May 2006 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

RSS feed for an individual page?
by Yoav Shapira 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hi, Newbie user here, I apologize in advance if my question is an obvious FAQ. I tried to research it myself with no luck. My question is simple: where can I find the changes feed for an individual wiki page? I installed XWiki, everything is working fine, including the feed for all the changes which I access via the little RSS button in the bottom-right corner, which points to http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebRss?xpage=rdf. So far, so good. But my individual wiki pages don't seem to have this button. Am I just missing something obvious? Thank you, Yoav Shapira

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RE: [xwiki-users] assigning users to groups does not work?
by BOUSQUET Jeremie 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hello, Are you sure that user name as it appears in user admin page (Xwiki.XWikiUsers) is exactly the same as in group admin page ?? (Xwiki.XWikiAdminGroup) I don't think names with ':' are suitable name. For instance in my wiki the names are of this form: 'XWiki.jbousque' in groups users list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tchize [mailto:tchize@myrealbox.com] > Sent: mardi 16 mai 2006 10:55 > To: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org > Subject: [xwiki-users] assigning users to groups does not work? > > Hello, > > am trying to assign user to a group. > I go in the web interface and add a user. I go to > /xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/XWikiAdminGroup and click on 'edit > table'. The interface then shows this when i query the group: > > Group members > Member > xwiki:delbd > XWiki.delbd > xwiki:XWiki.delbd > delbd > > > > However, if i log with this user, he doesn't appear to be > part of the groups, he doesn't have the rights associated > with the group. > > I did a step by step run of xwiki code in eclipse in > XWikiRightServiceImpl and i found in line 300 that Collection > glist = groupService.listGroupsForUser(name, context); return > an empty list for user 'delbd' > > What is the problem? Did i fail in some way? > >

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assigning users to groups does not work?
by Tchize 16 May '06

16 May '06

Hello, am trying to assign user to a group. I go in the web interface and add a user. I go to /xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/XWikiAdminGroup and click on 'edit table'. The interface then shows this when i query the group: Group members Member xwiki:delbd XWiki.delbd xwiki:XWiki.delbd delbd However, if i log with this user, he doesn't appear to be part of the groups, he doesn't have the rights associated with the group. I did a step by step run of xwiki code in eclipse in XWikiRightServiceImpl and i found in line 300 that Collection glist = groupService.listGroupsForUser(name, context); return an empty list for user 'delbd' What is the problem? Did i fail in some way?

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viewing all the connected users
by Diana Gorea 15 May '06

15 May '06

Hello everyone Is there a possibility of listing all the connected users from a Velocity script? I looked in the source code and I did not find any method that can do something like that from the context or xwiki objects. Thanks Diana

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use XWIKI to publish research paper
by canovaj＠gmail.com 13 May '06

13 May '06

I wonder if anyone has used xwiki to publish structured data like a research paper. There are multiple sections and some metadada for each paper. I would like to input these sections and metadata in different fields so that they can be searched by individual section or metadata field later. In addition, I want to save each paper in XML format as well. What are the possible ways to implement these new functions? Thanks, AJ

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Several Newbie Questions
by Chris Rigsby 13 May '06

13 May '06

I've read some of the archives, and this list looks pretty friendly. I'd be grateful for some help. I've been running XWiki for about two weeks and plan to use it for work. The PDF and RSS features are outstanding! I've also spend a lot of time looking at the xwiki.org site and the FAQs on xwiki.com, looking for answers and finding some good ones Now the list of questions: Skins I'd really like to change the look of the site. There's an FAQ for creating skins, but I can only see it in French. Unfortunately, I don't read French. Is there an English language version? I did manage to get Google to try to translate the document, but it wasn't really readable. Comments preferences I found the FAQ on reversing comments order. Either I missed something, or it wasn't clear whether I was supposed to directly edit comments2.vm in the templates dir, or paste the contents of the file into the "Comments" area for the default skin. So I did the pasting and modified the code there with good results. So it appears that if your current skin object doesn't have anything defined for a particular property, it defaults to the file in the templates directory. Is this true? Next question is about preferences. Looking deeper at the code for comments2.vm, there are calls to $xwiki.getWebPreference to retrieve values for "showcomments" and "commentsorder". Where and how are these preference values defined? I search xwiki.org, the FAQ, and Googled, with no luck. Email registration verification Okay, I found the setting for using email verification of registrations by going to XWiki preference, registration. Do these settings do anything yet? I tried turning them on, but it doesn't appear to change anything about the registration process. I'm on 0.9.840. I have many more questions, but that's probably too many already. Thanks in advance, </CR> -- Chris Rigsby Systems Architect, Enterprise Application Systems University of Minnesota rigsb007(a)umn.edu * 612/624-5334

