John Plocher wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Alan Burlison<[email protected]> wrote:
Now I am really confused - even mediawiki automatically manages the
redirects needed when pages are renamed, joined or deleted. Are you
saying XWiki doesn't even implement this simple and obvious
housekeeping task?
These redirects are from the outside into XWiki, not internal ones.
I don't see the problem - unless XWiki is more feature-limited than
I'd been led to expect. Follow my logic and tell me what breaks:
Today, we have an important page on the old site that people just need
to see :-)
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/arc-faq/arc-review-overview/
The transition process maps it into XWiki
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+arc/arc%2Dreview%2Doverview
A redirect is manually put in place that causes apache to map the
first to the second.
At this point in time, I - as an ARC community menber - go in and
rename the page from "arc%2Dreview%2Doverview" to simply "Overview"
If this was mediawiki, mediawiki would simply remember that the page
was renamed and add a "virtual redirect" to its internal page name
table:
arc%2Dreview%2Doverview => Overview
This is where you assert things would break, and I express disbelief
that anyone would choose a wiki engine that didn't have this feature -
or if they did, that they didn't quickly add it. Lets walk thru the
use of the original URL:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/arc-faq/arc-review-overview/
Apache uses url rewriting to turn this into
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+arc/arc%2Dreview%2Doverview
The wiki notices that the page named "arc%2Dreview%2Doverview" has
been moved, and so internally redirects the browser to "Overview"
Are you saying that XWiki can't/doesn't remap page names as they are
renamed/moved?
In the current version of XWiki on 'hub', a rename does not create a
redirect entry, but rather treats it as a deleted page. In your example,
navigating to 'arc%2Dreview%2Doverview' after the rename would give you
the option of viewing the deleted (renamed) page from the recycle bin.
If you are an admin for that section, you would also get the option of
creating a new page with the old name or restoring the deleted (renamed)
copy.
Derek
-John
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