+1 for 2. I don't think we need a welcome message in the dashboard anymore.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Caty, > > > > > On 21 Jun 2016, at 14:58, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > This thread is about deciding on a future for the Main.Welcome page. > This > > > page was used as the first gadget's content and was intended to be > > modified > > > by the users. In 8.2M2 we changed the content of Main.WebHome page to > > > provide simple wiki text instead of the Dashboard include, deprecating > > > somehow the purpose of the Welcome page. > > > > > > Problem: In the 'Navigation' panel the "Welcome to your wiki" is > > displayed > > > as a child page of "Home". Users might ask what is the purpose of this > > page. > > > > > > We could either: > > > 1. Keep it > > > 1.A and mark it as hidden: in order to not be displayed in the > Navigation > > > tree > > > 1.B and move it to Dashboard: instead of being in the Main space, since > > now > > > it's used only there. > > > 1.C and change the text: from a generic 'Welcome' message, to > > instructions > > > on how to edit the Dashboard (we would need a separate proposal on the > > > content + if we want to display other gadgets) > > > > > > 2. Remove it > > > We could consider that its content is deprecated by the new > Main.WebHome > > > page, so no need for this page. So we could delete the page + remove it > > > from Dashboard. Dashboard could highlight more advanced gadgets > (needing > > > the separate Dashboard proposal). > > > > > > Let me know what you think, > > > > > > +1 for 2. It’s not needed anymore since it’s been replaced by the new > home > > page. It’s better to make the Dashboard useful right away (ie with useful > > content). > > > > Now, I haven’t checked, but if we still generate subwiki’s home pages > with > > the Dashboard, I believe we may also want to review this (for some of the > > same reasons we modified the main wiki’s home page, such as easiness of > > editing it) and replace it with a new subwiki home page. > > > > When we create subwikis, they have the same content as the main wiki (the > new homepage and panels). > > Current Status: > 1. Keep it: +1 (Edy), +0.5 (Marius), +0.5 (GD) > 1.A and mark it as hidden: > 1.B and move it to Dashboard: (Edy), (Marius), (GD) > 1.C and change the text: (Marius), (GD) > 2. Remove it: +0.5 (Marius), +1 (Vincent) > > > Some questions: > a. Do we have a procedure for deleting pages from l10n? a way to retire > them? (some property in l10n + removal from the release script = [2]) > b. Do we have a procedure when the translations of a page change path? > (like moving from Main space to Dashboard space = [1.B]) > c. Do we have a procedure for deprecating the whole content of a page? > (let's say we don't do the move, we keep it in Main, how do we mark that > the whole content is changed in English, but needs to be updated in the > other languages? = [1.C]) > > Thanks, > Caty > > > > > > For me we should definitely not have some welcome message in the > Dashboard > > app anymore. It’s not its purpose. > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > > Caty > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
