On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > Thanks again for your help. > > As far as the code goes, I did change the default space for the > FAQClass > to FAQ just as the tutorial stated. The code is earlier in this email > trail: > >>>> #set($defaultParent = 'FAQ.WebHome') >>>> #set($defaultSpace = 'FAQ')
Ok I hadn't checked the code you sent. It looks ok. I don't see the FAQSheet code though. Anyway let us know how your 3rd try goes. Thanks -Vincent > > I'm doing this all again from scratch. Maybe 3rd time is a charm. > > Thanks, > Mark > > BCBS-IL > ph 312-653-4293 > [email protected] > > > > > > Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > Sent by: [email protected] > 11/16/2009 08:46 AM > Please respond to > XWiki Users <[email protected]> > > > To > XWiki Users <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space assignment? > > > > > > > > On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi Vincent, >> >> Thanks for your help. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. My >> difficulty is >> in finding what it is I'm doing wrong. I'll review the steps again, >> this >> time paying special attention to the points you raised. >> >> It'd help if you could expand on " .. or have set up some different >> configuration for the default wiki syntax for new pages". I installed >> xwiki from scratch, then pulled in xwiki-enterprise-wiki-2.0.xar, >> then >> started typing in the faq example. If that somehow affected the >> configuration for default wiki syntax, I'm not aware how. > > If you haven't touched the default config then all new pages are > created in XWiki Syntax 2.0 by default, which is fine and matches the > FAQ tutorial expectations. > > In > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/FAQTutorial#HCreatetheFAQClass > > , there's a step where you'll see: > #set($defaultSpace = 'Main') > > As described, replace "Main" with the space where you want the docs to > be created, for ex: "FAQ". > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> Point noted on user contributed code. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark >> >> BCBS-IL >> ph 312-653-4293 >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> Vincent Massol <[email protected]> >> Sent by: [email protected] >> 11/16/2009 08:17 AM >> Please respond to >> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >> >> >> To >> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >> cc >> >> Subject >> Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space assignment? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Nov 16, 2009, at 2:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi Josh, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply and interest. >>> >>> Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out what the heck I'm >>> doing >>> wrong in this relatively simple case. Beginning to look at >>> alternative >>> wikis. >>> >>> Definitely xwiki can be used to build 2.0 level of functionality, >>> but it >>> seems to me there's a little too much black box. I've tried other >>> applications as well .. such as the task manager app .. and found >>> problems >>> others have found as well right out of the box. My point is it's >>> all a >>> little too vague for my comfort. >> >> One thing to note: this task manager app is not written nor supported >> by the XWiki dev team. It's been contributed by individuals and is >> supported by them or any contributor who wants to help. The quality >> of >> the code you find on code.xwiki.org varies a lot. All we can >> guarantee >> here is the code that is developed by the XWiki dev team. >> >> In general if apps on code.xwiki.org break it's because they haven't >> been updated at the same rate as the XWiki platform and in general >> it's really not much to make them work (a few minutes of work). >> >> The FAQ tutorial works well AFAIK. IMO you've probably forgotten some >> steps (in one step you must edit the default template to set in which >> space new FAQ documents are created - not that it matters, it'll work >> wherever they are created) or have set up some different >> configuration >> for the default wiki syntax for new pages. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >>> I haven't given up, just beginning to look elsewhere as well. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mark >>> >>> BCBS-IL >>> ph 312-653-4293 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Josh <[email protected]> >>> Sent by: [email protected] >>> 11/14/2009 03:57 PM >>> Please respond to >>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> To >>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>> cc >>> >>> Subject >>> Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space assignment? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> Sorry for the delayed response. I went through the steps of creating >>> the >>> FAQ application per the tutorial, but I can't reproduce your issue. >>> Questions are created in the FAQ space for me, not Main. Your code >>> looks >>> fine as well. >>> >>> Were you able to figure it out? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -Joshua- >>> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> Hi Joshua, >>>> >>>> (I apologize to all if this appears more than once; I haven't been >>>> successful posting to the mailing list since before yesterday. >>>> Perhaps >>>> attachments are prohibited? Trying again without.) >>>> >>>> Thanks again, your explanation of spaces was very clear and >>>> helpful. >>>> >>>> Now that I have a little better understanding of spaces, I'll >>>> present my >>> >>>> problem. For some reason when I create a FAQ entry, it's not going >>>> into >>>> the FAQ space but instead into the Main space. Per the tutorial, I >>> haven't >>>> created a FAQ space explicitly this go round. >>>> >>>> It seems to me this can only be happening as a result of the code >>>> that >>>> adds a FAQ, or perhaps in the class definition code which specifies >>>> the >>>> default space. Looks right to me and jibes with what you've said >>>> about >>>> spaces. Here it is yanked directly out of my code .. which was >>>> simply a >>>> copy/paste from the tutorial: >>>> >>>> FAQClass code: >>>> {{velocity}} >>>> ## Replace Main with the Space where you want your documents to be >>>> created. >>>> ## Replace the default parent with the one of your choice and save >>>> the >>>> document. >>>> ## >>>> #set($className = $doc.name.substring(0, >>>> $doc.name.indexOf("Class"))) >>>> #set($defaultParent = 'FAQ.WebHome') >>>> #set($defaultSpace = 'FAQ') >>>> {{/velocity}} >>>> >>>> {{include document="XWiki.ClassSheet"/}} >>>> >>>> FAQTemplate code: >>>> {{include document="FAQ.FAQSheet"/}} >>>> >>>> FAQ WebHome code ( >>> http://localhost/xwiki/bin/edit/FAQ/WebHome?