Help:Widgets

From CSES

A widget in this context is a stand-alone application that can be embedded into the CSES Wiki by a user on a page where they have rights of authorship. Widgets are fun, engaging, and useful applications that allow users to display content dynamically that is visually engaging and ultimately a powerful educational experience.

Contents 1 Add a YouTube Video in to a CSES wiki page 2 Open a Wikipedia page within a CSES wiki page 3 Read from Google Reader within a CSES wiki page 4 Widget:Scribd 5 Extension:Pubmed 6 Advanced 6.1 Dynamic Page Linker (DPL)

Add a YouTube Video in to a CSES wiki page

Aka Extension:EmbedVideo, Add clips by inserting this code in to the wiki page. Each YouTube movie has a alphanumeric token. Copy that token and insert it in to the code. See example below. (Live Example)

{{#ev:youtube|

dMH0bHeiRNg

}}

Open a Wikipedia page within a CSES wiki page

Aka Widget:Wikipedia, opens a separate browser within a browser so one can quickly reference Wikipedia without leaving the Wiki.
(Live Example

{{#widget:Wikipedia
|id=Title of Wikipedia Page
}}

Read from Google Reader within a CSES wiki page

Aka Widget:Google Reader, browse Google books for your title. Pull out the token from the URL that identifies the book and use it as the variable for the 'id=' tag (Live Example Parameters:

• id= browse books.google.com for your book and and look for the id= token in the URL address of the book. Copy/Paste it in to the widget code.
• height= of the window in pixels
• width = of the window in pixelsSee below:

{{#widget:Google Books
|id=zJxruTgVxGQCbr>
|height=750
|width=450}}

Widget:Scribd

Extension:Pubmed

This extension adds the <pubmed></pubmed> tag which when called in a wiki page, will reference the PubMed database. You can utilize this extension in 2 ways, article number or the author's name: (Live Example)

1. Article number/s: 1 or more articles can be specified with a space between the numbers for multiple articles

   <pubmed>7652107 14998870</pubmed>

2. Article Author: this will output all of the published articles created by this author, which may be an overwhelming number. Try to ascertain which articles of the author you specifically are looking for and use them instead of this broad search function).

   <pubmed>Porges, S.W.</pubmed>

Advanced

Dynamic Page Linker (DPL)

An advanced editing function, ability to access content from the Wiki database and transclude it in to a wiki page.
(Live Example and Help page)