Hi Milind, On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Milind Kamble <mbk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wishing all XWiki users and developers a very happy new year. > Thanks! ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Guillaume Lerouge <guilla...@xwiki.com> > > To: XWiki Users <users@xwiki.org> > > Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 3:10:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Bunch of questions related to search > > > > Hi Milind, > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > On Dec 17, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Milind Kamble wrote: > > > > > > > I have a few questions related to XWiki's builtin search as well as > > > > Lucene search: > > > > 1. In Lucene search, what is the query syntax to search for page > > > > name with wild card. For example , if I try '*Page2' (without > > > > quotes), there is no hit even on Sandbox.TestPage2. This is almost a > > > > very basic user expectation : if the user only remembers partial > > > > name of a page of interest, it should be possible to locate the page > > > > via the search bar using wildcards. The builtin WebSearch supports > > > > this functionality. I prefer to use Lucene as the default search > > > > engine (modified global.vm in skins/colibri) because of the ability > > > > to search in attachments. > > > > > > See > http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Applications/SearchApplication > > > which also references this page: > > > > > > > > > http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Applications/SearchApplicationLuceneSearchQueryHelp > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > 2. Is there any syntax to specify match for an attachment name -- > > > > either in the builtin or in Lucene engine? Say for example, search > > > > for an attachment '*logo*.png' at any page in any space. I > > > > understand that this can be achieved via scripting, but it would be > > > > great if search box provided this feature. > > > > 3. Does either search engine support search for form field values? I > > > > am a newbie to XWiki (coming from Foswiki) and therefore am still > > > > learning the concept of associating forms to pages in XWiki. From an > > > > end user perspective, if pages can have forms, there should be a way > > > > to search pages based on value of form field(s). > > > > > > > I'd be interested in finding out more about what made you switch from > > Foswiki to XWiki. I'd also be happy to know whether there are some > features > > that you liked in Foswiki but cannot find in XWiki yet. > > > > Thanks in advance for your feedback, > > > > Guillaume > > > > > Guillaume, > I was attracted by the feature/capabilities advertised for XE. I was > supporting a small user base earlier and TWiki/Foswiki was satisfactory from > a performance and customization stand point. But now I am tasked to deploy a > wiki for a much larger user base (~ 1000-2000 to begin with and likely to > grow) and to host documentation/processes for multiple projects. I was not > too confident about Foswiki's scalability -- because of use of flat > directory structure and simple RCS based version control. XWiki's use of > database for backend storage and use of cutting edge web technologies made > me believe it had the capability to scale for our needs. The possibility of > virtual wikis and clustering were especially attractive. The ability to > search through attachments (using Lucene) and the programmabliity offered > via Velocity and Groovy makes XWiki much more powerful than the plugin > functionality of Foswiki. Foswiki's template system doesn't seem to be an > elegant > foundation -- it is quite confusing to specify the correct syntax for > quote marks. The support for forms is also inelegant because the form fields > are stored as meta fields in the page content which limits the data types > that one can store in forms. I think xwiki doesn't have that limitation. > Ok. That's interesting feedback, thanks! > To point out the shortcomings of XWiki: the learning curve to deploy and > gain admin knowledge for XWiki seems much steeper than I anticipated. More > detailed documentation can certainly help, but I also understand that this > should be a collective effort. Definitely. We're aware of this and we'll be looking forward to your help :-) > Some of the features from Foswiki that I would earnestly request to be > supported in Xwiki are: > 1. Provide ability for end users to easily view access controls at page, > space and wiki levels and browse groups. Presently only admingroup users can > view access controls and groups. And the irritating behavior is that > bin/view/XWiki/XWikiPreferences gets redirected to > bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences. > Yes, being able to view / audit rights for a given page / space would be nice. > 2. A vacation planner or vacation view application where users can specify > their vacation or remote-working plans in their individual home pages and > the ability to view the status of any individual or arbitrary group of > individuals. This is highly desired by the managers at my work place. I > think this request appears in the list of requested features, but I haven't > seen any timeline when this will be available. > There's actually one on our intranet right now but it hasn't been published on code.xwiki.org yet. I'll see if I have the time to do it in the coming days - no firm promise though. > 3. Ability to generate an access control report for any page. The corporate > IT security team requires such a report for audit purposes. > Yep, this one is close to 1/ . I think it could be achieved through some scripting on your end if you really need it. > I'll let you know more as I go through the learning process :) > Great, thanks! Guillaume > Thanks, > Milind > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Milind > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list > > > users@xwiki.org > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Guillaume Lerouge > > Product Manager - XWiki SAS > > Skype: wikibc > > Twitter: glerouge > > http://guillaumelerouge.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
