Wikipedia Link Mod
Wikipedia Link Mod | |
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Summary | Adds links to Wikipedia for place name in the Place Search page |
Validation | {{{mod_validation}}} |
Mod Updated | {{{mod_last_update}}} |
Download link | wikipedia_link_v8.1.0.zip for TNG V8 wikipedia_link_v1.1.zip |
Download stats | {{{download_stats}}} |
Author(s) | Luke Weerts Ken Roy enhanced and created config file |
Homepage | Wikipedia Link Mod (This page) |
Mod Support | TNG Forums |
Contact Developer | {{{mod_contact}}} |
Latest Mod | 8.1.0 for TNG V8 1.1 for TNG V7 |
Min TNG V | 7.0.0 |
Max TNG V | 8.0.0 |
Files modified | placesearch.php |
Related Mods | None |
Notes | Please update your additional language cust_text.php files with translations based upon the Custom Text Additions for this mod. |
Purpose of the mod
This mod provides links to Wikipedia for the TNG Place name and for each of the individual segments of the place name in the Place Search page.
Advantages
The Wikipedia link mod allows your users to link to Wikipedia:
- where they may find additional information on the place.
- where they may find the additional information on the segments of the place name.
Developer
The mod was initially provided on the TNG Forum by Luke Weerts.
Note that Luke initially replaced the Place Name header with a link to Wikipedia. Ken Roy modified Luke's code to add the Wikipedia link information below the Place Name Header and use cust_text.php to provide the indication of a Wikipedia link.
Requirements
- A working TNG installation. The automated installation release was initially tested at TNG Version 7.1.0. Manual installation previously used on TNG 6 and 7.
- A backup of your TNG placesearch.php file.
- An installed current version of the Mod Manager.
Automated Install
- Download the appropriate zip file from the summary in the upper right hand corner
- Extract the zip file in your TNG admin/mod_folder in TNG V8 and mods folder in TNG V8
- Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the wikipedia_link.cfg.
Note that config file only includes the English language changes, so if you support multiple languages you will need to modify the config file to add the custom text for those other languages. The config file is also slightly different in that the Wikipedia links now all open in a separate window.
Custom Text Additions
Note that config file only includes the English language changes, so if you support multiple languages you will need to modify the config file to add the custom text for those other languages.
English/cust_text.php
This mod adds the following text to your English/cust_text.php in TNG V7, or languages/English/cust_text.php or languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php in TNG V8
// Added for Wikipedia Searchplace mod by Luke Weerts $text[wikilinks] = "Wikipedia links for";
Other languages
If you are using other languages, you must add these lines to each of your language cust_text.php files with appropriate translations of course, for example
In your French/cust_text.php in TNG V7, or languages/French/cust_text.php or languages/French-UTF8/cust_text.php in TNG V8, you would add
// Added for Wikipedia Searchplace mod by Luke Weerts $text[wikilinks] = "Wikipedia liens pour";
You will need to add similar text for your other languages.
Visualization of this mod
Without Mod
Without this mod, the Place Search page does not include any links to Wikipedia as shown in the image on the right. |
With Mod Installed
With the ShowTable Mod, the Place Search page does includes two different sets links to Wikipedia as shown in the image on the right:
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TNG User sites using this mod
- Please add TNG site that you have found that utilize this modification
Site List
- Luke Weert's Cousin Folk web site. Luke is the developer of the Wikipedia Link mod
- Our Acadian, French Canadian, and Maine Ancestors Mod updated to add Wikipedia links for text by Ken Roy.