29 Sep
2014
29 Sep
'14
3:06 p.m.
Hi Edy,
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Eduard Moraru <enygma2002(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Guillaume Lerouge
<guillaume(a)xwiki.com>
wrote:
users
Having a consistent "create" action that would be available to applications
creators would indeed be nice. We already have it for pages. We also
sometimes implement it for spaces on some projects, when we want to
introduce "typed spaces" for instance.
The autosuggest-based approach would probably work well here, like what we
currently have for tags.
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Eduard Moraru <enygma2002(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
different
Hi Guillaume,
I have started a new discussion [1] on the topic of the new location of
the
Add menu in Flamingo which is, IMO, the real
problem here.
I'll answer on this thread.
However, I stand by my point that creating a wiki or a space are actions compared from adding a new page and as
thus should be treated
differently.
Regarding your actual proposal, I`d be inclined to -1 it, as IMO it makes
> basic CRUD operations on the wiki model harder to perform (i.e. harder
to
find),
and what we`d like to do is help people create content and
structure, not the other way around.
I agree with the logic but I'm not sure I'm 100% in line with the
conclusion. As you said, the goal is to help users create and structure
their content.
Right now, when looking at existing installs, I often see cases where created several spaces with similar names (which
doesn't really help
structure information). This is mainly because they didn't know that a
space with a similar name already existed. Similarly, you wouldn't want
someone to create a "Communication" wiki if the
"MarketingCommunication"
wiki already exists.
What I read from your example above is that we can improve the create
page/space/wiki UIs to have a section that does a kind of suggest to the
user based on the name of the new entry he wants to create. We could have
something like "The pages/spaces/wikis/etc. above already exist. Are you
sure you want to create a new <userEnteredEntityName> page/space/wiki/etc.
instead of using one of the above?"
We could go as far as to force the user to check a checkbox before the
"Create" button becomes enabled/clickable. This could either be a
configuration option, based on the desire/intent/wishes of the admin of
that wiki/space.
With a bit of effort, this could be done consistently for the entire
"/create/" action and its plugged-in template providers.
This is why I'm proposing to place
"Create" buttons in context. I see at
Having an autosuggest would help with this. Knowing what already exists is
not the only use case. It's also that the user expects to be able to create
a new entry of a specific type from the page where all entries of that type
are listed.
least 3 places where this could be useful:
- "Create wiki" button on http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/
- "Create space" button on hypothetical
http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SpacesIndex
(similar to what we already have on the Dashboard)
- "Create user" button on http://<server>
/xwiki/bin/view/Main/UserDirectory
So from my point of view, by putting those buttons on those pages they
would actually be easier to find and understand for end-users.
This will not solve anything if the user is already too lazy to search for
existing entries before creating one. The one he wishes to create might be
on the second page of the livetable and the lazy user will just go ahead
and create the similar entry.
For this to be relatively effective in reducing
duplication, we would have
to implement something on the lines of what I have described above with the
"reuse sugestion".
I`m not particularly against this approach (of adding create options in the
list), since we were already doing this at some point and in some places,
but I`m still -1 for scattering the create logic in various locations
instead of using the centralized "Add" menu. If we don`t, we will have
99999 pages all inside the Main space and that's it. How`s that for a wiki
gardening nightmare? :)
Indeed. Maybe the "create space" option should stay. I still think the
"create wiki" action is of a different breed.
Thanks,
Guillaume
Thanks,
Eduard
this
this
> > > page: http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/
> > >
> > > We would probably need a similar "space index" page with the
"Create
Thanks,
Guillaume
Thanks,
> Eduard
>
> ----------
> [1] http://xwiki.markmail.org/thread/jqbcj4p4ryc56sms
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <
> valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We improved the things a bit by implementing
> > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10928
> > Now users can more rapidly create pages by using the implicit value
of
> > 'Add'.
> >
> > Having all the option (Create Wiki, Create Space, Create Page) in the
> menu
> > is important IMO since you can create spaces (and wikis) from
anywhere
in
> > the wiki. You don't need to be in a certain location to do this
action.
>
> I agree about having a Space Index of some sort and have a consistent
way
> > of localizing/navigating Wikis/Spaces/Pages. Something similar to > idea
> > was the Explorer proposal
> > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ExplorerApp
> >
> > Another related issue to this subject is
> > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9440, but again I think
XWIKI-10928
>
<http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10928> improved the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Caty
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <
guillaume(a)xwiki.com
wrote:
> Hi Devs,
>
> I'm currently testing XE 6.2, it's a great release, I love the new
look a
> lot - well done guys!
>
> I have a quick remark that is related to the new location of the
"Create"
> > button. I think we should move the "create wiki" and "create
space"
> options
> > from where they are located now.
> >
> > The "Create wiki" button could be moved under the list of wikis on
> > space"
> > > button there, a bit like what we have on the dashboard now: http://
> > > <server>/xwiki/bin/view/Dashboard/
> > >
> > > The objective being that when doing those create actions, they
would
be
action
> > > should not be available from every single page.
> > >
> > > This issue has become much more salient than before to me because
of
> done
with the context of the wikis / spaces that already exist.
>
> What is also a bit confusing for users is that since creating a new
wiki
> is
> > much much bigger and less frequent than creating a new page, the > the
> > > new location of the "Create" button. What's your opinion
about
this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Guillaume