[Mediawiki-l] User page formatting

[Jim Hu]

I might take a crack at it too.  I'll post code if I come up with  
something.

On Aug 7, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Nancy Dailey wrote:

> Thank you. BoilerplateSelection would work but since it takes the  
> user to an edit page so early in the use of the wiki, it overwhelms  
> them. My experience using wikis inside business organizations is  
> that form is far more important than function to get them to early  
> adopt use of wikis as a productivity/team building tool. I will try  
> to modify PagesOnDemand. Thank you so much for your help! Nancy
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>   From: Jim Hu
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>
>   I think this could be done with some minimal modification of the
>   PagesOnDemand extension or, as Gary suggests, the
>   BoilerplateSelection extension.  I think PagesOnDemand might be a  
> bit
>   closer, since I think BoilerplateSelection takes the user to an edit
>   page, while PagesOnDemand takes them to a formatted page as if it  
> was
>   always there.  You'd have to write an extension that hooks into
>   PagesOnDemand, but I think it would be very easy to adapt the  
> sample.
>
>   Jim
>   On Aug 6, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Nancy Dailey wrote:
>
>> I'm designing a "skill repository" for a corporate management team
>> to know who has expertise in some task. Instead of designing a
>> custom SQL database, I've been trying to use a wiki to allow them
>> to log on and edit their user page, which should contain a list of
>> skills and associated ratings.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've set up a sample user page, but it's proven too complicated for
>> them to copy the wikiText from the sample and paste it into their
>> own user page.  Is there a way to inject my wikiText into the user
>> page space in the database when they create an account?  The
>> primary functionality I'm looking for is: A) when they open their
>> user page, they see the sample text [not an edit box] and;  B) they
>> can edit the skill set and add numbers representing skill level on
>> their individual user page [excludes templates].
>>
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts on good extensions/workarounds would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Nancy Dailey
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Jim Hu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2128 TAMU
Texas A&M Univ.
College Station, TX 77843-2128
979-862-4054