Re: [xwiki-users] advice on wiki structure

Cool! Don't you think this is worth a FAQ entry? Look at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/

Regan Gill wrote: > Ricardo (and anyone else who like me needed to do more with users and groups than xwiki provides by default), > > This may help you get started and save time. I have added a bunch of extra properties to users to store more information by changing XWikiUserSheet and use velocity to display the information in useable ways. Below is the basics of a page I have for simply displaying all the info for every user of the wiki, although in our case it has a bunch of custom properties. Following that is some code to show users in each group. > /**Start code here**/ > > All Team Members on the Wiki (using velocity) > > #set ($sql = ", BaseObject as obj where obj.name=doc.fullName and obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers'") > #set ($allUsers = $xwiki.searchDocuments($sql)) > > Click User name to get more information or edit profile > > <table id="userTable" class="grid sortable filterable doOddEven" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" nowrap> > <tr class="sortHeader"> > <th>User</th> > <th>Project</th> > <th>Email</th> > <th>Company</th> > </tr> > #foreach ($user in $allUsers) > #set ($userdoc = $xwiki.getDocument($user)) > #set ($em = $userdoc.display("email","view",$user)) > <tr> > <td>[$userdoc.first_name $userdoc.last_name | $userdoc] </td> > <td> $userdoc.display("other_info","view",$user)</td> > <td>[$em | mailto:$em ]</td> > <td> $userdoc.display("company","view",$user)</td> > </tr> > #end > </table> > /**END xwiki code > > /**Start code here**/ > Get the email of all users in a group (using velocity) > > #set ($sql = ", BaseObject as obj where obj.name=doc.fullName and obj.className='XWiki.XWikiGroups'") > #set ($allGroups = $xwiki.searchDocuments($sql)) > #foreach ($group in $allGroups) > 1.1 $group > #set ($groupdoc = $xwiki.getDocument($group)) > #set ($groupMembers = $util.sort($xwiki.rightsmanager.getAllMembersNamesForGroup($groupdoc.name))) > #foreach ($mem in $groupMembers) > #set ($userdoc = $xwiki.getDocument($mem)) > #set ($em = $userdoc.display("email","view",$mem)) > $em<br> > #end > #end > /**END xwiki code > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On >> Behalf Of [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your EPEC Network ICT Team >> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:56 AM >> To: XWiki Users >> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] advice on wiki structure >> >> Hi Graham, >> >> If you are looking for consultancy, I am sure http://xwiki.com is the >> right place to start with. >> >> If you are simply asking if what you are looking for is possible with >> XWiki, I think yes. I think it is worth you take a look to Virtual >> servers >> (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/HowToSetupVirtualWikis) >> and XWiki Enterprise Manager >> (http://manager.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/). >> >> XWiki has a huge number of features, many of them not obvious by now >> for >> a regular user like me, that allow fine grained access control and a >> complete separation between business rules, presentation and data. >> >> I think we need a better understanding of the available tools and a lot >> of imagination to put things together! :-) >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Ricardo >> >> creegers wrote: >> >>> I'm currently trying to measure XWIKI against some business >>> >> requirements; our >> >>> business are basically looking for a simple WIKI that we can use to >>> >> store >> >>> corporate/enterprise knowledge in a single place and make available >>> >> to the >> >>> public via our websites and internally to our customer service >>> >> agents. >> >>> For a little more background to the requirements, the business is a >>> financial institution that provides loan products in different >>> >> countries. >> >>> Each country currently has their own website (served on different >>> >> domains, >> >>> with no obvious links to others), customers can apply for financial >>> >> products >> >>> and administer their accounts through the sites, the terminology used >>> >> to >> >>> describe the products is the same regardless of the country, however >>> >> the >> >>> business rules e.g. application process, interest rates is/can be >>> >> different. >> >>> The business want to expose the content deemed as publicly available >>> >> through >> >>> a FAQ/WIKI section on each website, however they don't wish other >>> >> countries >> >>> content to be displayed on that website. >>> >>> Our customer service agents should be able to search the entire WIKI >>> >> when >> >>> dealing with customers phone enquiries, they also wish there to be >>> >> more >> >>> internal information available to the agents. >>> >>> I'm struggling to think of a way to achieve this using XWIKI and >>> >> would be >> >>> grateful of any advice. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> Graham >>> >>>