17 Mar
2008
17 Mar
'08
7:04 p.m.
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)
Questions :
* Do we add an "Administration" entry in the top menu bar ? With 2
dropdown items :
** current space administration
** wiki administration
* Do we really need the "big icons" page (since all the categories
are available from the left column) ?
wdyt ?
Thanks,
JV.
17 Mar
17 Mar
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
8:25 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
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.
Yes.
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.
* 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.
9:20 p.m.
On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote:
Yes.
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.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Vincent Massol
<vincent(a)massol.net>
wrote:
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.
After talking to JV I think we should have an Administration
application (XAR) bundled in the xwiki WAR and that is imported on the
first execution, at the same time as we the installation wizard would
run. The wizard should offer 3 screens:
S1) Database configuration page
S2) Admin user creation
S3) Application import
In S3 we would automatically import the Administration application +
propose to the user to install other application (like the default XE
XAR for example).
This would ensure that a xwiki instance will always have the
administration pages available.
WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
* 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.
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