16 Apr
2009
16 Apr
'09
1:23 p.m.
Hi Guillaume,
Sorry about the late reply, have been busy :)
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi devs,
based on feedback from our system administrator & project managers, I'd
like
to suggest the following improvements to the Office Importer application
(those improveents were initially suggested in 2 JIRA issues):
*
Administration - XAOFFICE-13
*
- Ability to set the server path in xwiki.cfg or xwiki.properties
(already done)
- Ability to overwrite the server path in a field on
.../xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences?editor=globaladmin§ion=XWiki.OfficeImporterAdmin
looks good.
- Provide an option to set the OOo server to start automatically when
XWiki gets started
- Ability to define this setting in xwiki.cfg or xwiki.properties
- Ability to overwrite this setting on
.../xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences?editor=globaladmin§ion=XWiki.OfficeImporterAdmin
I also agree upon the requirement but not sure if we can achieve this.
Sergiu, can we use the observation component to accomplish this?
Ideally, we should also allow *remote access to the
OOo server*, so that
the
same OOo server can be used by more than 1 wiki and be located on another
machine. Asiri tells me that this is not possible with the current version
of JOD converter. However this feature is going to be oft requested. *Is
there any other way to make it work?*
Yes, currently this is not supported by jodconverter:
http://groups.google.com/group/jodconverter/browse_thread/thread/f4505c2454…
Still, I could look into hacking jodconverter so that it can be made to work
as a remote service, this will need some research though.
*User Experience - XAOFFICE-14*
Right now, the link to the Office Importer is located in the action bar,
under the "Actions" menu. The action bar is meant to let users interact
with
the current page (context actions), thus the "Import Office Document" link
shouldn't be located there.
Yes, this was agreed upon as a temporary placement.
- Move the "Import Office Document" link from the action bar to the Quick
Links panel and rename it to "Office Import".
- That's what we do with current default applications (Blog) and what we
used to do with the Photo album and the calendar. Since the Office Import
is
a default application as well, I don't see why it should be trated
differently. Additionally, it would make it easier for admins to remove
the
link if needed, by editing the panel (right now the link cannot be
removed
from the interface, which is annoying if the admin doesn't want to setup
an
OOo server and rather hide the feature).
This would require a vote, I'm +1 for it.
On the XWiki/OfficeImporter page, the import feature is displayed even if
the OOo server is not currently running. Only after the user first tries to
import a file is the "Open Office Server not available" message displayed.
- If the OOo server isn't running when the user accesses the
XWiki/OfficeImporter page, a message should be displayed saying that:
- "You cannot import an Office document since the conversion server
has not been started. Please ask an administrator to get it started."
- If the current user is an admin, the message should read:
- "You cannot import an Office document since the conversion server
has not been started. You can start the OpenOffice server and
manage it from
this page (link to the OOo server administration page)."
+1
On the XWiki/OfficeImporer page, the user is expected to know the name of
the space he will import the file into. This is not very user friendly.
- Provide a select box displaying a list of spaces before the input
field. If no space is selected (select box left empty), the value in the
input field is used. If the input field is empty as well, a warning
asking
the user to choose a space is returned.
- Change the text to read: "Please select a space: [space select box] or
create a new one [create space input field]"
+1
If the user tries to import an Office Document on a page that already
exists, an error message is dislayed but no "next step" is suggested.
- Ideally, when the user types the name of the page he wants to create, a
live JS validator should tell him whether the page already exists or not
- If the JS solution isn't possible: the message should be improved to
read:
- "The target document Main.WebHome already exists. Please try again
(link to the XWiki/OfficeImporter page) and choose another page name."
+1
The XWiki/OfficeImporter page offers little explanations as to its purpose
and how it works.
- An additional line should be added at the top, between the title and
the import field, reading:
- "This page allows you to import Office Documents into your wiki. It
will turn the Office document you uploaded into a wiki page."
- "Document" should be renamed to "Select a document to import"
next to
the input field
+1
I'm aware there's a lot of data in here, I'll create a separate thread to
discuss a specific point if one of them turns out to be controversial.
Yes, we will require votes for some of these features.
Thanks.
- Asiri