This method worked a few weeks ago, even with the images. I formatted an entire book (PDF) like this. It may have stopped working after an update or something similar.
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:15:12 AM UTC-7, Volker Haas wrote: > > Am 28.02.2012 19:08, schrieb Michael Kennard: > > I'm trying to use the "only in print" template for an image but the > > image does not appear in the PDF. I created a simple book on Wikipedia > > that demonstrates this<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Unjedai/ > > Books/Hide_in_print_test2> > > > > If I also include a "hide in print" template using the same image, > > then the "only in print" template starts working and the image appears > > in the PDF. Of course, the image also appears in the browser due to > > the "hide in print" template and that's no good. Here's another simple > > book on Wikipedia that demonstrates this<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > User:Unjedai/Books/Hide_in_print_test>. > > > The "Only in print" template only works for text (check [1]). The > problem is that the image is not fetched and therefore can not be > included in the PDF. My Mediawiki templating skills aren't sufficient to > fix the problem. I imagine that the solution might be to not completely > exclude the content in the wiki, but to set the css property display:none. > > Currently the Mediawiki API call that lists all images for an article > probably omits the image in question. This might be fixed by the css > workaround. > > > [1] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Volker.haas/Test&oldid=479447008 > > -- > Volker Haas > Senior Developer > brainbot technologies ag > Boppstra�e 64 > 55118 Mainz > Phone: +49 (0)6131 2116394 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mwlib" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mwlib/-/DXkvGDRCTRUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mwlib?hl=en.
