Hi Caty, On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > So I think is a good idea to provide the ability to create > wikis/spaces/page on their Indexes pages. In the case of Wiki Manager this > was removed in http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9490 but if we re-add it > we could standardize the creation of entities in their context (just like > we do it on ColorThemes WebHome or on on Blog.WebHome). > Exactly :-) I'm +1 for this. > But even if we make this improvement, I still would want to have the > ability to create wikis/spaces/pages in the Add menu. > As I've said before, I don't agree with this. Though I might be ok to keep the "Add space" action in there, with the improvements suggested by Edy, I strongly believe that the "Create new wiki" feature shouldn't be there. It's an infrequent action with strong consequences. It should be available as a tool from the main wiki, but definitely not from every page. Again, how often does any user create a new wiki? Even for a large organization, it will be mostly admins, and it will happen maybe a couple times a week after XWiki is launched internally. So in the end we have an action that is performed by *very few people, a handful of times*, and we put it on *every single page in the main wiki and all sub-wikis*. I'm afraid that keeping all 3 actions in the same button is consistency for consistency's sake, but it just doesn't match XWiki users' behavior, nor their expectations. Besides consistency, what is the rationale for having all 3 actions in one place? How do you back up your reasoning with actual user behavior? In your personal experience, how often do you use the "create wiki" button in its current location? IMO is not one way or the other (and I don't agree with the duplication > argument). One way of creating entries (the Add menu way) is more generic, > while the other way (contextual form placement on the Homepages/Indexes) is > specific to the entity type. > I don't mind having more that one button for an action in specific cases. But I don't think the "Create wiki" action is one of those cases. Thanks, Guillaume > Thanks, > Caty > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Guillaume, > > > > > > > > I have started a new discussion [1] on the topic of the new location > of > > > the > > > > Add menu in Flamingo which is, IMO, the real problem here. > > > > > > > > > > I'll answer on this thread. > > > > > > However, I stand by my point that creating a wiki or a space are > > different > > > actions compared from adding a new page and as thus should be treated > > > differently. > > > > > > Regarding your actual proposal, I`d be inclined to -1 it, as IMO it > makes > > > > basic CRUD operations on the wiki model harder to perform (i.e. > harder > > to > > > > find), and what we`d like to do is help people create content and > > > > structure, not the other way around. > > > > > > > > > > I agree with the logic but I'm not sure I'm 100% in line with the > > > conclusion. As you said, the goal is to help users create and structure > > > their content. > > > > > > Right now, when looking at existing installs, I often see cases where > > users > > > created several spaces with similar names (which doesn't really help > > > structure information). This is mainly because they didn't know that a > > > space with a similar name already existed. Similarly, you wouldn't want > > > someone to create a "Communication" wiki if the > "MarketingCommunication" > > > wiki already exists. > > > > > > > What I read from your example above is that we can improve the create > > page/space/wiki UIs to have a section that does a kind of suggest to the > > user based on the name of the new entry he wants to create. We could have > > something like "The pages/spaces/wikis/etc. above already exist. Are you > > sure you want to create a new <userEnteredEntityName> > page/space/wiki/etc. > > instead of using one of the above?" > > > > We could go as far as to force the user to check a checkbox before the > > "Create" button becomes enabled/clickable. This could either be a > > configuration option, based on the desire/intent/wishes of the admin of > > that wiki/space. > > > > With a bit of effort, this could be done consistently for the entire > > "/create/" action and its plugged-in template providers. > > > > > > > > > > This is why I'm proposing to place "Create" buttons in context. I see > at > > > least 3 places where this could be useful: > > > > > > - "Create wiki" button on http:// > <server>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/ > > > - "Create space" button on hypothetical > > > http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SpacesIndex > > > (similar to what we already have on the Dashboard) > > > - "Create user" button on http://<server> > > > /xwiki/bin/view/Main/UserDirectory > > > > > > So from my point of view, by putting those buttons on those pages they > > > would actually be easier to find and understand for end-users. > > > > > > > This will not solve anything if the user is already too lazy to search > for > > existing entries before creating one. The one he wishes to create might > be > > on the second page of the livetable and the lazy user will just go ahead > > and create the similar entry. > > > > For this to be relatively effective in reducing duplication, we would > have > > to implement something on the lines of what I have described above with > the > > "reuse sugestion". > > > > I`m not particularly against this approach (of adding create options in > the > > list), since we were already doing this at some point and in some places, > > but I`m still -1 for scattering the create logic in various locations > > instead of using the centralized "Add" menu. If we don`t, we will have > > 99999 pages all inside the Main space and that's it. How`s that for a > wiki > > gardening nightmare? :) > > > > Thanks, > > Eduard > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eduard > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > [1] http://xwiki.markmail.org/thread/jqbcj4p4ryc56sms > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > We improved the things a bit by implementing > > > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10928 > > > > > Now users can more rapidly create pages by using the implicit value > > of > > > > > 'Add'. > > > > > > > > > > Having all the option (Create Wiki, Create Space, Create Page) in > the > > > > menu > > > > > is important IMO since you can create spaces (and wikis) from > > anywhere > > > in > > > > > the wiki. You don't need to be in a certain location to do this > > action. > > > > > > > > > > I agree about having a Space Index of some sort and have a > consistent > > > way > > > > > of localizing/navigating Wikis/Spaces/Pages. Something similar to > > this > > > > idea > > > > > was the Explorer proposal > > > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/ExplorerApp > > > > > > > > > > Another related issue to this subject is > > > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9440, but again I think > > XWIKI-10928 > > > > > <http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10928> improved the problem. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Caty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Guillaume Lerouge < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Devs, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm currently testing XE 6.2, it's a great release, I love the > new > > > > look a > > > > > > lot - well done guys! > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a quick remark that is related to the new location of the > > > > "Create" > > > > > > button. I think we should move the "create wiki" and "create > space" > > > > > options > > > > > > from where they are located now. > > > > > > > > > > > > The "Create wiki" button could be moved under the list of wikis > on > > > this > > > > > > page: http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/ > > > > > > > > > > > > We would probably need a similar "space index" page with the > > "Create > > > > > space" > > > > > > button there, a bit like what we have on the dashboard now: > http:// > > > > > > <server>/xwiki/bin/view/Dashboard/ > > > > > > > > > > > > The objective being that when doing those create actions, they > > would > > > be > > > > > > done with the context of the wikis / spaces that already exist. > > > > > > > > > > > > What is also a bit confusing for users is that since creating a > new > > > > wiki > > > > > is > > > > > > much much bigger and less frequent than creating a new page, the > > > action > > > > > > should not be available from every single page. > > > > > > > > > > > > This issue has become much more salient than before to me because > > of > > > > the > > > > > > new location of the "Create" button. 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