[Semediawiki-user] SMW and related extensions now handled by Admin Links and Configure

[Yaron K. <ya...@gm...>]

Hi,

There are two administration-related MediaWiki extensions that now support
Semantic MediaWiki and many of its related extension, which should both make
life easier for SMW administrators.

First, the Admin Links extension, which creates a new special page, called
'AdminLinks', that holds links useful to administrators; when an
administrator is logged in, a link to this page appears at the top of each
page (alongside "my talk", etc.). This extensions now supports, in addition
to SMW, the extensions Semantic Result Formats, Semantic Forms, Semantic
Drilldown, Replace Text and Data Transfer. You can read more and download it
here:

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

Second, the Configure extension, which I just discovered recently: it lets
administrators set the global variables that are normally set within
LocalSettings.php, directly through the wiki. It can set values for both
MediaWiki and its extension. The Configure extension now supports, in
addition to SMW, Semantic Result Formats, Semantic Forms, Semantic Drilldown
and External Data. You can read more and download it here:

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

I would encourage all administrators to consider using these extensions.

-Yaron