More in the 2.2.0 finalization sequence. Based on previous email messages, the PmWiki community seems broadly in favor of creating a special "SiteAdmin" group to hold administrative pages that should not be visible to the average visitor. As a result of this switch, sites with existing Site.AuthUser, Site.NotifyList, Site.Blocklist, and Site.ApprovedUrls pages will need to have those pages moved to a new location.
Because these pages are central to PmWiki's authentication system, managing that transition in a "safe" manner has proven to be fairly tricky. In fact, it requires a somewhat more involved "upgrade" process than what PmWiki has used in the past. Rather than explain how it all works, what I need now is to see if the process/documentation I've come up with will make sense to people who haven't read any explanations (e.g., what someone might encounter when upgrading from 2.1.x to 2.2.0 without reading the ReleaseNotes. :-) So, you're my guinea pigs. I've set up a demonstration site at http://www.pmichaud.com/sandbox/siteadmin/pmwiki.php This demonstration site has been set up as though it were an existing PmWiki site with Site.* pages that has been upgraded to a version of PmWiki that expects the pages to be in SiteAdmin. As such, it shows what administrators of pre-SiteAdmin sites will encounter when upgrading to a version of PmWiki that uses SiteAdmin. In order to not color peoples' first impressions too much, I don't want to say much more about it here. Instead, I hope that people will try the demonstration site and give feedback on any problems or confusion encountered, and what it might need for a release. The site admin password is "quick", if you get to a point where you need it. Since there will undoubtedly be lots of people testing the upgrade process at the same time, if you get to the site and don't see the upgrade notice (it'll be obvious when it comes up), wait a minute and try again. The site is set to automatically reset itself to a "not yet upgraded" status after 60 seconds, so that other people can test it. Thanks in advance, Pm _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
