On 2/14/07, Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:04:28AM -1000, Sivakatirswami wrote: > > Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > >I've uploaded a new version of the group-cluster recipe: > > >http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Cluster > > > > > >This adds $GroupTitle and $GroupTitlespaced page variables. For the > > >most part it's the same as the GroupTitle recipe, in that it looks for > > >the (:title :) in various pages, but if it doesn't find those, then it > > >will use the last part of the group name as the group title; so, for > > >something like Kingdom-Animal-Canine, the $GroupTitle will be "Canine". > > > > "Cluster" Good! avoids all the philosophical machinations > > over what is or is not Hierarchical Groups....and > > the traditional PMwiki URL's have their advantages > > Less confusing when it doesn't change the URLs, yes. > Even though it would be prettier if it did.
In contrasting the two recipes, heres a few thoughts to consider... First, it should be noted that Hg accepts either cleanurl like links or regular PmWiki type links. So it's not a choice between either or... And the function that converts links into cleanurls is easily turned on or off. When off, there is no difference in this regard between the two recipes. If there is a preference Hg could be changed to leave it off by default. Actually, probably a good idea, as it would help new users understand what Hg is doing. To me having both options available seems a better approach as some definitely like the cleaner look. And with it optional, it might save us from having to maintain two virtually identical recipes... Another advantage to Hg is that it has a built in powerful group prefixing capability that can be used to great effect. Basically you can define a subgroup and have all links automatically prefixed such that they are placed within that group. For example, I plan to use this to allow member to create their own individual wiki spaces with normal group.name linking. It too can be turned on or off, and can be overwritten when turned on to provide normal linking. So these are two big plusses to hg. On the other hand, looking at the Cluster code I noticed Kathryn added some rather complex sidebar stuff. Though there's no documentation on it, I'm wondering if you have changed how Cluster handles sidebars--or if it works as Hg? Also, Cluster added a good Group Title idea which I will probably add to Hg when I get back from Melbourne. :) Kathryn, were there any other functional changes you made in Cluster? I notice you made quite a few code changes, but theres no documentation on the cluster recipe page of any differences in how it works. Also have you used the new group home page feature in the latest beta release of PmWiki yet? Or do you even have group homepages capabilities in Cluster? Cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