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Searching PDF attachments
by Adrian Hall 12 May '06

12 May '06

Has anyone got a method for searching PDF attachments (and/or other attachment types) that have been stored alongside documents? I have the following search SQL: #set($sql= ", XWikiAttachment attach, XWikiAttachmentContent as attachc where doc.web = 'KB.AnalystDocs' and doc.id = attach.docId and attach.id = attachc.id and attachc.content like '%$text%' order by doc.name") in my WebSearch page. Unfortunately, that doesn't decode the content, which I would like to do. Any pointers on how to do this would be gratefully received. (Perhaps altering the upload code that that when it stores it, it tries to do a to text translation using plug-in types?) -Adrian -- Adrian Hall Sr. Product Line Manager, Administration and Identity Management e. ahall(a)mirapoint.com; t. +1 (408) 720-3856; c. +1 (408) 667-4977

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RE: [xwiki-users] Joining two fields;
by Esbach, Brandon 12 May '06

12 May '06

Thanks for the suggestions guys - most likely I'll stick to hibernate as this gives me central control over how my users are represented and used. Currently there are not too many people registered on our server, but we're looking at rollout in large numbers once we're past the test stages - so I'll need to figure out how Hibernate works with this type of query in the long run. Thanks again! -----Original Message----- From: Jason Koeninger [mailto:jkoenin@jjcc.com] Sent: 11 May 2006 16:13 To: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Joining two fields; I'm no HQL expert, but I'm guessing you can do something like this: select firstname.value || ' ' || lastname.value from BaseObject obj, StringProperty firstname, StringProperty lastname where obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers' and firstname.id=obj.id and firstname.name = 'first_name' and lastname.id = obj.id and lastname.name = 'last_name' Untested so you may have to play around with it to get it to work. Hopefully I'm not too far off the mark. Also, depending on how your database's query optimizer works, a join might perform better. Of course, that also depends on how Hibernate translates the HQL to SQL. Hibernate *may* be smart enough to convert this to a join in which case it's a non-issue. Best Regards, Jason Koeninger J&J Computer Consulting Mark Robinson wrote: > Hi Brandon. > > No doubt there is a simple and elegant answer to your problem that > someone will suggest soon. I worked around a similar problem that I > needed to fix quickly by making the select straight html with a > Velocity loop over the the option tags. > > That way you can still have your names and values as described. > > Cheers, > > Mark > > > On 11 May 2006, at 5:50 PM, Esbach, Brandon wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I guess this is more a hibernate query than an Xwiki one, but here is >> what I'm trying to do: >> We use a simple project management class currently to keep track of >> projects/engineer assignments/etc - currently managers type in >> freeform names... as you could imagine this is a bit of a problem with >> adding some more active content relating to the user (we're adding a >> 'workdesk' feature on login so that engineers/managers can see what >> projects/tasks/etc are assigned to them, without having to browse >> around and search). >> >> What I thought of doing was adding a dropdown with the user details - >> allowing me to create a solid link between user and project. >> >> Now here's the problem... >> I need to associate the firstname+lastname in the query - so that the >> manager/etc will pick a name they recognise immediately, instead of >> relying on them to know login names. >> >> Initially, I had thought to use a Map or List to request multiple >> fields - but this does not seem to be understood by the renderer when >> it creates a list dropdown - I get immediate errors >> >> Getting first name, no problem: >> select prop.value from BaseObject obj, StringProperty prop where >> obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers' and prop.id.id=obj.id and >> prop.name='first_name' >> >> EG output in the list: >> 'Brandon' >> 'UserXFirstName' >> >> Getting Last name, also no problem: >> select prop.value from BaseObject obj, StringProperty prop where >> obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers' and prop.id.id=obj.id and >> prop.name='last_name' >> >> EG output: >> 'Esbach' >> 'UserXLastName' >> >> Now it gets sticky. Join the two fields with a space between them, >> so that instead of 'Brandon' or 'Esbach' I get 'Brandon Esbach'.. >> This I cannot seem to figure out using Hibernate, so any >> hints/tips/suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> >> *Problem number 2:* >> Another small catch I have is mapping this entry so that I can query >> on it. Normally with data representation one would have a 'display' >> value and a 'link' value - kind of like the 'pretty name' and 'real >> name' facility of class objects; only the 'pretty name' gets shown >> when using automatic rendering - but the field is updated based on >> 'real name'. Erm. Hope that makes sense. >> >> eg if my Xwiki name is braesb, firstname Brandon, lastname Esbach I >> could have a list looking like this: >> 'Brandon Esbach' >> 'UserXFirstName UserXLastName' >> Selecting 'Brandon Esbach' would then look to my 'link' value of >> Xwiki.braesb, and store this with the record. Querying on this then >> becomes no problem - but can this be done in Xwiki? >> >> /Brandon Esbach/ >> /Software Engineer/ >> /M/A-Com Eurotec Operations/ >> /LoughMahon Technology Park,/ >> /Skehard Road,/ >> /Blackrock,/ >> /Cork, Ireland/ >> /Tel +353 21 4808305/ >> >> >> -- >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the >> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org <mailto:xwiki-users@objectweb.org> mailing list. >> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: >> http://www.objectweb.org/wws > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: > http://www.objectweb.org/wws

