On May 21, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > Vincent Massol wrote: >> On May 21, 2008, at 1:52 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: >> >>> Hi devs, >>> >>> This is somewhat in response to the discussion about the new >>> Administration page design. >>> >>> Behind the scenes, there was a discussion about where should the >>> Import >>> page put the uploaded xar, in XWiki.Import (as it is done now), or >>> in >>> XWiki.XWikiPreferences. Both sides agreed that the administration >>> should >>> automatically find and use administration pages, but didn't agree on >>> what "use" means. So, how should things work? >>> >>> A. The main administration page contains links to other pages >>> B. The main administration page includes other administration sheets >>> >>> Option A means that each administration topic uses its own page to >>> store >>> configuration, which somehow breaks the current configuration >>> mechanism, >>> where all (global) settings go into the XWiki.XWikiPreferences page. >> >> Global settings should still go to XWikiPreferences even with >> option A. >> >>> Option B means that each administration document is used only as a >>> sheet, so all objects will be in XWiki.XWikiPreferences. If we >>> choose B, >>> then the best thing to do is to attach imported xars to the >>> XWikiPreferences page, instead of Import. Doing otherwise will >>> either be >>> very hard or would break the convention. >>> >>> So, the main question is: Do we keep all settings in the same >>> document? >>> Or do we allow each application/component to have its >>> configuration in >>> its own document? >> >> BTW we already do this with the space's WebPreferences pages. > > I don't understand this. WDYM?
Having configuration in several places. >>> I think it would be better to have all the configuration in one >>> place, >>> instead of spreading it all over the wiki. >> >> It's not spreading it all over. It's the ability for each application >> to host its configuration data. The general configuration data should >> still go to XWikiPreferences. >> I think we should also keep the WebPreferences as is. >> >> I'd be for adding one or several Application Preference pages for >> each >> applications. For example for the Blog we already have a Categories >> page holding the categories and this is fine to me. >> Similarly the Import/Export app (or rather the Admin app) has a page >> called Import that contains the XAR and I see this as very fine. >> >> To summarize my position is to keep everything as it is now: >> * Global preferences in XWikiPreferences >> * Space preferences in WebPreferences >> * Application-specific preferences in pages in the application (like >> Blog.Categories, XWiki.Import, etc) > > Well, the current UI proposal displays a list of tabs for global > administration. It's not tabs, it's menu entries. > Where would you put the application preferences? As > other tabs, but linking to another document, or have a tab called > Application settings with links? And should an application settings > page > still use the administration UI (I mean the list of administration > tabs)? In the left menu on http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8537/wikiadmincd2.png For example a Blog menu entry. I don't understand what you mean by "tabs". Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
