17 Mar
2008
17 Mar
'08
7:20 p.m.
On Mar 17, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote:
Hi XWikiers,
We'd like to refactor the wiki & space administration for XE 1.4.
Layout drafts and full proposal are available here :
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/ImproveWikiAdministration
Summary :
* Display the administration features in wiki pages, in view mode (ie
: move code from the admin templates to wiki pages)
* Merge the current XWiki.WebHome items with the current
Administration features in the new UI
* Merge the import / export features in the same page
* Put the Panels list and PanelWizard in the new UI
Tech :
* 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 ;)
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?
* 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.
Thanks
-Vincent