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List:       opensuse-wiki
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-wiki] wiki.o.o test of new functions
From:       Rupert_Horstkötter <rhorstkoetter () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2009-12-22 13:12:05
Message-ID: 26d1a5470912220512qbdb7836ya8ca4a02b2217855 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/12/21 Jon Rocker <linux.learner@gmail.com>:
> Excellent work.
> I am excited at how things are progressing.
>
> I am noticing that on wiki.o.o it seems to keep loading. Like
> something isn't loading. I also noticed on the YaST page, it said
> "Invalid tag extension name: categorytree". Also having to clear the
> cookies to login to wiki.o.o is a problem when working with the old
> wiki.
>
> I see the first and the last one as the most important to resolve.
>
> I am really impressed, pleased, and excited at how this is coming along.
>
+1, please just do this with care!

> Respectfully
> Jon Rocker
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:22, Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> We imported pretty large body of articles from old wiki that will allow us to
>> test wiki. Further imports will be done only if we really need article or
>> group.
>>
>> What is left to upload are images that are missing so that we can really test
>> complete page layout. Right now we have bug that prevents creation of
>> thumbnails so we have time to upload images.
>>
>> The number of new features is quite large comparing to old wiki version 1.5,
>> so we will have quite a job to test them. You can see list of features here:
>> http://wiki.opensuse.org/Special:Version
>>
>> ****************
>> First to test was CategoryTree
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree
>>
>> It enables editors to create list of categories and articles in categories
>> that are available on every page on the wiki.
>>
>> This will allow us to have groups of articles with common navigation menu that
>> is updated as soon as article is added to common category. Unlike current
>> method of creating navbar (navigation bar) templates for each group of
>> articles and updating that navbar every time new article is added, with
>> <categorytree> tag all that wiki maintainers have to do is to ensure that new
>> articles have proper [[Category:<nameit>]] link included at the end of
>> article.
>>
>> I started to create categories from YaST related articles, then used ready to
>> go tag from mediwiki.org to test the wiki tag <categorytree>.
>>
>> Some samples for preview are here:
>> http://wiki.opensuse.org/YaST
>> http://wiki.opensuse.org/Category:YaST
>> and live wiki that is using that tag is here:
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree
>>
>> The "plus" widget that you can see in the mediwiki.org CategoryTree is missing
>> in our wiki, which makes use of mode=pages problematic in:
>>
>> <categorytree mode=pages style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1ex;
>> border:1px solid gray; padding:0.7ex; background-
>> color:white;">YaST</categorytree>
>>
>> You can see on the page http://wiki.opensuse.org/YaST that there is no
>> distinction between listed category and article in that category.
>>
>> ****************
>> The next in the list is Flagged Revisions.
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs
>>
>> It is extension with a lot of options.
>> I checked the basics.
>> The editor/reviewer tools at the bottom of the page appear in Main and
>> Template namespace.
>> We are missing icons (images) for tag that is present on every page, before
>> words/strings Unreviewed or Current revision, as well as bars in detailed view
>> that can see user that is not logged in a wiki.
>> The "plus" widget that is used to switch from detailed view of article status
>> to simple is missing too.
>>
>> ****************
>> The rest of extensions is not tested on a new wiki, but we know that:
>> InputBox http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox
>> works in a simple example on http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SDB that is the same
>> version. There is more options in InputBox to test and see where this
>> extension can be useful.
>>
>> ****************
>> Next extension to test is DynamicPageList which is described on
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Intersection
>>
>> From description, it can be useful to create list of articles that belong to
>> few categories without need to create new category and add tags to all
>> articles.
>>
>> ****************
>> Conclusion:
>> Sorting articles in categories and subcategories is very important in order to
>> use new tools.
>>
>> It shifts majority of efforts on one time categorization of existing fond in
>> the old wiki, and then export to new one category by category. New software
>> allows us to name category and it will automatically create list of articles
>> that are listed there, so it will be easier track transfer.
>>
>> The files (images etc) is right now the most labor intensive. We have to see
>> is it possible to categorize them and transfer as category, if not them we
>> have to run quite a few downloads from old wiki and uploads to the new one.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards Rajko,
>>
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