> Andreas Schaefer wrote: >> Hi Sergiu >> >>>> Actually there is already one: XABLOG-22 >> >> You are assigned to this problem. If you did not start working on >> this >> I would like to get my hands dirty here. > > Feel free to play with it.
Actually I just attached a patch to the JIRA entry and I saw that you applied it. Thanks. >> Well, I started my first steps in open-source back when Richard >> Oeberg >> was still working on JBoss. So I am used not to give up too early, on >> the other hand I have some much to do including 4 kids that sometimes >> I just cannot afford to spend days after days on something just for >> fun. >> >> On the other hand I really think that XWiki needs a 1/2 hour primer >> that explains how to install it, how to do basic configuration and >> how >> to customize it. I slowly see the hidden features of XWiki but I can >> imagine that for many that hurdle is too high and so they give up >> early. > > See http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XE-392 , this is planned. It's > more a user getting started guide, we'd probably need to add some more > administration information to it. Will do. >> I was playing around with Liferay for a while and it is easy to >> get started and to bring a web site to life. But then many of their >> features are so limited like Blog, Wiki, Content Management that I >> stopped using it. That said I would love if XWiki could distribute a >> Version bundled with Jetty and a basic configuration already >> installed. Even yesterday when I started to push XWiki to the >> production server I couldn't remember why I couldn't login until I >> click on the Administrator button (top right) where I finally was >> redirected to the Import page. >> Such a bundle together with a short introduction to the XWiki >> environment would help many users to go over the initial hump where >> the start to appreciate XWiki a lot. > > We have such a bundle, the default distribution package consists of > XWiki + Jetty + HSQLDB. It is very easy to use (we even have a .jar > installer for all the platforms, and a .exe for Windows), and many > users > appreciated this package for its ease of use compared to the > installation instructions for other wikis. The problem with it is that > it is not meant for production use, so sooner or later a sysadmin will > have to get his hands dirty with the war and the > installation/administration documentation. I am just wondering why I never tried that but that is exactly what I was looking for - Cool. Thanks for the insights - Andy _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
