On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 1:18 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I wasn’t sure about current rule for hiding pages so I researched it and > I’m listing below what I believe is our current status. I’d like to > document it on dev.xwiki.org if we’re ok with this status. > > Current rules: > ============== > > * Technical documents must be hidden > * Technical apps must be hidden and not appear in the Document Tree. These > are apps that don’t generate content data. For example the following apps > (not exhaustive list) have their pages hidden (including WebHome): > ** Stats app > ** Active Installs app > ** AWM app > ** Color Themes app (it generates data but not content data) > ** Dashboard app > ** Scheduler app > * Apps that generate content pages (ie pages that should be appear in > global search results) must have their WebHome page not hidden (and the > generated content pages must also not be hidden). As a consequence these > apps will appear in the Document Tree. > +1 > > Future: > ======= > > It would also be nice to discuss if in the future we wish to separate more > Apps from Content and hide all Application pages (including Webhome), so > that it is less confusing for users who would: > * Use the App bar to navigate to applications > * Use the Document Tree to navigate to content pages > > I personally would like this I think but the current problem is that > generated content pages won’t be found in global search results. Each app > can provide a specialized search ofc but it’s not good enough. Thus we’d > need to find a way for the entries to appear in the global search results > even though they are hidden. One solution would be to have a way to mark a > space as an application space and exclude those from the DocumentTree (for > example). > > Before we dive into the solutions in details, would you agree that it > would be good to better separate Apps from Content? > > Some Links: > =========== > > * Currently documented best practices about hiding technical documents: > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/ApplicationDevelopmentBestPractices > * Mail thread: > http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/Brainstorming-Rules-for-hidden-documents-need-solution-for-Home-Page-App-for-linking-the-Dashboard-H-td7591201.html > * JIRA issue: http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/MOCCACAL-85 > > 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
