I've removed the Main.Welcome page in http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-13534
Thanks for your votes, Caty On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm fine with either, 1.A.B.C or 2. > > I would make it hidden since the rest of gadgets on Dashboard are hidden > (Activity, Pages, etc.) and I don't like that the tree displays the Welcome > page. > The main problem with the move to Dashboard is that we would need to > change the path in l10n + deprecate somehow the translated content + find a > suitable text to describe the interaction with the Dashboard. In this case > the name Welcome would not be that appropriate since it will be mostly Help > text, rather than Welcome. Also instructions on how to interact with the > Dashboard could be provided by a Tour. > > So since we have some technical problems + change of purpose of the page = > I think I am in favor of removing it. The only problem is that the > Dashboard will look a bit empty, so we will need a proposal for it too. > > So +1 for 2. > > Current Status: > 1. Keep it: +1 (Edy), +0.5 (Marius), +0.5 (GD) = 2 > 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), +0.5 (GD), +1 (Vincent), +1 (Anca), +1 (Caty) > = 4 > > Thanks, > Caty > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Anca Luca <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +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 >> > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
