[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Improve Wiki Administration

[Jean-Vincent Drean]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
>  >
>  > * new XWiki.WebHome : direct links (with big icons) to admin
>  > categories (a la Windows control panel)
>  > * A main administration sheet : XWiki.AdministrationSheet (may be
>  > with cascading admin sheets beyond)
>  > * Inclusion of XWiki.AdministrationSheet in XWikiPreferences (global
>  > prefs)
>  > * Inclusion of XWiki.AdministrationSheet in all WebPreferences (quick
>  > access to space admin)
>
>  I think we must have the admin features (at least some of them) even
>  if the database is empty... Like import/export at the very minimum ;)
>

Of course we will have to provide the import feature in a template.
I'd even see a minimalistic initialimport.vm template included
(instead of contentview.vm) by view.vm if there's no pages in the
database.

>
>  > Questions :
>  >
>  > * Do we add an "Administration" entry in the top menu bar ? With 2
>  > dropdown items :
>  > ** current space administration
>  > ** wiki administration
>
>  You mean to replace the current Administration link?
>

Yes.

>
>  > * Do we really need the "big icons" page (since all the categories
>  > are available from the left column) ?
>
>  If we decided not to have the icons then we need a welcome page rather
>  than going directly to the first admin configuration page. And on that
>  page we must list all admin features and explain what they configure
>  so that the user doesn't have to try them all before finding the one
>  he wants. So we might as well have some icons on that page IMO.
>

After thinking twice (thanks Vincent ;) I think that it's a good thing
to have this "big icons" screen :
 * Faster access to the admin features since this page is more likely
to load fast than the first "general" section of the admin.
 * Having visual marks is a good thing.
 * It's shiny :)

JV.