You can do that using scripting macros. It allows to insert in the wiki content any kind of dynamic behaviour.
See http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Scripting for details. On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:37 PM, John Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
