I have created a space "Engineering". I have changed the default space in xwiki.cfg to Engineering, this works.
A few questions: - Is this the best way to change the default space? - Is there a way to change the default space per group? - Can I effectively trap a group of users into one space? - I can hack the theme so the logo takes you back to Engineering instead of Main, but is this the best way? Thanks, Scott ----- "Scott Serr" <[email protected]> wrote: > Vincent and Wouter -- thanks for the great responses. I'll try to > take your advice and tweak just a space for normal users. > > One thing I've identified that would be nice, but I don't know how to > do... I'd like the Document Metadata panel that is below the content > panel to _not_ appear, unless someone selects Comments, Annotations, > Attachments, History, Information in the top right corner of the > content panel. I think this must be possible, the reason, why else > would there be two ways to navigate to it -- top right of content > _and_ tabs on meta panel. (I'm aware of turning off each Doc Metadata > tab from the Page Elements... but I don't want them off, just not > expanded out.) > > ^ That would simplify the look quite a bit. > > I've started some notes so I can reproduce what I'm doing at some > point: (scripting myself) > > Create a new group "Wiki Users" > Create some users as Wiki Users > Login as them to see what a non-admin sees > Probably have 2 different browsers to keep flipping back and forth > Create a new Space, one which will be the normal user's default > Keep default skin so you don't stray from supported world > Go to Administer Wiki -> Look & Feel > Presentation you can change the color of the default skin > Page Elements -> turn off left panel, turn on right panel, etc > Panel Wizard -> choose what you want in the right panel > > There are more things I'd like to do: > Backlinks has redundant pages something like " | sort | uniq" is > needed. A bug? > Add Search in right panel and remove X-WIKI header of page. Header > must be somewhere in the skin? > > Thanks guys -- I hope to help out with the "minimal config" page. > > > ----- "Vincent Massol" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Guillaume, > > > > On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Guillaume Fenollar wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Finally, I think it would be great to have some available .xar > > packages to > > > download, not only one. It would give us the choice to build xwiki > > according > > > to the features we're looking for. > > > > What you're talking about is the Exension Manager ;) > > > > … which already exists and which you can try in XE 3.2 (it's missing > a > > nice UI but the features are there). We need the max # of people to > > try it out and report issue if any. > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > > > 2011/9/8 Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Hi Wouter, > > >> > > >> On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Wouter de Vos wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi Vincent, > > >>> > > >>> Sounds like a good plan to me, since it will make Xwiki more > easy > > to use > > >> for > > >>> content managers with no coding background, it will lower the > > treshold > > >> for > > >>> people wanting to use xwiki. > > >>> > > >>> Xwiki is great, no question, but it offers so many possibilities > > that for > > >>> people like me who focus primarily on content management and > > usability > > >> and > > >>> are by no means PHP and JAVA geniuses, it tends to get a bit > > complicated. > > >>> > > >>> IMO approach 2) is to be preferred because of the same reason > you > > stated > > >>> allready. > > >>> Maybe we can collect ideas on stripping down over the userlist, > > sort > > >> them, > > >>> and use them to create the guide? > > >> > > >> yep that's the idea. > > >> > > >>> Is there a standard layout for guides like this allready? > > >> > > >> No but the guide could be put in the Admi Guide ultimately: > > >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/ > > >> > > >> Now the practice is to start writing this stripping down guide in > > the draft > > >> section and as soon as it contains something we judge nice enough > > to move it > > >> to the final location (AdminGuide): > > >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/ > > >> > > >>> Because then we would create it accordingly. > > >> > > >> Great. Feel free to create a page in the Draft space: > > >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/ > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> -Vincent > > >> > > >>> Thanks for the thoughts, > > >>> > > >>> Wouter > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Vincent Massol > > <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Hi guys, > > >>>> > > >>>> It would be nice to have a guide on xwiki.org about this topic > > of > > >>>> stripping the default XE. > > >>>> > > >>>> Basically you have 2 approaches: > > >>>> 1) Don't import the default XE XAR (ie you start with an empty > > wiki, no > > >>>> pages) > > >>>> 2) Start with the default XE XAR and make modifications to it > > >>>> > > >>>> Choosing 1) or 2) really depends if 2) is close to what you > need > > or not. > > >>>> Choosing 2) is the easiest though since it's easier to remove > > things > > >> than > > >>>> to create new stuff from nothing :) > > >>>> > > >>>> If you can tell us what you don't want, we could maybe tell you > > how to > > >> turn > > >>>> them off/make them disappear. > > >>>> > > >>>> Once we figure out together how to remove stuff, would be great > > if you > > >> guys > > >>>> could start a guide on xwiki.org about how to remove stuff and > > stip > > >> down > > >>>> xwiki! > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks > > >>>> -Vincent > > >>>> > > >>>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:51 AM, Wouter de Vos wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Hi Scott, > > >>>>> I am not aware of a "Strip down Guide" but I had the same > issue > > here. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> What I did is just simply build op a space for the endusers, > in > > which I > > >>>>> created 3 Custom Panels for navigation purposes, nothing more. > > >>>>> This you can easily do when you go to the space preferences > and > > look at > > >>>> the > > >>>>> panel wizard. > > >>>>> Here you can edit panels and place them accordingly in your > > layout. > > >>>>> You should be aware of the fact that the users go to the main > > wiki > > >>>>> (non-enduser in your case) by clicking the logo, you might > want > > to > > >> change > > >>>>> this, the same goes for the displayed search results. > > >>>>> You can also predefine if endusers should see the Comment box > at > > the > > >>>> bottom > > >>>>> of the page or not, etc. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> IMO the great thing of Xwiki is exactly this, you are in total > > control > > >> of > > >>>>> what the endusers can see and are allowed to do. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I hope this helps a bit, if you have more questions please > feel > > free to > > >>>> let > > >>>>> me know. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Kind regards and good luck, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Wouter > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Scott Serr > > <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I'd like some guidance on heading towards a very minimal > xwiki > > >>>>>> configuration, at least for end users. The default xwiki UI > is > > pretty > > >>>>>> complex. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I'd like users to see this: > > >>>>>> content (edit, print) > > >>>>>> search box > > >>>>>> minimal side bar > > >>>>>> backlinks > > >>>>>> (and not much more) > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Is there a guide on how to strip down what a normal user sees > > to the > > >>>> bare > > >>>>>> essentials? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>> Scott > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> users mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Guillaume Fenollar > > > XWiki SysAdmin > > > Tel : 01.83.62.65.97 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
