Plugin Versions

If you are documenting software, you will run into the situation where most of a page is similar for more than one version, but there could be a small difference. Making several pages could lead to duplicating content and that it be out of sync.

Use this Wiki Plugin to divide a wiki page into separate "versions." Tiki will display a navigation box that allows users to display each version of the page.

For example, you can use this plugin to separate a single wiki page into Release 1, Release 2, and Release 3 information.

Usage

To display a module in a wiki page, use the syntax:

{VERSIONS(nav=>y,title=>y)}

This is the default text

---(version 3)-----------------------------

This is version 3 info

---(version 2)-----------------------------

This is version 2 info

---(version 1)-----------------------------

This is version 1 info

{VERSIONS}

Parameter	Accepted values	Effect	Since
nav	y, n	Displays a navigation box that allows users to select a specific version to display. If nav=y, only the default text will display and users will not be able to display other versions.
title	y, n	Display the current version name as the title. Note: Do not work when nav=>y
default		Specifies which version to show when displaying the page for the first time.

To separate different versions of text use: 3 dashes (hyphens), followed by the version label in parenthesis, followed by at least 3 other dashes or hypens. For example:

---(version 3)-----------------------------

Notes

• If you use Wiki Config wiki page caching, this plugin may not render properly.
• The "versions" used for this plugin are different than the "versions" stored in the wiki page history.

Example

This code,

{VERSIONS(nav=>y,title=>y)}

This is the default text

---(version 3)-----------------------------

This is version 3 info

---(version 2)-----------------------------

This is version 2 info

---(version 1)-----------------------------

This is version 1 info

{VERSIONS}

Would produce:

More Examples

Sample usage in conjunction with PluginTracker and PluginTrackerList:

• Wiki Plugins
• Mods Type Wikiplugins

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+Firefox uses a modified version of this plugin to show different content per Operating System.

• This plugin was introduced in Tiki Release 1.9rc3, and is available in all versions of 1.9.x and 1.10.x
• Prior to Tiki 1.9.8, this plugin worked with only 2 versions.

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