3 Dec
2009
3 Dec
'09
2:57 p.m.
This should go beyond user profiles. Space home pages but any page
should be able to be dashboard pages.
For these pages we would need a way to make them display as dashboard
pages by default.
We should also make it easy to make these pages dashboard pages when in
the wysiwyg. Like include a "dashboard" macro.
I view it like that:
1/ Open a page in wysiwyg
2/ Type some text, include a dashboard macro
3/ Save
When in view the dashboard macro renders the dashboard settings saved in
the content field of the dashboard macro or in XWiki objects save in the
page.
It adds JS tools to allow to move and change your gadgets and panels
used in your dashboard.
With this method we might not need the xpage=dashboard template, as you
could just have an #if in the XWikiUserSheet which displays the
dashboard based on URL params.
The #if would make a call to the XWiki {{dashboard}} macro
Ludovic
Anamaria Stoica a écrit :
Hi devs,
I'd like to start working on Gadgets Integration. (this is a new feature)
I've been working on the specs with Guillaume, and you can see the Design
page here: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/GadgetIntegration
The aim of the gadget integration is to provide XWiki users with a
dashboard-like page that will display a list of gadgets. These gadgets can
be either internal gadgets (similar to XWiki panels) or external gadgets
(coming from the Google Gadget repository for instance). Users can select
which gadgets to display on their dashboard from a gadget directory located
on the wiki.
I've also created a few Mockups here
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Mockups/GadgetsIntegration for
the Dashboard, Gadget Windows and Gadgets Directory.
List of features:
Dashboard
- Dashboard for each user with drag&drop for Gadget Windows
- Display both Google Gadgets and XWiki Gadgets (Panels)
Directory
- An internal directory with Gadgets in the wiki divided in 3 parts:
* XWiki Gadgets defined in the wiki / in the farm (current Panels)
* Google Gadgets selected out of the global Google Directory by wiki
admins
* If allowed by wiki admins: full Google Gadgets Directory
I'd like to include all of the above with basic functionalities into 2.2M1.
One thing is not clear at this point >> The relationship between XWiki
Gadgets and current Panels:
They are basically the same thing (same content), but they will have
different containers (drag&drop window with edit settings on Dashboard and
present containers for the side menu Panels).
Will all Panels make sense as XWiki Gadgets? If no, when a new Panel is
created, how do you know it's meant to be only a side menu Panel and not
also a XWikiGadget? (this applies for current Panels as well)
Also, very important: where should the interface for the Gadgets Directory
be placed? Appended to Panels.WebHome or new directory Gadgets.WebHome? In
my opinion it needs a different interface from the Panel Wizard Interface.
The Panel Wizard is in the Wiki Preferences (administration space) open only
to Admins, but the Directory will have to be available to all users (even
browsable by everyone).
An admin interface for picking Google Gadgets from iGoogle Directory and/or
XWiki Panels for the Gadgets Directory might be needed.
How should I treat the 2 of them (XWiki Gadgets vs side menu Panels)?
Thanks,
Anamaria
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