December 2009 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

[xwiki-users] Drop Down Menus only work for Admin Users
by AW 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

Hi There, For some reason, the drop down menus at the top of the screen only work for Admin users. I suspect we have changed the access rights somewhere we shouldn't have, but I can't figure out where. Can someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks! AW -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Drop-Down-Menus-only-work-for-Admin-Users-tp4170225p41… Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [xwiki-users] [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Governance for xwiki.org
by Guillaume Lerouge 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi Pascal, On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Pascal Voitot <pascal.voitot.dev(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I don't know if "pascal" is me or someone else but I'm also one Pascal so I > answer ;) > Yes, I meant you :-) > Sorry for the long mail... > Thanks for the detailed feedback! > I agree with this kind of governance as long as XWiki.org keeps fully free > and brings the best and latest code with LGPL license. I agree that > companies contributing to XWiki could be rewarded by having some > "visibility" on xwiki.org site. I agree with the fact that XWiki SAS needs > to earn more money based on XWiki.org because if it earns more money, XWiki > will go further etc... > The limit between commercial product and free software is not easy to > define > and to manage... Being an opensource company is really hard, isn't it? > The only thing I want XWiki SAS is to keep going as a real opensource > company for which the community project is the base of everything and which > contains the best of breed of XWiki SAS knowledge. I would be disappointed > to see you becoming a company such as the ones I can see for which > opensource is just a facade or a marketting argument without any real > community development and support. > Jboss is not exactly one of those but they give me the impression of going > progressively in this direction and after one year working intensively with > their professional projects and support, I'm really disappointed because I > see that their opensource and community support seems declining or even > seems willingly bad sometimes and focused on only some "visible" projects. > I > really wonder if opensoure is not getting corrupted by such companies after > all... > With XWiki, I've been able to develop some little professional projects > with > the best code coming from XWiki without thinking that, if my project could > make or not money, I would have to pay, in any case, the X thousands $ just > for the license. My idea was to contribute to XWiki through these projects > and if I could earn some money I would contribute to XWiki with something > more than my little braincells :)... Sorry about that but the projects I > have achieved with XWiki have never gone further than pilots and I have > never been able to make a living with that :)... What a shame, isn't it?;) > All of that just to explain that the fully open status of XWiki allowed me > to bring my ideas into reality and I think your professional but free > status > is a great attractor for lots of people. > So as long as you keep that in mind and in facts, I will keep supporting > you > and maybe more... > I understand your concern. I've been reading quite a number of online discussions about JBoss and the questions people have about its business model and the fact that they're afraid that at one point it will no longer be Open-Source. I think I can speak on behalf of XWiki SAS when I say that we believe in Open-Source and want to stay a real Open-Source company - however complex it might be at times. My personal take is that, as long that we as a company promise that all the XWiki code written by XWiki SAS will be released under the LGPL license, the project can thrive with people confident that they're contributing to real Open-Source. Ludovic has personnally committed himself to this in the past as XWiki SAS' founder and this is a policy that will continue in the future. We've been talking about this internally and the overwhelming majority of XWiki SAS employees wants the XWiki code we write to be made available under the LGPL license. I hope this answers your concerns :-) Apart from this, are there other questions and/or things that may sound worrying to you? Thanks again for the feedback - and I hope that some of your XWiki-based commercial initiatives will eventually become fruitful :-) Guillaume > Pascal > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone (devs and users), > > > > > > While we have a clear governance for write access to our source > > > repository (http://dev.xwiki.org) we're missing a clear governance > > > for xwiki.org. The idea is to address mainly the following 2 > questions: > > > 1) who "owns" it and thus "controls" (or rather provides direction > > > for) its content > > > 2) can it be used for business advertising (support, paid packages, > > > consulting services) > > > > > > Bit of History about XWiki SAS > > > ======================== > > > > > > - XWiki SAS (http://xwiki.com) is the company founded by Ludovic > > > Dubost the creator of XWiki (I'm the CTO of XWiki SAS in addition to > > > being a committer here). > > > - Most of the active contributors are also employed and paid by XWiki > > > SAS to develop the XWiki software. Today that's > > > -- 12.5 committers (developers) > > > -- 1 open source product manager (see > > > http://markmail.org/thread/ggaaw4u6yyci4oan > > > for its definition) > > > -- 1 designer > > > -- 1 tester/technical writer > > > - XWiki SAS sells services around the open source software, see > > > http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Services/ > > > - XWiki SAS truly believes and understands open source, see > > > http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/About/Values > > > -- I also wrote a blog post on this some time back: > > > http://massol.