I think it is a good idea to remove the dashboard, because the Main page should be the easiest possible to edit, in the spirit of this video: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/wikis
Keep it simple, stupid. 2014-09-16 15:23 GMT+02:00 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > Hi devs, > > As you know I started working on a Home Page Application, see: > - JIRA with screenshots: http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10586 > - Discussion thread: http://markmail.org/message/ghelufamwucog46x > > I have it all done locally but I refrained from committing it because on > the email thread some expressed their doubts. > > I started thinking about it and I expressed some idea in the thread > started by Caty about "Wiki - Space - Page concepts pitch": > http://markmail.org/message/jefze7nvprz36pkw > > I’m pasting it here again for discussion (with some edits): > > " > BTW concerning the home page, I’m more and more leaning towards removing > the dashboard from it (it’s accessible from the App panel anyway) and > instead have it contain: > - explanation about how the wiki is organized (wikis, spaces, pages) > - explanation about base concepts (editing, saving, etc) > - encourage the user to edit this home page to make it his own and put the > content he wishes instead > > I think this would solve the following issues: > - users always want to customize the home page and this makes it easy > (it’s a standard page, no dashboard). This is also a way for them to take > ownership of the wiki as theirs. > - explains the main concepts of wiki, space, page > > Of course, we also need to provide a navigation panel for easy navigation > in the wiki/spaces/pages. > “ > > If we agree about the idea of removing the dashboard and instead have a > simple page then we’ll need to discuss the exact content and for that I’m > proposing to discuss with Caty/GuillaumeD and make a proposal for further > discussion. Of course any idea in reply to this email would also be much > appreciated. > > But first things first! We first need to decide if this is a good idea or > not. > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Delhumeau ([email protected]) Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
