On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Caty, > > > On 01 Jun 2016, at 17:49, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > This is a follow up on the initial brainstorming done, see > > http://markmail.org/message/hbuhhkxcjodtfxwi > > > > This proposal aims to replace the current Dashboard with a more simple > wiki > > content page: > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/HomepageSketches/HomepageLayoutVote/ > > > > I would like you to vote on the 2 versions of left panels: > > 1. AppBar + Pages > > 2. AppBar > > > > Also provide feedback on the content. I've added the content on this > page: > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/HomepageSketches/HomepagePrototype/ > > in order for you to see how it behaves with the editors. [1] > > Regarding the content: > > * FTR I had given some thoughts before in > http://markmail.org/message/nqzkxfefty32qmjw Summary: I’m not fully > convinced but I’m willing to give it a try > * I think we need to handle the fact that XWiki should work without > internet connection and the connection to youtube will only works when you > have internet connection. Unless we think it’s ok and admins will edit this > page to remove the video if they don’t have internet connection? > * I was wondering if it was ok to use complex wiki syntax on this page (we > use that for the table at the bottom), but maybe it’s ok and would serve as > an example. Although I think users should probably use the {{container}} > Macro instead ( > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Container+Macro). > The disadvantage is that when you edit in WYSIWYG you cannot change content > without editing the macro ;) So taking everything into account maybe what > is there is the least bad solution, especially if we favor WYSIWYG users by > default. > I've used the table, as you said in order to make it as simple as possible for the user to edit the page content in a visual editor. The SSX is a bit problematic, but currently I don't see an alternative. The table and the video give the homepage a bit of layout and structure. Removing them would simplify the page very much, but I prefer it to be nicer. > * I see the content explains a lot how the wiki works but I thought that > was the job of the tour and from what I’ve seen at > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/HomepageTour it looks > very similar. Aren’t we not providing duplication and does it matter? > Initially I had the same feeling. Still we remind again the main actions an user can do: edit, add, navigate. > * Note that the home page will need to be re-translated in all languages > (and we’ll need to add it on l10n) ;) > * One nice pro is that the home page will load much faster (since the AS > is not on it) ;) > > All in all, +1 to try it and see what feedback we get. > You should also state the layout preference. Thanks, Caty > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > The objective was to have an easy to edit content, very close to what we > > have in view mode. > > > > Let me know what you think. > > Thanks, > > Caty > > > > > > [1] Since we don't have CKEditor installed on design wiki, see how it > would > > looks like > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/HomepageSketches/WebHome/ckeditor.png > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
