26 Nov
2012
26 Nov
'12
9:58 a.m.
Hi,
Your need looks a bit like internationalization :
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/I18N
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/InternationalizingApplica…
I'm not sure it would fit though, as it would link keys (product names) to
specific countries, and not to specific areas (asia, europe ...). You could
provide a same translation to all countries part of an area, but it might
be boring ;-)
BR,
Jeremie
2012/11/25 John Murphy <john.murphy(a)ipscape.com.au>
Hi Vincent,
By variable text, I mean the use of a field in the text that takes its
value from a parameter it receives, or pulls, locally.
e.g. I build an online help system for a software product. There are three
distributors for the product in Asia, Europe, and US. Each distributor has
a different name for the product based on market research conducted in
their area.
I do not want to maintain three distinct help systems. I want the product
name to appear differently to each set of viewers withing the one help
system. That is what I mean by variable text. Nothing in the XWiki
documentation shows me that this is possible without my writing code. I
know nothing about Velocity.
I would normally use a dedicated 'single source publishing' product like
Madcap Flare, Author-IT, or Help & Manual to achieve this outcome. However
my client has requested that I use the wiki format to heighten the user
experience.
If Xwiki cannot provide the feature, I shall keep looking.
Regards
John Murphy
On 23 November 2012 19:02, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
in
On Nov 22, 2012, at 11:35 PM, John Murphy <john.murphy(a)ipscape.com.au>
wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> Thank you for your speedy reply.
>
> Searching on dynamism got me nowhere, nor did configurability.
> Can you point me to the place at XWiki.org where the use of variable
text
> is discussed?
> Please remember, I am a writer and not a developer so, if I have to
write
code to
get a feature, It won't happen.
See http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/WebHome
One area you can look at is scripting:
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Scripting
Note that if you explain more specifically what you mean by "variables the text" maybe can help you further…
Thanks
-Vincent
branding
Regards
John Murphy
On 22 November 2012 18:05, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
>
> On Nov 21, 2012, at 11:45 PM, John Murphy <john.murphy(a)ipscape.com.au
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am proposing to use XWiki to provide context sensitive help for a
cloud
>>> application.
>>> It is likely that our channel partners will require their own of
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>> the product and supporting wiki,
>> Therefore, my question is: does Xwiki have the functionality to use
>> variables in the text?
>> e.g. Company Name: [ACME | HAL | DEA]
>
> Definitely, dynamism and configurability/extensiblity are the main
strong
points of
XWiki.
Thanks
-Vincent
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