April 2009 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

[xwiki-users] How to best integrate XE, XWS & Chronopolys?
by Manfred 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, I'm trying to combine Xwiki products into an intranet collaboration solution and would appreciate advice on good practices for this. We're talking a manufacturing organisation, about 500 users, divided into a dozen production departments with users working on various departmental and organisation-wide projects. I was thinking one could have Xwiki Enterprise operating as the portal containing all the common enterprise info, then have Workspaces for departmental document use and Chronopolys for Project management. I'd love to have a single install product but that doesnt seem to be possible as I understand it. I also don't forsee any more wikis than the above 3 being required. Using the 'quick links' shortcut menu on XE I can add the URLs to the XWS and Chronopolys spaces and provided one saves login details its pretty seamless to transition between the products while working. At the moment I have the 3 Xwiki products running on separate virtual machine servers i.e. separate IP's, Tomcat6 or Jetty app server, Java6 and Postgresql databases. I'd like to know how much of this can be practically integrated. I realise I can most likely combine everything into a single VM, running a single app server with different URL paths and separate databases but ... more importantly how can I get more synergy with the 3 products working together? Q's like: 1. Could all 3 products run on the same Xwiki database in Postgres or would there be conflict with users, tables, etc. If not all 3 how about just XE and XWS on the same database? Is this possible or am I looking for problems? 2. I'm not sure where the user uploaded wiki attachments are stored, if in the db then ignore this Q, but if they are stored in the OS file system then is it possible to have a common uploaded file space for all 3 platforms? 3. Also, there seems to be some sort of integration possible with Alfresco CMS stored files - is this for XE or could XWS/Chronopolys also access Alfresco docs? Thanks

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[xwiki-users] Active Directory users
by Mike A. 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi! How can I specify that all users found in AD will map to XWikiAllGroup? I do have a group AAA in AD with specific users, and if I specify it for mapping, all works ok. // cn=AAA, ou=Group1, dc=domain, dc=com I also have a group ALL, which contains all groups found (e.g. group AAA is member of ALL) in AD. If I specify it for mapping, even login doesn't work. // cn=Users, dc=domain, dc=com XWiki Enterprise 1.8.17790 Thanks in advance. Best regards, Mike

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Re: [xwiki-users] How to create initial Organization Space in Xwiki workspace?
by Manfred 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Jerome, Thanks for your continued interest. I have managed to work out installing Chronopolys on Linux - the double mouse click didnt work but the terminal commands did and its looking 90% good for our application so will go with that for now. You appear to be part of the xwiki organisation so I'll just throw in my 0.03 FWIW ;-) Having trialed a fair number of wiki related tools recently, I must admit that Xwiki's approach is a little disorienting to me. Obviously as an organisation you have good reason for how its various offspring are designed, but in my opinion a less confusing approach would be if you offered the market something like: 1. Xwiki enterprise - the core wiki application then users can select from add on wiki modules to customise things further if they desire. e.g 2. want project management - then add Chonopolos addin 3. if you want workspaces - then add Workspaces add in I'm sure you get the idea ... Obviously it would be nice if all these add ins could play nicely together as well because I can find areas where all 3 of the products could be useful, but if they were integrated that would be so much neater IMO. Still, please keep on refining an already excellent product. Really the only plugin missing from my end is a Gliffy flowcharting equivalent of that available for Confluence, so maybe you could encourage Gliffy a bit. I have already asked them and the Mockups developer to think about an Xwiki inline page flowchart tool. Cheers > If you are familiar with Chronopolys - what install route would you recommend - Enterprise or Workspaces first? What do you want to do exactly ? The jar you refer to (installer-generic) is an installer for a self-contained Chronopolys application, meaning that you just have to execute it and you will have a setup wizard to install Chrono. Same as for XWS, Chronopolys is built on top of XWiki Enterprise (although they both come with their own custom skins, so it's not obvious and users do not necessarily realize the application is built on top of a wiki engine).

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Re: [xwiki-users] Enterprize 1.8 Panels not working
by PERINAUD Christophe 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, What you mean by "is not working" ? I have on my server a problem with Panels (on left side), some are replaced by others after saving and getting back to home page. To save changes you have to edit XWikiPreferences in object editor, click on XWikiPreferences and find the field that contains panels displayed on the left side and save the page (you will find some values like 'undefined' if you had a problem with the wizard) Hope it helps Christophe -----Message d'origine----- De : users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Chris Ellis Envoyé : mercredi 1 avril 2009 04:29 À : users(a)xwiki.org Objet : [xwiki-users] Enterprize 1.8 Panels not working I recently installed the standalone Enterprize 1.8 and it seems that only the right panel page layout is working - neither of the other layouts are working. Ideas? Cheers Chris Ellis _______________________________________________ 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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[xwiki-users] Enterprize 1.8 Panels not working
by Chris Ellis 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

I recently installed the standalone Enterprize 1.8 and it seems that only the right panel page layout is working - neither of the other layouts are working. Ideas? Cheers Chris Ellis

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