Forum OpenACS Development: xowiki updates (0.38)

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Posted by Gustaf Neumann on
The new version in of xowiki in cvs head has the following updates:

  • support of google site maps https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/protocol.html
    try: http://..../xowiki?google-sitemap
    or : http://..../xowiki?google-sitemapindex

  • initial support for virtual presence
    • purpose: list, who is currently in the system.
      The users are showed to authenticaed users. Furture versions should support personal messaging and easy chat facilities.
    • new xowiki portlet {{presence -interval "10 minutes"}}
      shows which users have visited this xowiki package during the last 10 minutes
    • {{presence -page this}}
      shows which users have visited this page last

  • new package parameter top_portlet
    The specified portlet statments (e.g. the presence statements above, without the curly brackts) are automatically used inserted on each page. This is more conveniant than editing a template file. The default value places on each page the virtual presence portlet with visitors in the last 10 minutes.

  • new package parameter production_mode
    When set, xowiki distinguishes between pages under production and pages, which are published. In "production_mode", new pages are marked as production and can be published via the admin page
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2: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 1)
Posted by Matthew Coupe on
Hi Gustaf,
I am interested in using xowiki to transform certain areas but I am unsure of a couple of things.

Is it possible to use xowiki with dotLRN communities to enhance or replace the portal pages?

What I am looking to do is create a community which has a more website look and feel but still has certain portlets included into the pages.

Would the thing to do be mount an instance of xowiki at /xowiki and then include the portlets from the community using their url? Or would I need to mount the instance of xowiki within the community itself to do this include? Then that gets me on to how to reach the xowiki from MySpace etc as those links go straight to community_name/page_num=0 or something like that.

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3: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 2)
Posted by Caroline Meeks on
Hi Matthew,

Here is a wink of what we have done along those lines. This is for subsites not for dotLRN but certainly it would also be possible in dotLRN.

http://www.solutiongrove.com/blogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=398695

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4: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 2)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on
Matthew,

with the currently released xowiki version, one can mount an xowiki instance under each community and use e.g. a static portlet to link to it. we use this approach currently for our help desk.

It is straightforward to turn xowiki into an dotlrn applet, but this has on its own only little advantage. Michael Totschnig of our learn@wu team started this week into looking, how arbirary xowiki pages can be used like static portlets. Ideally, one should be able to choose on dotlrn/configure page from the available xowiki instances/pages to include these on portal pages. Additionally, an overview xowiki portlet to list the xowikis of all communities, where one is member of might make sense.

-gustaf neumann

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5: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 4)
Posted by Matthew Coupe on
Hi Gustaf,

That sounds like a great bit of work Michael is doing.

I am having some trouble with categories to create a navigational structure. The screen shots are missing from the guide at https://openacs.org/xowiki/en/XoWiki_User_Guide. Are categories the best way to create some form of navigation or is there a 'better' alternative?

Thanks for help, by the way, the mashup looks great Caroline.

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8: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 2)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on
see https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=584170 for using xowiki pages as dotlrn portal elements
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6: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 1)
Posted by Jon Griffin on
It looks like someone hosed my instructions. I am working on an update, but I have the original graphics at home.

Gustaf or Dave,
Is OACS running the latest head version of xowiki?

I am changing the guide for all the latest undocumented features that Gustaf has been adding.

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7: Re: xowiki updates (0.38) (response to 6)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on
Jon:
Is OACS running the latest head version of xowiki?

yes, since today.