On 16 Sep 2014 at 15:47:59, Marius Dumitru Florea ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote:
> We won't have the activity stream on the home page by default. This is > an important change. I can't decide yet.. Yes I know… Now we could decide to still have it on the home page. We haven’t decided the content for that new home page yet. However adding it may intimidate users from editing the page since they might be worried about loosing that feature. But it could also be made clear that the Wiki’s Activity is available from the Dashboard. The instructions explaining that the page can be edited could even give an example about how to include the Dashboard page for those who want to make the home page a dashboard. Thanks -Vincent > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