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/XWikiSASAndOpenSource > > > - XWiki SAS has promised "not to do evil" ;), see its manifesto at > > > http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/About/Manifesto > > > - XWiki SAS is paying for the servers and maintenance of xwiki.org, > > > myxwiki.org, the maven repo, the svn repo, the hudson build serversn > > > the free JUG farm, and more > > > > > > Issue at hand > > > =========== > > > > > > XWiki SAS would like to generate more revenue to be able to increase > > > the development pace of the XWiki software. We'd like to fund even > > > more the development of XWiki, so that it becomes an even better > > > product. We've asked you what you'd like to see in the future in XWiki > > > and you've answered on this survey result: > > > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/Features+Survey+Results > > > > > > We'd like to implement those features as fast as possible. > > > > > > For this we need to ensure that users interested in commercial > > > services find easily the way to http://xwiki.com, even when they > > > arrive on xwiki.org. > > > > > > This is true for XWiki SAS's services but also for any company willing > > > to offer services around the XWiki open source project. There's no > > > magic. Developers need to be paid when they work full time on some > > > project. We need a commercial ecosystem around XWiki for it to > > > progress as quickly as its competitors (the collaboration market). We > > > need to allow for commercial companies the ability to generate revenue > > > from their work on the XWiki open source project. However we also want > > > to continue ensuring that all the XWiki development is done in open > > > source, under a LGPL license. > > > > > > Governance Proposal > > > ================= > > > > > > 1) xwiki.org is controlled by the XWiki committers. This means that > > > important changes brought to it should be discussed/vote on the list, > > > using the same practices as for code commits > > > 2) xwiki.org stays open in edit mode to all external contributors (and > > > XWiki committers continue to monitor it to remove spam, etc) > > > 3) we agree to start with 3 zones where companies can advertise their > > > commercial offers on top of the XWiki open source product: > > > -- On the download page (for business packages, subscriptions, hosting) > > > -- On the support page (for services: support, consulting) > > > -- (still to be defined) Possibly on a "Products" tab in the new > > > horizontal navigation. The idea would be to do as jboss.org is doing. > > > Projects are open source and community and Products are commercial > > > 4) the company offerings are listed by their amount of contributions > > > to the XWiki open source project. The company that contributes most > > > (XWiki SAS today) gets the best spots (top of the list, bigger space) > > > 5) Companies who want to be listed should provide some proof of their > > > contributions to the XWiki open source project > > > 6) XWiki SAS gets some acknowledgment for paying for the xwiki.org > > > server/maintenance of it. Probably somewhere in the footer of the site > > > or on side panel somewhere > > > 7) xwiki.org should always remain a site for the xwiki open source > > > community > > > > > > Conclusion > > > ========= > > > > > > We want to stress that this proposal is not about XWiki SAS making a > > > commercial takeover of the xwiki.org site. > > > > > > It's about recognizing that if the XWiki open source software > > > progresses quickly today, it's thanks to contributors but also for a > > > very large proportion to companies paying developers to work on it, > > > either directly (like XWiki SAS or other companies that have > > > developers contributing) or indirectly (by paying for example XWiki > > > SAS or other companies to work on specific features). > > > > > > It's also about recognizing that XWiki SAS is happy to see other > > > companies willing to contribute to the progress of the XWiki open > > > source project and thus to provide a place for these companies to be > > > visible too. > > > > > > I hope that all our contributors but also users of the XWiki Open > > > Source software will find this proposal acceptable and I welcome any > > > feedback on it. > > > > > > > Sounds good to me. > > > > Note: I work for XWiki SAS too. I'd love to get feedback from people > > outside > > the company - Denis, Caleb, Pascal, Christophe, Jérémie, Ricardo and all > > the > > others: it's time to join the discussion! ;-) > > > > Guillaume > > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent Massol > > > Hat 1: XWiki SAS CTO > > > Hat 2: XWiki committer > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > devs(a)xwiki.org > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Guillaume Lerouge > > Product Manager - XWiki SAS > > Skype: wikibc > > Twitter: glerouge > > http://guillaumelerouge.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs(a)xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/

