[Mediawiki-l] User page formatting
Dave Sigafoos
davesigafoos at sanmar.com
Tue Aug 7 15:47:30 UTC 2007
The problem with creating a page then taking them to a view stage is
that you can get lots of pages created that you really don't want.
In a business environment it is easier to limit edit access so the poor
user doesn't get overwhelmed <G> of course it doesn't always work (at
least in my experience )
DSig
David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nancy
Dailey
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:32
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] User page formatting
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
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hu
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Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] User page formatting
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
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