Hi Charlie, and thanks for your feedback. I was considering using a job and displaying a progress bar during the computation of the plan. Your example shows that we need it :)
2016-02-01 22:09 GMT+01:00 Charlie Mann <charlie.m...@aed.pro>: > I tried this extension out on our test server where we are simulating > upgrading from 7.1.2 to 7.4. It looks like it will be a very helpful tool > in converting to the new nested pages scheme. One thing I did notice is > that one of our wikis that had a lot of nested pages under a space would > never show the migration plan. It was as though it was frozen. > > Charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: users [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Guillaume > Delhumeau > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:43 AM > To: XWiki Users <users@xwiki.org> > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] A tool to convert terminal pages to Nested Pages > > No opinion ? > > Thanks, > > 2016-01-20 9:53 GMT+01:00 Guillaume "Louis-Marie" Delhumeau < > gdelhum...@xwiki.com>: > > > Hello, users of XWiki! > > > > I just have released the first version (alpha) of a new application to > > help you convert your existing (terminal) pages to nested pages after > > an upgrade to a recent wiki (7.4.x is the targeted version). > > > > This tool is available and can be installed directly with Extension > > Manager. All informations are there: > > > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Nested+Pages+Migr > > ator+Application > > > > The application *does not currently apply the migration*. It only > > computes a plan which say what actions should be done. The purpose, > > right now, is only to test the tool without affecting any wiki. > > > > There is an option to simply convert your pages to nested pages > > (Space.Page => Space.Page.WebHome) so they can have children (which > > they cannot while being terminal). But, by default, the migrator tries > > to preserve the existing hierarchy of pages (based on the "parent" > > field of each page) by moving the pages under their parent page. So if > > you have SpaceA.PageA with SpaceB.PageB as parent, the proposed > > migration will be SpaceA.PageA => SpaceB.PageB.PageA.WebHome. > > > > In the future, the plan will also contain actions for preserving the > > configured preferences (right now, if a page is moved, all the > > preferences from its previous space are not applied to it anymore), and > rights. > > > > This version is a first step in order to have a very complete tool. A > > design document have been written with more informations ( > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/UpgradeToNestedPages). > > > > I would love to see some of you testing this application, the user > > interface, and judging the proposed plans. Don't hesitate to give your > > feedbacks. Please tell me if you have other ideas that I have not > > listed in the design document, like features that I have not think about. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > -- > > Guillaume Delhumeau (gdelhum...@xwiki.com) Research & Development > > Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project > > > > > > -- > Guillaume Delhumeau (gdelhum...@xwiki.com) > Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS > Committer on the XWiki.org project > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Guillaume Delhumeau (guillaume.delhum...@xwiki.com) Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
