mediawiki/bootstrap

Provides the Twitter Bootstrap3 web front-end framework to MediaWiki skins and extensions

Bootstrap extension

, _(*1)

The Bootstrap extension provides the Bootstrap web front-end framework to skins and extensions., _(*2)

This version of the extension provides Bootstrap 4.6.2 and Popper 1.16.1., _(*3)

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or later
• MediaWiki 1.39 or later

Installation

There are two methods for installing Bootstrap. You can select the method that best fits your environment., _(*4)

Method 1

If you install Bootstrap with Composer, further required software packages will be installed automatically. In this case, it is not necessary to install any dependencies. Composer will take care of that., _(*5)

1. On a command line go to your MediaWiki installation directory and run these two commands, _(*6)

   COMPOSER=composer.local.json composer require --no-update mediawiki/bootstrap:~5.0
   

   composer update mediawiki/bootstrap --no-dev -o, _(*7)

2. Load the extension by adding the following line to LocalSettings.php:, _(*8)

   wfLoadExtension( 'Bootstrap' );
   

3. Done: Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed., _(*9)

Remark: It is NOT necessary to install or load any extensions this extensions depends on., _(*10)

Method 2

If you install Bootstrap without Composer, you will still need to use Composer to install the SCSS library before you enable Bootstrap., _(*11)

1. Download Bootstrap and place the file(s) in a directory called Bootstrap in your extensions/ folder., _(*12)

2. In the MediaWiki installation directory, add "extensions/Bootstrap/composer.json to the extra/merge-plugin/include section in the file composer.local.json. For example,, _(*13)

   {
       "extra": {
           "merge-plugin": {
               "include": [
                   "extensions/Bootstrap/composer.json"
               ]
           }
       }
   }
   

3. Still in the MediaWiki installation directory, from a command line run
   , _(*14)

   composer update
   

4. Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:, _(*15)

   wfLoadExtension( 'Bootstrap' );
   

5. Done: Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed., _(*16)

Documentation

See the Bootstrap extension documentation., _(*17)

It may also be worthwhile to have a look at the Bootstrap site on MediaWiki and the related talk page, _(*18)

Professional Support

The Bootstrap extension is maintained by Professional.Wiki. You can contract us to help you with installation or customization of Bootstrap. We also do development work., _(*19)

License

You can use the Bootstrap extension under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (or any later version)., _(*20)