Hi folks,
Since there weren't any objections, I activated the {dynamictasklist2}
macro in the wiki. You can see it in action at: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks
and http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks.
You can see more options for information you can assign to each task
(e.g. priority and assigned to) by opening the disclosure triangle to
the left of each task. You do need to use someone's confluence user ID
when assigning them to a task, but you can use the search
functionality next to the field to find it.
Erin and I did notice a bug in that task information can disappear
momentarily if two people are editing the same task. However, if you
simply refresh the page the task information should return (it was for
us). I did just upgrade to a newer version of this macro so perhaps
that problem will go away now. If you run into any major bugs with
this macro, please let the list know.
I noticed a few other outdated -- e.g. plugin repository, blogging,
chart, content formatting, contributors, table, table of contents, web-
dav, etc. -- Plug-ins in the Plugin Repository and upgraded them too,
so you may see improved performance in other functionality as well.
When we upgrade Confluence to a newer version, I will upgrade the
{dynamictasklist2} macro further.
Cheers,
Allison
On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Justin wrote:
I'd be happy to use an improved version of the task list. I find the
current one quite limiting at times.
- Justin
On 7-Jan-09, at 11:45 AM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
Hi there,
Yesterday when Erin and I were creating a task list in Confluence (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks
) to manage some finer grained tasks that we didn't want to put in
JIRA. I noticed that on our list and Jacob's task list (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
) we are using an older version of the {dynamictasklist} macro,
which unfortunately doesn't have the ability to assign people to
tasks until they complete them (which is a feature we were looking
for).
I found information on {dynamictasklist}-2 macro: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/Confluence+Dynamic+Tasklist+2
, which we actually already have installed. To activate it, we need
to disable the "Dynamic Task List Macros" (which is what is
creating our dynamictasklists now) in the Confluence Plug-in as it
is overriding {dynamictasklist}-2 right now. I tried this last
night and things seemed to work OK, though I did notice a bug in
the {dynamictasklist}-2 at one point (which Daphne & Eli didn't
encounter) where an error message would come up that I couldn't
clear, and ended up having to force-quit Firefox.
However, I think {dynamictasklist}-2 is worth trying as it has a
ton of really great features, such as:
inline editing of task descriptions
ability to assign people to tasks before they complete them
drag and drop reordering of tasks
ability to assign priority to tasks
documentation of the date the task was created
ability to lock tasks
ability to sort tasks by the taskname, the assignee, the priority
and completed date
"One of the benefits of Confluence Dynamic Tasklist 2 over previous
task lists is that all data is stored in the page. Most people will
find it easier to edit the tasklist using the web-interface, but if
you want to edit or even create the tasklist directly, you can do
so by editing the page itself. You can see an example of the
tasklist wiki-markup below."
Finally, it is possible to go back and forth from the old
{dynamictasklist} macro to the new one. From the new macro's info
page:
"Confluence has shipped with older tasklist macros:
{dynamictasklist1} and {tasklist}, This plugin is designed to
replace those macros. In order for it to work, the older tasklist
macros must be disabled. You can disable the older "Dynamic Plugin
Macros" from the Plugin Manager (Administration -> Plugins). Once
the older tasklists are disabled:
* When someone views a page containing an older version of the
tasklist, the display will show the new format but the page will
not be updated.
* On first edit of the tasklist from the UI, the data will be
converted to the new format.
The data in the old format is not harmed. Should you wish to revert
to the older macro, you must 1) renable the old macros, and 2)
revert any page that has been automatically modified (that is, any
page containing a tasklist that has been modified) to the earlier
version."
What do folks think--would it be OK to give they new
dynamictasklist2 macro a try and see how it works for us?
Cheers,
Allison
Allison Bloodworth
Senior User Interaction Designer
Educational Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(415) 377-8243
[email protected]
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University of California, Berkeley
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