26 Nov
2013
26 Nov
'13
6:58 p.m.
Where do I go to see and edit the template wiki? I don't see it on the
list of Wikis and I can't see anything on the Wikis section in Admin (other
than there is a template installed).
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com
wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Ghanshyam Patel <zip159(a)gmail.com wrote:
> > I am on XWiki 5.2.
> >
> > I would like to create multiple wikis so I'm trying to figure out the
> best
> > way to structure them and manage them.
> >
> > I am going to leave Home as basic wiki that will be a starting point for
> > all users and it will allow them to navigate to the other wikis.
> >
> > I want to create a wiki per department at work. I would be the main
> person
> > managing them all.
> >
> > I want to customize the wiki template but I don't see anywhere to do
> that.
> > I want to make sure that all new wikis will have the same branding, some
> > core macros, and extensions..
>
> The template is itself a wiki so you can go to that wiki and customize
> it and it will be copied.
>
> >
> > I am also confused about how to manage extensions across the different
> > wikis? Do I need to go into each one and install the same extensions or
> is
> > there a central place to do that?
>
> There is various ways:
>
> * the extensions you install in the template will be copied when you
> create a new wiki from it
> * go to each wiki and install the extension
> * install the extension from main wiki selecting "Install on farm"
> (which makes the extension available in all wikis) instead of the
> default "Install" (which only install on current wiki).
>
> >
> > We've been using the wiki in a single department so far but now that we
> are
> > going to create multiple wikis I'd like to move the existing content to a
> > new wiki (so that Home is very pure and used only for navigating to other
> > wikis). I figured I could export the current content and import to the
> new
> > wiki but when I did this the applications were not installed so there's
> > missing macros and APIs.
>
> Yes standard import/export take into account plain pages and loose
> extensions related information.
>
> You can reinstall the extensions in the new wiki (it won't do anything
> if the page are equals and it will ask you what to do if you modified
> a standard page of the extension).
>
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