&editor=wiki >>>> ): >>>> = Existing FAQ entries = >>>> >>>> {{velocity}} >>>> #set($sql = ", BaseObject as obj where obj.name=doc.fullName and >>>> obj.className='FAQ.FAQClass' and obj.name<>'FAQ.FAQTemplate'") >>>> #set($results = $xwiki.searchDocuments($sql)) >>>> #if($results.empty) >>>> No FAQ has been created yet! >>>> #else >>>> #foreach ($item in $results) >>>> #set($faq = $xwiki.getDocument($item)) >>>> * [[${faq.display("question").replace("<p>", "").replace("</p>", >>>> "")}>>${item}]] >>>> #end >>>> #end >>>> {{/velocity}} >>>> >>>> {{velocity}} >>>> #if("$!request.docName" != '') >>>> ## Request for creating a new instance >>>> #set($targetDocName = "${request.spaceName}.${request.docName}") >>>> #set($targetDocName = $targetDocName.replace("?", "").replace("#", >>>> "").trim()) >>>> #if(!$xwiki.exists($targetDocName) && $xwiki.hasAccessLevel('edit', >>>> $context.user, $targetDocName)) >>>> $response.sendRedirect($xwiki.getURL($targetDocName, 'inline', >>>> "template=${request.template}&parent=${request.parent}")) >>>> ## Stop processing, since we already sent a redirect. >>>> #stop >>>> #end >>>> #end >>>> >>>> = Add a new question = >>>> >>>> #if("$!targetDocName" != '' && $xwiki.exists($targetDocName)) >>>> {{warning}}The target document already exists. Please choose a >>> different >>>> name, or [[view the existing document>>$targetDocName]]{{/warning}} >>>> #elseif("$!targetDocName" != '') >>>> {{warning}}You don't have permission to create that >>> document{{/warning}} >>>> #end >>>> >>>> {{html}} >>>> <form action="" id="newdoc" method="post"> >>>> <div> >>>> <input type="hidden" name="parent" value="${doc.fullName}"/> >>>> <input type="hidden" name="template" value="FAQ.FAQTemplate"/> >>>> <input type="hidden" name="sheet" value="1"/> >>>> <input type="hidden" name="spaceName" value="FAQ"/> >>>> Document: <input type="text" name="docName" value="Enter your >>>> question here" class="withTip" size="50"/> >>>> <span class="buttonwrapper"><input type="submit" value="Create >>> this >>>> FAQ" class="button"/></span> >>>> </div> >>>> </form> >>>> {{/html}} >>>> {{/velocity}} >>>> >>>> So what am I missing? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Rieken, Joshua" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent by: [email protected] >>>> 11/10/2009 04:37 PM >>>> Please respond to >>>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> To >>>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>>> cc >>>> >>>> Subject >>>> Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space assignment? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark, >>>> >>>> You're very welcome. It's not necessary to explicitly create the >>>> WebHome >>> >>>> in FAQ until later in the tutorial. Question/Answer documents that >>>> are >>>> created from the FAQ Class page will go into the FAQ space, which >>>> "comes >>> >>>> into existence" the instant any document is placed in it. >>>> >>>> For example, if you add a question/answer page called >>>> "FAQ.Howtoeditapage", you can still get to it regardless of whether >>>> "FAQ.WebHome" exists. >>>> >>>> A space "disappears" when every document that is part of the space >>>> is >>>> deleted. So a space is just a collection of documents and doesn't >>>> really >>> >>>> exist outside of those documents. It's really just a convenient way >>>> to >>>> organize your documents. >>>> >>>> Good luck, and if you have any more questions, please don't >>>> hesitate to >>>> ask. >>>> >>>> -Joshua- >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:31 PM >>>>> To: XWiki Users >>>>> Cc: XWiki Users; [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space >>>>> assignment? >>>>> >>>>> Hi Joshua, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks very much for your prompt reply. It helps a lot to >>>>> know the history and what WebHome means! >>>>> >>>>> Am I correct then in first creating the FAQ space explicitly, >>>>> even though that's not called for in the tutorial? Like so: >>>>> >>>>> "I've first created the FAQ Space, then built the FAQ Class, >>>>> etc, then put the code into the 'home' page for the space, ie >>>>> http://localhost/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/"; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> BCBS-IL >>>>> ph 312-653-4293 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Rieken, Joshua" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent by: [email protected] >>>>> 11/10/2009 03:18 PM >>>>> Please respond to >>>>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To >>>>> XWiki Users <[email protected]> >>>>> cc >>>>> >>>>> Subject >>>>> Re: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space assignment? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Mark, >>>>> >>>>> http://localhost/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/ actually takes you to >>>>> http://localhost/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/WebHome. "WebHome" is the >>>>> home page >>>>> for any given space. The name "WebHome" came from earlier versions >>>>> of >>>>> XWiki, when a Space was called a Web. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> -Joshua- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:06 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: [xwiki-users] problem with FAQ tutorial .. space >>>>>> >>>>> assignment? >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've followed along in the tutorial in the dev guide for >>>>>> creating a FAQ at >>>>>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/FAQTutorial >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's my first point of confusion: in section 'Create a >>>>>> homepage for your application' it states 'Go to the >>>>>> "FAQ.WebHome" page'. I do not see such a page. In the latest >>>>>> iterations of building the FAQ I've first created the FAQ >>>>>> Space, then built the FAQ Class, etc, then put the code into >>>>>> the 'home' page for the space, ie >>>>>> >>>>> http://localhost/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/ >>>>> >>>>>> I'm sure my problems stem from my weak understanding of this >>>>>> step and how spaces are created and referenced. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Mark _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
