Note: accessing templates is easier in the coming 5.3, this was a
nonsense of 5.2

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Thomas Mortagne
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The default workspace template is called "workspacetemplate" so you
> can access it using http://mydomain/xwiki/wiki/workspacetemplate/ if
> you did not disabled path based multiwikis or have a domain starting
> with "workspacetemplate." that leads to your wiki instance.
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Dmitry Bakbardin <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>>  Hi!
>>
>> Try Wiki Manager application. It has UI for this.
>>
>>
>> Вторник, 26 ноября 2013, 12:58 -05:00 от Ghanshyam Patel <[email protected]>:
>>>Where do I go to see and edit the template wiki?  I don't see it on the
>>>list of Wikis and I can't see anything on the Wikis section in Admin (other
>>>than there is a template installed).
>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Thomas Mortagne < [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Ghanshyam Patel < [email protected] > 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > I am on XWiki 5.2.
>>>> >
>>>> > I would like to create multiple wikis so I'm trying to figure out the
>>>> best
>>>> > way to structure them and manage them.
>>>> >
>>>> > I am going to leave Home as basic wiki that will be a starting point for
>>>> > all users and it will allow them to navigate to the other wikis.
>>>> >
>>>> > I want to create a wiki per department at work.  I would be the main
>>>> person
>>>> > managing them all.
>>>> >
>>>> > I want to customize the wiki template but I don't see anywhere to do
>>>> that.
>>>> >  I want to make sure that all new wikis will have the same branding, some
>>>> > core macros, and extensions..
>>>>
>>>> The template is itself a wiki so you can go to that wiki and customize
>>>> it and it will be copied.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > I am also confused about how to manage extensions across the different
>>>> > wikis?  Do I need to go into each one and install the same extensions or
>>>> is
>>>> > there a central place to do that?
>>>>
>>>> There is various ways:
>>>>
>>>> * the extensions you install in the template will be copied when you
>>>> create a new wiki from it
>>>> * go to each wiki and install the extension
>>>> * install the extension from main wiki selecting "Install on farm"
>>>> (which makes the extension available in all wikis) instead of the
>>>> default "Install" (which only install on current wiki).
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > We've been using the wiki in a single department so far but now that we
>>>> are
>>>> > going to create multiple wikis I'd like to move the existing content to a
>>>> > new wiki (so that Home is very pure and used only for navigating to other
>>>> > wikis).  I figured I could export the current content and import to the
>>>> new
>>>> > wiki but when I did this the applications were not installed so there's
>>>> > missing macros and APIs.
>>>>
>>>> Yes standard import/export take into account plain pages and loose
>>>> extensions related information.
>>>>
>>>> You can reinstall the extensions in the new wiki (it won't do anything
>>>> if the page are equals and it will ask you what to do if you modified
>>>> a standard page of the extension).
>>>>
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>>
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