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Joining two fields;
by Esbach, Brandon 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hi all, I guess this is more a hibernate query than an Xwiki one, but here is what I'm trying to do: We use a simple project management class currently to keep track of projects/engineer assignments/etc - currently managers type in freeform names... as you could imagine this is a bit of a problem with adding some more active content relating to the user (we're adding a 'workdesk' feature on login so that engineers/managers can see what projects/tasks/etc are assigned to them, without having to browse around and search). What I thought of doing was adding a dropdown with the user details - allowing me to create a solid link between user and project. Now here's the problem... I need to associate the firstname+lastname in the query - so that the manager/etc will pick a name they recognise immediately, instead of relying on them to know login names. Initially, I had thought to use a Map or List to request multiple fields - but this does not seem to be understood by the renderer when it creates a list dropdown - I get immediate errors Getting first name, no problem: select prop.value from BaseObject obj, StringProperty prop where obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers' and prop.id.id=obj.id and prop.name='first_name' EG output in the list: 'Brandon' 'UserXFirstName' Getting Last name, also no problem: select prop.value from BaseObject obj, StringProperty prop where obj.className='XWiki.XWikiUsers' and prop.id.id=obj.id and prop.name='last_name' EG output: 'Esbach' 'UserXLastName' Now it gets sticky. Join the two fields with a space between them, so that instead of 'Brandon' or 'Esbach' I get 'Brandon Esbach'.. This I cannot seem to figure out using Hibernate, so any hints/tips/suggestions would be appreciated. Problem number 2: Another small catch I have is mapping this entry so that I can query on it. Normally with data representation one would have a 'display' value and a 'link' value - kind of like the 'pretty name' and 'real name' facility of class objects; only the 'pretty name' gets shown when using automatic rendering - but the field is updated based on 'real name'. Erm. Hope that makes sense. eg if my Xwiki name is braesb, firstname Brandon, lastname Esbach I could have a list looking like this: 'Brandon Esbach' 'UserXFirstName UserXLastName' Selecting 'Brandon Esbach' would then look to my 'link' value of Xwiki.braesb, and store this with the record. Querying on this then becomes no problem - but can this be done in Xwiki? Brandon Esbach Software Engineer M/A-Com Eurotec Operations LoughMahon Technology Park, Skehard Road, Blackrock, Cork, Ireland Tel +353 21 4808305

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How can I move to a two-column view?
by Adrian Hall 11 May '06

11 May '06

When I am viewing pages (as opposed to editing pages), I wish to display a two-pane view (the left hand nav and the main content area) and remove the right hand piece. When I am editing a page, I want to have the right hand explanatory text on xwiki notation. How can I do this? I'm using 0.9.840 on Jboss if it matters. -- Adrian Hall Sr. Product Line Manager, Administration and Identity Management e. ahall(a)mirapoint.com; t. +1 (408) 720-3856; c. +1 (408) 667-4977

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