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Mediawiki DumpHTML extension improvement (view source)
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== Challenges == | == Challenges == | ||
Consequently, almost nobody uses it right now to generate ZIM files, this is too complicated and buggy. This, although a lot of people want to do that and contact the Kiwix dev. Team to help them to make a ZIM of their own content. | Consequently, almost nobody uses it right now to generate ZIM files, this is too complicated and buggy. This, although a lot of people want to do that and contact the Kiwix dev. Team to help them to make a ZIM of their own content. | ||
With this project we to offer: | |||
* A way for everyone to generate ZIM files with Mediawiki | |||
* the simpliest solution to use for end user | |||
* the simpliest solution to use and deploy for Mediawiki administrators | |||
* the solution offering the best HTML rendering quality | |||
* the best designed solution simply to maintain and easy to improve | |||
* the most performat solution in term of generating speed | |||
== Workpackages == | == Workpackages == | ||
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=== 1 - Revamping and fixing bugs === | |||
The worth point is that the DumpHTML extension is not correctly maintained and with the time, [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&list_id=2671&component=DumpHTML&resolution=---&product=MediaWiki%20extensions many issues were discovered]. Currently, the extension is not really usable without fixing/tweaking the Mediawiki code. | The worth point is that the DumpHTML extension is not correctly maintained and with the time, [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&list_id=2671&component=DumpHTML&resolution=---&product=MediaWiki%20extensions many issues were discovered]. Currently, the extension is not really usable without fixing/tweaking the Mediawiki code. | ||
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* ~ 4000 euros | * ~ 4000 euros | ||
=== | === 2 - phpzim creation an integration in DumpHTML extension === | ||
phpzim would be a new php module allowing to create/write and read ZIM file directly in PHP. This would be a binding of the zimlib, like pyzim in Python. With this library done, we will be able to create ZIM file directly from the DumpHTML. | phpzim would be a new php module allowing to create/write and read ZIM file directly in PHP. This would be a binding of the zimlib, like pyzim in Python. With this library done, we will be able to create ZIM file directly from the DumpHTML. | ||