Extension:RandomFeaturedUser

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RandomFeaturedUser Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser extension
Description	Adds <randomfeatureduser> parser hook to display a random featured user along with some data
Author(s)	Aaron Wright David Pean Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.1
MediaWiki	1.16+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgRandomFeaturedUser
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
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RandomFeaturedUser is an extension that adds <randomfeatureduser> parser hook to display a random featured user along with some data. To use it, type <randomfeatureduser period="weekly"/> or <randomfeatureduser period="monthly"/> on a page.

This extension requires the SocialProfile extension. You will need to set either $wgUserStatsTrackWeekly or $wgUserStatsTrackMonthly or both to true.

You can control what is displayed as the output of the tag. By default, the random featured user's avatar, amount of points and a blurb is displayed. To not display the avatar, set $wgRandomFeaturedUser['avatar'] = false;. To not display the amount of points, set $wgRandomFeaturedUser['points'] = false; and finally to not display the blurb, set $wgRandomFeaturedUser['about'] = false;.

Requirements

1. SocialProfile extension

Installation

1. Download the extension files
2. Create the three required database tables
3. Add require_once("$IP/extensions/RandomFeaturedUser/RandomFeaturedUser.php"); into the wiki's LocalSettings.php
4. Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version

Usage

Type <randomfeatureduser period="weekly"/> or <randomfeatureduser period="monthly"/> on a page.