Upgrading an extension that now uses Composer
This blog post is aimed at users of the MediaWiki software that have extensions installed, and want to upgrade one or more to a version that makes use of Composer. At present this is of particular...
View ArticleMy adventures with autoloading in PHP
This post has as audience developers and will provide readers with insights on how to cleanly autoload classes in PHP. For a long long time, I’ve been one of those MediaWiki developers that just added...
View ArticleFunding for MediaWiki Markdown extension
There currently appears to be no really solid markdown extension for MediaWiki. I have some ideas for one, which are outlined in this blog post. Markdown rendering using a standard PHP markdown...
View ArticleMediaWiki extensions to define their MediaWiki compatibility
Over the past year support for real dependency management has been gradually added to MediaWiki and selected extensions. This support being based on the Composer software. While extensions have been...
View ArticleSemantic Extra Special Properties 1.0 released!
I am happy to announce the 1.0 release of the Semantic Extra Special Properties extension! This release fixes various issues and makes the extension compatible with the latest MediaWiki, Semantic...
View ArticleMaps 3.0.1 and Semantic Maps 3.0.3 released
I just released version 3.0.3 of Semantic Maps, and recently released Maps 1.0.1 as well. Both these releases bring some minor fixes and translation updates. You can get the new versions by running...
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Wikibase and Doctrine DBAL
When I started writing this blog post, I realized some introduction to the query components was first due. You can find it in my last blog post: The Wikidata phase3 software components. In this post I...
View ArticleSemantic MediaWiki 2.0 RC3
I am happy to announce the third release candidate for Semantic MediaWiki 2.0 is now available. Semantic MediaWiki 2.0 is the next big release, which brings new features and many enhancements. Most...
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Semantic MediaWiki news
It’s been a while since I last wrote about Semantic MediaWiki, even though several noteworthy things have happened since. In this post I’ll highlight some things that have happened since the 2.0...
View ArticlePHPCS and PHPMD: my experiences
PHPCS (PHP Code Sniffer) detects violations against a specified coding standard. PHPMD (PHP Mess Detector) is a similar tool, though with more of a focus on metrics. In this post I’ll go over how I...
View ArticleMy adventures with autoloading in PHP
This post has as audience developers and will provide readers with insights on how to cleanly autoload classes in PHP. For a long long time, I’ve been one of those MediaWiki developers that just added...
View ArticleFunding for MediaWiki Markdown extension
There currently appears to be no really solid markdown extension for MediaWiki. I have some ideas for one, which are outlined in this blog post. Markdown rendering using a standard PHP markdown...
View ArticleMediaWiki extensions to define their MediaWiki compatibility
Over the past year support for real dependency management has been gradually added to MediaWiki and selected extensions. This support being based on the Composer software. While extensions have been...
View ArticleSemantic Extra Special Properties 1.0 released!
I am happy to announce the 1.0 release of the Semantic Extra Special Properties extension! This release fixes various issues and makes the extension compatible with the latest MediaWiki, Semantic...
View ArticleMaps 3.0.1 and Semantic Maps 3.0.3 released
I just released version 3.0.3 of Semantic Maps, and recently released Maps 1.0.1 as well. Both these releases bring some minor fixes and translation updates. You can get the new versions by running...
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Wikibase and Doctrine DBAL
When I started writing this blog post, I realized some introduction to the query components was first due. You can find it in my last blog post: The Wikidata phase3 software components. In this post I...
View ArticleSemantic MediaWiki 2.0 RC3
I am happy to announce the third release candidate for Semantic MediaWiki 2.0 is now available. Semantic MediaWiki 2.0 is the next big release, which brings new features and many enhancements. Most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Semantic MediaWiki news
It’s been a while since I last wrote about Semantic MediaWiki, even though several noteworthy things have happened since. In this post I’ll highlight some things that have happened since the 2.0...
View ArticlePHPCS and PHPMD: my experiences
PHPCS (PHP Code Sniffer) detects violations against a specified coding standard. PHPMD (PHP Mess Detector) is a similar tool, though with more of a focus on metrics. In this post I’ll go over how I...
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New Semantic MediaWiki wiki!
The Semantic MediaWiki website/wiki has gotten a nice upgrade, consider this is Christmas present if you’re a SMW user Several important issues got addressed. First off, we now have working HTTPS...
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