MediaWiki/Installation

Installation of the Jmol (JSmol) Extension for Mediawiki

Admin: (This must be done by the wiki administrator.)

The files forming the Jmol Extension are part of the Jmol source code and may hence be retrieved from the SVN system.

arrangement of folders and files of the Jmol Extension

Note: Version 5 of the Jmol Extension has been tested against MediaWiki 1.32. There are significant changes in MediaWiki, so this procedure will not work with older versions. It is not compatible either with newest versions of MediaWiki.

To install the Jmol extension using Jmol 14:

1. Download the latest release of Jmol (Jmol-14.xx.xx-binary.zip) You need version 14.29.32 or later.
2. Extract into a temporary location the jsmol.zip file from the Jmol release.
3. Create a Jmol subfolder in the extensions folder of your MediaWiki installation.
4. Extract (upload) into this Jmol folder the following contents from the jsmol.zip file:
   • the JSmol.min.js file,
   • the JSmol.GLmol.min.js file,
   • the j2s, php and idioma folders (the latter one may not exist in latest Jmol versions).

To install the Jmol extension using Jmol 16:

1. Download the latest release of Jmol (Jmol-16.xx.xx-binary.zip) Good compatibility may be expected, but has not been tested yet.
2. Extract into a temporary location the jsmol.zip file from the Jmol release.
3. Create a Jmol subfolder in the extensions folder of your MediaWiki installation.
4. Extract (upload) into this Jmol folder the following contents from the jsmol.zip file (all located inside a jsmol subfolder):
   • the JSmol.min.js file,
   • the JSmol.GLmol.min.js file,
   • the j2s and php folders.

Further steps

1. Download all the source files of the Jmol extension and place them in the extensions/Jmol folder.
2. Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php file (near the end):

require_once("extensions/Jmol/Jmol.php");

You can configure the Jmol extension with several settings added after the require_once line (default value in bold):

• $wgJmolAuthorizeChoosingSignedApplet (true, false) : Authorize users to choose between the unsigned and the signed Jmol applet.
• $wgJmolAuthorizeUploadedFile (true, false) : Authorize the use of <uploadedFileContents>.
• $wgJmolAuthorizeUrl (true, false) : Authorize the use of <urlContents>.
• $wgJmolDefaultAppletSize (400) : Size in pixels of the Jmol applet.
• $wgJmolDefaultScript : Default script.
• $wgJmolExtensionPath (extensions/Jmol) : Path to the directory where the Jmol extension is installed. This must be an absolute path, therefore if you customize it, make sure it is prepended with $wgScriptPath (see example in Jmol.php).
• $wgJmolForceNameSpace : Force the NameSpace where the applet will go looking for wiki pages containing molecular data (using <wikiPageContents>).
• $wgJmolShowWarnings (true, false) : Display warnings when users try to use disabled features.
• $wgJmolUsingSignedAppletByDefault (true, false) : Choose if the signed Jmol applet will be used by default. Note: the signed Jmol applet is signed with a default certificate. If you want to use the signed Jmol applet in your wiki, I suggest resigning the Jmol applet with your own certificate.

Note: If you want to authorize users to upload files containing molecular data (for using the <uploadedFileContents> tag), you need to do the following:

• By default, MediaWiki authorizes the uploading of files whose name ends with a limited number of extensions. For example, if you want to authorize uploading *.cml files, add $wgFileExtensions[] = 'cml'; in LocalSettings.php.
• You can add an icon in the skins/common/images/icons/ directory for each extension (for example, fileicon-cml.png). In this wiki, we are using this image, which leads to the following result.

Installation of older versions

Version 4 of the Jmol Extension is compatible with MediaWiki 1.16; installation instructions.

The Jmol Extension below v. 3.3 uses another extension, Stub Manager, so you first need to install it.

Deprecated

Installation of the Jmol extension was described on the Jmol extension page on MediaWiki.

That page has been removed since the Jmol Extension is not compatible with recent versions of MediaWiki.

Contributors

AngelHerraez