Talk:Book tool
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Deploying this extension in other wikis [edit]
Is there somewhere I could request for the book tool to be activated in the Afrikaans Wikipedia, or at least ask when it is intended to be activated (if at all)? Anrie 19:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- You can add it as a request (new section?) on Book tool/Schedule. --he!ko 08:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
It would be nice to try, if it were working [edit]
I tried printing my PediaPress book, and even tried getting my PediaPress PDF file... but in both cases, I got this instead:
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- POST request failed
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- The POST request to http://pdf1.wikimedia.org:8080/mw-serve/ failed (couldn't connect to host).
- Return to Main Page.
Oh, well. Somebody call Sue Gardner. I think she issued a press release at one time, extolling the virtues of this cooperative venture. -- Thekohser 03:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I, a different user from the author above, tried saving my book. When I am not logged in, Special:Book tells me to log in. When I am logged in, the "Save or share your book" box disappears. -- Kpengboy
Add new system messages [edit]
from the README.txt
Customization via System Messages
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There are several system messages, which can be adjusted for a MediaWiki
installation. They can be changed by editing the wiki page
[[MediaWiki:SYSTEMMESSAGENAME]], where SYSTEMMESSAGENAME is the name of the
system message.
* Coll-helppage: The name of the help page (see above).
The default for English language is "Help:Books", and there exist translations
for lots of different languages.
* Coll-savedbook_template: The name of the template (w/out the Template: prefix)
included at the top of saved book pages (see above).
The default is: 'saved_book', and there exist translations for lots of
different languages.
* Coll-book_creator_text_article: The name of a wiki page which is transcluded
on the "Start book creator" page (the page which is shown when a user clicks
on "Create a book").
The default is: {{MediaWiki:Coll-helppage}}/Book creator text
i.e. a subpage of the configured help page named "Book creator text"
* Coll-suggest_enabled: If set to 1, the suggestion tool is enabled. Any other
value will disable the suggestion tool.
The default is: '1', i.e. the suggestion tool is enabled.
* Coll-order_info_article: The name of a wiki page which is included on the
Special:Book page to show order information for printed books.
The default value is: {{MediaWiki:Coll-helppage}}/PediaPress order information
i.e. a subpage of the configured help page named "PediaPress order information".
PDF Doesn't work [edit]
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol
Export that as PDF, all you'll get is the license
Activation on eu:wp [edit]
Hello! We've seen that many wikipedias have the Book tool activated, but we don't have it in the Basque Wikipedia. What have we got to do in order to have it activated? -Theklan 14:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
ePub and other output formats [edit]
Having just got an ebook reader, I'd like to download some books, but I'd prefer ePub format to PDF as it's more flexible. I'm surprised not to find a choice of output formats for books. Doing a bit of googling I see there is a Wikimedia extension called ePubExport so it can't be a huge job to provide it.
Are there plans, or is there a policy not to include it? Chris55 06:35, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
I also think that epub support is important. Netol 10:16, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
