30 Nov
2010
30 Nov
'10
5:38 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi,
I think we should provide default template providers in default XE. This thread is about
deciding which ones to have by default.
I agree, however we need to find a way to translate the name of the
provided templates, for the moment this name is stored in a simple
string property. I haven't commited templates by default since I was
reluctant to put velocity in those fields.
Candidates:
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I think all those candidates should be present only in specific
spaces, this way most of them would be (almost) invisible to simple
users.
1- Wiki Macro
XWiki.
2- Blog Post
Blog.
3- Scheduler Job
Scheduler.
4- Class (same result as creating a class from the
class wizard)
XWiki.
5- Color Theme
ColorThemes.
6- Panel
Panels.
7- Skin
XWiki.
For some of these we have home pages to create them (For example: Blog, Scheduler, Class,
Color Theme, Panel) so we need to decide if it's ok to provide 2 locations from where
to create them.
I think it's ok to have multiple locations allowing to create them, a
macro would be cool.
In addition some of the candidates above are technical
things and they shouldn't be displayed to simple users IMO: Wiki Macro, Scheduler Job,
Class, Color Theme, Panel, Skin.
Thus I'd also like to discuss having a mechanism for a Template Provider to say to
whom it's addressed. Could be done by adding an "Audience" field to the
Template Provider class.
I'm 0 on this, I'm not a fan of relying on this prop but space
restriction might not be enough.
Thanks,
JV.