Hi Vincent, By variable text, I mean the use of a field in the text that takes its value from a parameter it receives, or pulls, locally.
e.g. I build an online help system for a software product. There are three distributors for the product in Asia, Europe, and US. Each distributor has a different name for the product based on market research conducted in their area. I do not want to maintain three distinct help systems. I want the product name to appear differently to each set of viewers withing the one help system. That is what I mean by variable text. Nothing in the XWiki documentation shows me that this is possible without my writing code. I know nothing about Velocity. I would normally use a dedicated 'single source publishing' product like Madcap Flare, Author-IT, or Help & Manual to achieve this outcome. However my client has requested that I use the wiki format to heighten the user experience. If Xwiki cannot provide the feature, I shall keep looking. Regards John Murphy On 23 November 2012 19:02, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2012, at 11:35 PM, John Murphy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Vincent, > > > > Thank you for your speedy reply. > > > > Searching on dynamism got me nowhere, nor did configurability. > > Can you point me to the place at XWiki.org where the use of variable text > > is discussed? > > Please remember, I am a writer and not a developer so, if I have to write > > code to get a feature, It won't happen. > > See http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/WebHome > > One area you can look at is scripting: > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Scripting > > Note that if you explain more specifically what you mean by "variables in > the text" maybe can help you further… > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > > > Regards > > > > John Murphy > > > > > > > > > > On 22 November 2012 18:05, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Nov 21, 2012, at 11:45 PM, John Murphy <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> I am proposing to use XWiki to provide context sensitive help for a > cloud > >>> application. > >>> It is likely that our channel partners will require their own branding > of > >>> the product and supporting wiki, > >>> Therefore, my question is: does Xwiki have the functionality to use > >>> variables in the text? > >>> e.g. Company Name: [ACME | HAL | DEA] > >> > >> Definitely, dynamism and configurability/extensiblity are the main > strong > >> points of XWiki. > >> > >> Thanks > >> -Vincent > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *John Murphy **|* Technical Writer *|* Mobile: 0415324479 *|* > > > > |Telephone: 02 8999 3170 *|*[email protected]*|* > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- *John Murphy **|* Technical Writer *|* Mobile: 0415324479 *|* |Telephone: 02 8999 3170 *|*[email protected]*|* _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
