What can this extension do?

SocialcastOGP is based on Extension:OpenGraphMeta and provides OpenGraph protocol metadata for articles on the wiki for Socialcast to extract. The primary use for this extension is for any wiki that provides its users a button to "Like" pages on the wiki and a comment box to share comments with the rest of your Socialcast community.

This extension includes a parser function {{#setmainimage:Filename.ext}} which also exports what it is passed so you can use it easily in a [[File:{{#setmainimage:Filename.ext}}|thumb|right|...]] format can be used to set the image in the article which you prefer Socialcast to use when displaying information about the page on your wiki (hint: This works very nicely when you incorporate it into an infobox template making the infobox image the preferred image for 3rd parties to use).

For more details see How to build a media wiki extension for Socialcast

Usage

To add any reach extension in your wiki page you can use the following magic word:

{{#reach:profile_stream_id | width:300px;height:60px | afbb21af72dea1804bb4 }}

Download instructions

Please cut and paste the code found below and place it in $IP/extensions/ExtensionName/ExtensionName.php. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation

1. Copy the contents of SocialcastOGP MediaWiki Extension into your extensions directory. Choose the version that matches your version of MediaWiki.
2. Add

   $wgSocialcastUseMicrodata = false;
   $wgSocialcastCommunityUrl = "demo.socialcast.com";
   $wgSocialcastDiscussionToken = "njjfjjf198192";
   $wgSocialcastButtonToken = "9485hdhd823u82"; // recommend button
   $wgSocialcastProfileToken = "349030394nsdsjd";
   require_once( "$IP/extensions/SocialcastOGP/SocialcastOGP.php" );
   

   to the bottom of LocalSettings.php inserting the proper tokens for each extension.
3. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version of your wiki.

See Also

• Extension:Description2 – Provides page description information. When installed OpenGraphMeta will use the information it extracts from articles.