On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Ludovic Dubost wrote:
> Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
>> Hi Devs,
>>
>> The office importer module has reached a point where it can be
>> integrated
>> into XWiki's UI:
>>
>> Currently there are two UI's provided by office importer:
>>
>> 1. The Wysiwyg plugin which should be integrated to Wysiwyg UI
>> (obviously) :
>> http://91.121.237.216/xwiki/bin/view/Main/
>>
>> 2. The office importer application :
>> http://91.121.237.216/xwiki/bin/view/Import/
>>
>> We need to decide how we will allow users to discover the office
>> importer
>> application from the main UI. Following are some options:
>>
>> a) Add the "import" action to one of our existing menus
>>
>> Problem: I don't see any existing menus where "import" will fit in.
>>
>>
> Why not add the Import menu in the "Action" menu.. It seems a right
> fit
> to me in the current UI.
>
> It's true that Import not a "Page" level menu item, but since we don't
> have a general menu at this point it is the best fit.
+1 I agree this is it the choice right now. +1 to do that quickly
before 1.8M1 and we can think of reorganizing the menus for 1.8M2 and
later.
I'd add a horizontal line separator between Delete, Rename, Copy and
the new "Import Office Document"
Thanks
-Vincent
>
>
> Ludovic
>
>> b) Add a new menu named "Import" into the main menu bar. like { |
>> Edit |
>> show | print | import | actions | watch }
>>
>> Problem: existing menus and their menu items always refer to actions
>> performed on the current document (wiki page) while importing is
>> about
>> importing an office document to a new wiki page.
>>
>> Possible solution : We can change the office importer slightly so
>> that it
>> overwrites the current wiki page with the imported document.
>>
>> Any other options ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Asiri
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