RandomQuotePlugin

Note: Previos discussion moved to RandomQuotePluginDev

Retrieve a random quote from a specially formatted TWiki topic and display on a TWiki page

Syntax Rules

The %RANDOMQUOTE{...}% variable gets expanded to a random quote selected from a RandomQuotes? page.

%RANDOMQUOTE% Parameter	Explanation	Default
web	Name of the web where the random quotes topic is stored.	Main
quotes_file	Alternate name for the random quotes topic	RandomQuotes?
format	Format of one item. Can include variables in the table below.	"\"$saying\"--$author"

Format $variables	Description
$saying	Text of the random quote
$category	What type of quote is this? (could be used to match with Topic Classification)
$author	Who said it?

Examples

%RANDOMQUOTE{ web="Main" quotes_file="JunkQuotes" }%

Topic JunkQuotes? does not exist!

%RANDOMQUOTE{ web="Main" }%

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."--Murphy's Law

%RANDOMQUOTE{ format="<p><cite>$saying</cite></p><p align='right'>&#65533;$author</p>" }%

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

—Murphy's Law

RandomQuotePlugin Global Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %INTERWIKIPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Display a random quote in a TWiki topic

• Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
  • Set DEBUG =

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the server where TWiki is running.

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
• Unzip RandomQuotePlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  data/Main/RandomQuotes.txt	RandomQuotesPlugin data topic
  data/TWiki/RandomQuotePlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  data/TWiki/RandomQuotePlugin.txt,v	Plugin topic repository
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/RandomQuotePlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module

• Test if the installation was successful:

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins

-- TWiki:Main/JasonTromm - 03 Jul 2003