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WOW Character¶

Author:	Kasper Skårhøj
Created:	2002-11-01T00:32:00
Changed by:	Markus Martens
Changed:	2009-09-14T13:24:58.680000000
Author:	Jobe
Email:	jobe@jobesoft.de
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WOW Character

WOW Character¶

Extension Key: wow_character

This document is published under the Open Content License

available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml

The content of this document is related to TYPO3

- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org

Table of Contents¶

WOW Character 1

`Introduction 3 <#1.1.Introduction|outline>`_

What does it do? 3

Screenshots 3

`Users manual 4 <#1.2.Users%20manual|outline>`_

`Requirements 5 <#1.3.Requirements|outline>`_

`Configuration 6 <#1.4.Configuration|outline>`_

`Reference 8 <#1.5.Reference|outline>`_

`Known problems 9 <#1.6.Known%20problems|outline>`_

`To-Do list 10 <#1.7.To-Do%20list|outline>`_

`ChangeLog 11 <#1.8.ChangeLog|outline>`_

`Credits 12 <#1.9.Credits|outline>`_

Introduction¶

What does it do?¶

This Extension displays a character from the Blizzard™game World of Warcraft™.The data is extracted from the Blizzard™Armory ( http://armory.wow-europe.com ).

Screenshots¶

Users manual¶

Install extension.

Create a system folder.

Add some characters to system folder. Enter Realm and Name of characters. You can also specify an image to display as avatar for example.
To display a single character insert “WOW Character Display”.
Select character to display.
If you want to dynamically display characters from a list leave single character blank and specify the folder containing allowed characters instead.
To display a list of characters insert “WOW Character List”.
Select folder containing characters to display.
Select page to display character details.

If you want to display tooltips for the displayed items you need to install the extension “wow_item” and set the ID of the page displaying item details with the Constant-Editor.

Requirements¶

PHP 5.1.0
libxml (DOM/SimpleXML/XSLT)

Configuration¶

(coming soon...)

Reference¶

Default

= IMAGE

Listview (pi2):¶

[tsref:plugin.tx_wowcharacter_pi2] = TSref/TEMPLATE

locallang¶

Property

locallang

Data type

string/list of cObject

Description

Specify language file and custom language markers.

Default

EXT:wow_character/pi2/locallang.xml

**Have a look at the TypoScript Object Browser for more detailed information!**

Known problems¶

Functionality depends on connectivity to the Blizzard™Armory. This may result in insufficient data some times.

To-Do list¶

A lot ... ;)
Add some sort of caching if armory retrieval fails.
Add armory talents?
Add armory skills?
Add armory reputation?
Translations

Got suggestions? Mail me and I'll add them...

ChangeLog¶

((generated))¶

Version 0.0.1¶

Just a basic framework.

Version 0.0.2¶

First release which is actually displaying something ;)

Version 0.1.0¶

Added list view.
Added avatar features to characters.
Added typoscript template rendering for html and css.
Added first documentation.

Version 0.1.1¶

Updated to new armory API.
Added wow_item support (tooltips, etc).

Version 0.1.2¶

Updated documentation.
Added Constant-Editor support.

Version 0.1.3¶

Added mmlib concept.
Added item typoscript rendering.
Recreated listview with typoscript.

Credits¶

Thx to Blizzard™for World of Warcraft™ ;)

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