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[xwiki-users] Limitng registered users list to Ldap (Active Directory) groups mapped to XWiki groups
by Milind Kamble 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi. I am evaluating XWiki's LDAP-based authentication capabilities. The intention is to have a locked-locked-light wiki instance for my group in a large AD-based corporate environment. The LDAP documentation in xwiki.cfg clarifies how to map LDAP groups to XWiki groups. However, for ease of ACL administration, I would like to treat only users belonging to xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping as "registered" users and the rest of the users within the corporation as "Guests". Is there any way of achieving this mapping? Presently, I have setup LDAP config to authenticate any user within the corporation using xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=workers,ou=etc.etc. This causes every user to be treated as a registered user (after successful authentication of course). The only work around I can see is to have an AD group (say X) that contains all the mapped groups specified in xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping, but that requires X to be updated in sync with changes made to xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping. If I can avoid the need for setting and maintaining X, that would be nice. Thanks, Milind

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[xwiki-users] [UX][Proposal] Action Menu in Edit Mode
by Ecaterina Valica 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi, We should replace the "Choose Editor" panel by using the Action Menu also in Edit Mode. Please comment on this and select your favorite variant: A, B, C, D, E http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ActionMenuEditImpr… Thanks, Caty

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[xwiki-users] XE attachments live grid not show anything
by etvc 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

I have a problem with livegrid attachments list in XE, which show in a "Documents Index" page ... All other livegrids (index, tree, orphaned) show lists without any problems, but "attachments" - doesn't show anything. Look's like no any attachments in my wiki. but it is not true. This problem exists in XE 2.0.3 and after my upgrade - in XE 2.1. How is possible to solve this problem? Or what I should check in my wiki? I am using XE on Oracle 11G. Same thing at my testing base on Oracle 10G. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/XE-attachments-live-grid-not-show-anything-tp4170283p4… Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[xwiki-users] Xwiki Oracle Support
by Oskar Marek Rzepinski 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi, our development team wants to use the xwiki for a help page. Now we stuck about the oracle versions that are supported by xwiki. We currently use oracle 10g R2 on the webserver and will upgrade i a timely manner to 11g. Before we install the xwiki we wanted to ask, if this versions of oracle are currently supported by the xwiki, or are there some problems with using wiki with oracle 10g r2 or oracle 11g. It would be great to hear some answers about it. And please excuse me for my poor English. Regards Oskar

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[xwiki-users] pdf export xwiki 2.1
by hel-o 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

pdf-export doesnot work. Errormessage http://n2.nabble.com/file/n4170173/pdfexport.txt pdfexport.txt xwiki 2.1 / tomcat6 / mysql ----- semantic-web.hel.at hel(a)hel.at -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/pdf-export-xwiki-2-1-tp4170173p4170173.html Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[xwiki-users] PLS HELP! wich is the best way to adapt a look and feel made in html, css to velocity?
by AlonsoIR 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

hi everybody, i have a problem and less time. Tomorrow i have to release a xwiki portal with a custom look and feel. Its made with html and css and i dont know nothing at all about velocity. In your opinion, which is the best strategy to confront the problem. Regards! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/PLS-HELP-wich-is-the-best-way-to-adapt-a-look-and-feel… Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [xwiki-users] users Digest, Vol 29, Issue 38
by Dilipkumar Jadhav 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi Sergiu, These two points were one of my biggest concerns after deciding to go for a XEM & not a plain XE. I am so relieved now. :) A big thank you to you for this clarification. Thanks... Message: 2 Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:21:22 +0100 From: Sergiu Dumitriu <sergiu(a)xwiki.com> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] XEM main wiki inaccessible To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org> Message-ID: <4B24DC42.1010506(a)xwiki.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 12/12/2009 09:12 PM, Dilipkumar Jadhav wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I followed your instructions& checked the XWikiServerXWiki file. Changed > the settings for domain name/alias, etc. > And I am able to access the main wiki now. Thank you for guiding me in this > direction. > However, two questions did come up: > 1. Do the virtual wikis share the same user groups? All virtual wikis can see the groups and user defined in the main wiki, and each one can define its own users and groups, which should only be visible inside the local wiki. Global groups are prefixed, as in xwiki:XWiki.AdminGroup, while local groups have a local name, as in XWiki.LocalGroup > 2. Can the readers, writers& administrators of individual virtual wikis be > modified after creation of the virtual wiki? Yes. Just open the local wiki, and go to the Administration interface, and select Users to create new local users, Groups to create new local groups, and Global Rights to assign rights to local or global users and groups. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/

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Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Oracle Support
by PERINAUD Christophe 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Hi Oskar, We currently use Xwiki 2.0.3 in a production environment (VMWare) connected to an Oracle 10g database. And everything works great ! > -----Message d'origine----- > De : users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:[email protected]] > De la part de Oskar Marek Rzepinski > Envoyé : lundi 14 décembre 2009 14:25 > À : users(a)xwiki.org > Objet : [xwiki-users] Xwiki Oracle Support > > Hi, our development team wants to use the xwiki for a help > page. Now we > stuck about the oracle versions that are supported by xwiki. > We currently > use oracle 10g R2 on the webserver and will upgrade i a > timely manner to > 11g. Before we install the xwiki we wanted to ask, if this versions of > oracle are currently supported by the xwiki, or are there > some problems with > using wiki with oracle 10g r2 or oracle 11g. It would be > great to hear some > answers about it. And please excuse me for my poor English. > > > Regards Oskar > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. It does not bind the sender, except in the case of an existing written convention with the addressee. This e-mail may contain material that is confidential and privileged for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. While reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and any attachments are free from any computer virus or similar defect, no liability will be accepted in that respect. Anyone accessing this e-mail must take their own precautions as to security and virus protection. KBL European Private Bankers S.A., 43 boulevard Royal L-2955 Luxembourg, R.C.S. Luxembourg B 6395, T (352) 47 97 1

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