.

For a couple of examples of more complex templates I have written use the ParserFunctions, see:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stelio/Roman
* http://stelio.net/stiki/Template:LoneWolf
(View the wiki source code for these pages to see how they work.)

ParserFunctions is a stable and well-established extension, safe enough that it is used on Wikipedia itself. :-)

If you are amenable, but unsure of how to add an extension, I can guide you through the (very simple) process since I'm a wiki administrator elsewhere myself.

Thanks,
-[[User:Stelio|Stelio]] 21:44, 14 March 2009 (CDT)