Hi Guillaume, On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Guillaume Fenollar wrote:
> Hi, > > Finally, I think it would be great to have some available .xar packages to > download, not only one. It would give us the choice to build xwiki according > to the features we're looking for. What you're talking about is the Exension Manager ;) … which already exists and which you can try in XE 3.2 (it's missing a nice UI but the features are there). We need the max # of people to try it out and report issue if any. Thanks -Vincent > > Regards > > Guillaume > > 2011/9/8 Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> > >> Hi Wouter, >> >> On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Wouter de Vos wrote: >> >>> Hi Vincent, >>> >>> Sounds like a good plan to me, since it will make Xwiki more easy to use >> for >>> content managers with no coding background, it will lower the treshold >> for >>> people wanting to use xwiki. >>> >>> Xwiki is great, no question, but it offers so many possibilities that for >>> people like me who focus primarily on content management and usability >> and >>> are by no means PHP and JAVA geniuses, it tends to get a bit complicated. >>> >>> IMO approach 2) is to be preferred because of the same reason you stated >>> allready. >>> Maybe we can collect ideas on stripping down over the userlist, sort >> them, >>> and use them to create the guide? >> >> yep that's the idea. >> >>> Is there a standard layout for guides like this allready? >> >> No but the guide could be put in the Admi Guide ultimately: >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/ >> >> Now the practice is to start writing this stripping down guide in the draft >> section and as soon as it contains something we judge nice enough to move it >> to the final location (AdminGuide): >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/ >> >>> Because then we would create it accordingly. >> >> Great. Feel free to create a page in the Draft space: >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/ >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >>> Thanks for the thoughts, >>> >>> Wouter >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> It would be nice to have a guide on xwiki.org about this topic of >>>> stripping the default XE. >>>> >>>> Basically you have 2 approaches: >>>> 1) Don't import the default XE XAR (ie you start with an empty wiki, no >>>> pages) >>>> 2) Start with the default XE XAR and make modifications to it >>>> >>>> Choosing 1) or 2) really depends if 2) is close to what you need or not. >>>> Choosing 2) is the easiest though since it's easier to remove things >> than >>>> to create new stuff from nothing :) >>>> >>>> If you can tell us what you don't want, we could maybe tell you how to >> turn >>>> them off/make them disappear. >>>> >>>> Once we figure out together how to remove stuff, would be great if you >> guys >>>> could start a guide on xwiki.org about how to remove stuff and stip >> down >>>> xwiki! >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:51 AM, Wouter de Vos wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Scott, >>>>> I am not aware of a "Strip down Guide" but I had the same issue here. >>>>> >>>>> What I did is just simply build op a space for the endusers, in which I >>>>> created 3 Custom Panels for navigation purposes, nothing more. >>>>> This you can easily do when you go to the space preferences and look at >>>> the >>>>> panel wizard. >>>>> Here you can edit panels and place them accordingly in your layout. >>>>> You should be aware of the fact that the users go to the main wiki >>>>> (non-enduser in your case) by clicking the logo, you might want to >> change >>>>> this, the same goes for the displayed search results. >>>>> You can also predefine if endusers should see the Comment box at the >>>> bottom >>>>> of the page or not, etc. >>>>> >>>>> IMO the great thing of Xwiki is exactly this, you are in total control >> of >>>>> what the endusers can see and are allowed to do. >>>>> >>>>> I hope this helps a bit, if you have more questions please feel free to >>>> let >>>>> me know. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards and good luck, >>>>> >>>>> Wouter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Scott Serr <se...@theserrs.net> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd like some guidance on heading towards a very minimal xwiki >>>>>> configuration, at least for end users. The default xwiki UI is pretty >>>>>> complex. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd like users to see this: >>>>>> content (edit, print) >>>>>> search box >>>>>> minimal side bar >>>>>> backlinks >>>>>> (and not much more) >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a guide on how to strip down what a normal user sees to the >>>> bare >>>>>> essentials? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Scott >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users@xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > > -- > Guillaume Fenollar > XWiki SysAdmin > Tel : 01.83.62.65.97 > _______________________________________________ > 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
