Interwiki Plugin

The InterwikiPlugin links ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in the InterWikis topic. This plugin is inspired by UseMod Wiki's inter-wiki links, http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InterWiki.

Syntax Rules

• Enter ExternalSite:Page to create a link that points to the Page on the ExternalSite server.
• Enter [[ExternalSite:Page][any label]] to specify a custom label.
• All ExternalSite aliases are defined in the InterWikis topic.
• Add and edit aliases in InterWikis.
• Each entry must be of format:
  | External site alias | URL | Tooltip help text |.
• Site aliases must start with an upper case letter and may contain alphanumeric letters.
• The URL and Tooltip Text may contain optional $page fromatting tokens; the token gets expanded to the page name.

For Foswiki and TWiki sites, both the web and the topic have to be specified: Foswiki:Webname/SomePage

Foswiki:Extensions/InterwikiPlugin or Foswiki:Extensions.InterwikiPlugin

InterwikiPlugin Settings

You can override the default settings using preferences. These preferences can be set in your SitePreferences, or in WebPreferences, or in individual topics.

Plugin Installation Instructions

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server.

Open configure, and open the "Extensions" section. Use "Find More Extensions" to get a list of available extensions. Select "Install".

If you have any problems, or if the extension isn't available in configure, then you can still install manually from the command-line. See http://foswiki.org/Support/ManuallyInstallingExtensions for more help.

• Test: If the Plugin is correctly installed, this Wiki:InterWiki link should point to http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InterWiki topic - try it out.

Plugin Info