On Aug 31, 2009, at 10:04 AM, [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your EPEC Network ICT Team wrote:
> Hi, > > Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: >> Hi devs, >> >> I'd like to introduce a 'Create' entry in the XWiki action menu. This >> would be the first entry (it would appear before 'Edit') and would >> have >> the following sub-menus: >> - Page >> - Page from Office Document >> - Space >> >> The "Page from Office document" entry replaces the "Import Office >> Document" entry from the "Actions" menu, which IMHO does not really >> fit >> there. This allows to also get rid of the "Create" panel, and have >> all >> the features available from the menu. >> >> We could include this only in the Colibri skin for the moment, >> experimentally, to see how it is received by the users. >> > > This is the more frequent queries from people arriving to XWiki on > their > own here. How do I create a new page? > > Even though we usually provide "seed documents", thus people have only > to edit them, it is rather frequent that people want to experiment > with > the system and use it to create their own pages to hold contents > related > with their daily work. > > At this point, the system must face another challenge: how to guide an > user wanting to create content easing the decision about where create > new pages? I could figure out some kind o method using Document Type > and > offering a set of templates based on user profiling. I guess templates > will define the wiki/space where new documents will be created. > > To "create" is the action that satisfy the most any new user. It > implies > power to use the system to accomplish her/his objectives. A clear +1 > to > this option. > > As for creating pages from Office Documents. Well, it is an example > about how things are doing around! Users frequently use Word to draft > contents that will be copy/pasted in a xwiki page. I try to avoid this > by putting a number of examples about how simpler tools will be more > effective. I do need to come back on off-line edition of xwiki pages > to > be able to offer a reliable solution. Do you know that we have a MS Office plugin so that people can edit their wiki pages directly from word? Actually I don't know if this plugin supports offline writing or not. It's not listed on http://xoffice.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ WebHome as a feature. Florin? Thanks -Vincent > > Just my two cents by gathering some users experiences from my > environment. > > Greetings, > > Ricardo > > -- > Ricardo RodrÃguez > Your EPEC Network ICT Team _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
