September 2008 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

[xwiki-users] <kein Betreff>
by Rudolf Tronicek 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Oh, i see... I've created the database user in advance to make sure he has the proper tablespace for data. It worked for my "wikitemplate" user. Think i'll change the wiki manager skript just to inform me about already present database users and allow the creation of the virtual wiki. Thanks a lot, Rudi >Hi, > >>On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Rudolf Tronicek <Tronicek at web.de> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> i've got a problem with Virtual Wiki Manager. >> >> After deletion of a virtual wiki named "wikiit" it's not possible to create a new one with this name. >> >> $xwiki.wikimanager.isWikiNameAvailable("wikiit") returns "false". > >This methods looks directly into the database so I think the problem >here is that there as some problem at delete and the database has not >been deleted. > >> >> I'm using XE 1.5.2, Wiki Manager 1.4, JBoss AS 4.2.1, Oracle 9iR2 Database. >> >> Where can i make the old name available again (document / object)? I've searched the database but hit no record - looking up velocity code was not successfull. >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> Rudolf Tronicek _____________________________________________________________________ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066

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Re: [xwiki-users] Fwd: virtual workspaces
by Jerome Velociter 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Dan Svoboda wrote: > Hi Jerome, > > Something just occurred to me. > > In the tutorial, you say: "XWiki Workspaces XAR contains several pages > that needs to be saved with programming rights to work properly." > > But then, the only alteration to the XAR that you describe is to > change the backupPack property from true to false. What are these > "several pages", and how do I change the programming rights? I have no complete list of such pages as of today, I'll try to make it when I have some time. The back up pack property affects the fact that the author of imported page is the original one (the one written in the XAR) when set to true, or the user actually doing the import, when set to false. You can give programming rights from the RMUI of the manager wiki. (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/RightsManagement) Regards, Jerome > > Cheers, > > Dan > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From: *Dan Svoboda <dsvoboda(a)structbio.pitt.edu >> <mailto:dsvoboda@structbio.pitt.edu>> >> *Date: *September 29, 2008 10:44:29 AM EDT >> *To: *jerome(a)xwiki.com <mailto:jerome@xwiki.com> >> *Subject: **Re: virtual workspaces* >> >> Jerome, >> >> Thanks for taking the time to write the tutorial. >> >> I believe that I've followed the instructions to the letter, but >> still have the same result as before. >> >> I was a bit confused by the instruction to: >> "Connect to your newly create wiki, and *login with the credentials >> of an administrator of the manager wiki*." >> >> After creating the empty wiki from the wiki manager (logged in as >> Admin), I then go directly to the new, empty wiki. I'm now able to >> import the archive that was prepared according to your instructions, >> by navigating to "/bin/admin/XWiki/Import". (Am I already logged in >> correctly, or do I have to log out and re-log in as some other user >> name? I tried xwiki:Admin, and that gave an error.) >> >> After importing the archive, I still can't create workspaces, the >> Admin user is still listed as a Simple Member, and the arrows to >> promote members to Power User or Global Admin are still not present. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dan >> >>> Hello Dan, >>> >>> Thank you for your interest in XWiki Workspaces. >>> I took advantage of your question to write a complete tutorial on >>> how to >>> setup a XWiki Workspaces farm: >>> http://workspaces.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/VirtualXWikiWorkspace… >>> >>> You had all the initial steps right, so you can jump directly to the >>> last section >>> (http://workspaces.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/VirtualXWikiWorkspace…) >>> where I explain that several pages from the Workspaces XAR needs to be >>> saved with programming rights, and how you can "prepare" the XAR to >>> have >>> this done automatically when importing it. >>> >>> A last step would be to create a template wiki or XAR package for a >>> smoother creation of XWiki Workspaces virtual instances. Unfortunately >>> we are sometimes facing an issue when doing this with XWiki Workspaces, >>> so I will only add this section once this is resolved. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jerome. >> >>> >>> >>> Dan Svoboda wrote: >>>> First time question. >>>> >>>> I've been using workspaces with success for several months. I'm >>>> trying >>>> to have several virtual xwiki-workspaces sites under the enterprise >>>> manager system. >>>> >>>> Here's what I've done: >>>> >>>> 1. created a site from a war file using xwiki-workspaces-web-1.2- >>>> milestone-1.war >>>> 2. added the enterprise manager jar file to WEB-INF/lib >>>> 3. added a line in xwiki.cfg to activate enterprise manager plugin; >>>> set xwiki.virtual=1 >>>> 4. created 'xwiki' database in mysql, gave xwiki user all rights on >>>> everything >>>> 5. started tomcat, and navigated to bin/main/view/WebHome >>>> 6. clicked on 'Administration' link, and arrived at the import page >>>> 7. imported xwiki-enterprise-manager-wiki-administrator-1.3.xar >>>> 8. created new site, giving Admin user all rights on new site, >>>> uploading xwiki-workspaces-wiki-1.2-milestone-1.xar >>>> 9. navigate to new site, and log in as Admin >>>> >>>> I used the workspaces war file for the main application since it uses >>>> v1.5.2 and enterprise manager war file would only supply v1.5.1 >>>> >>>> Here's the problem: >>>> >>>> While the Admin user on the workspaces site can edit things, >>>> workspaces cannot be created. Moreover, on the user administration >>>> page, Administrator is listed as a simple member. Also, the arrows to >>>> promote members to power user or global admin are missing. I'm able >>>> to >>>> create users, but they're simple users as well. >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. >>>> >>>> Dan >>> > > >

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[xwiki-users] Virtual wiki name can't be reused after deletion
by Rudolf Tronicek 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Hi, i've got a problem with Virtual Wiki Manager. After deletion of a virtual wiki named "wikiit" it's not possible to create a new one with this name. $xwiki.wikimanager.isWikiNameAvailable("wikiit") returns "false". I'm using XE 1.5.2, Wiki Manager 1.4, JBoss AS 4.2.1, Oracle 9iR2 Database. Where can i make the old name available again (document / object)? I've searched the database but hit no record - looking up velocity code was not successfull. Thanks for any help, Rudolf Tronicek "50 erste Dates" mit Adam Sandler u. Drew Barrymore kostenlos anschauen! Exklusiv für alle WEB.DE Nutzer. *http://www.blockbuster.web.de* [http://www.blockbuster.web.de]

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[xwiki-users] virtual workspaces
by Dan Svoboda 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

First time question. I've been using workspaces with success for several months. I'm trying to have several virtual xwiki-workspaces sites under the enterprise manager system. Here's what I've done: 1. created a site from a war file using xwiki-workspaces-web-1.2- milestone-1.war 2. added the enterprise manager jar file to WEB-INF/lib 3. added a line in xwiki.cfg to activate enterprise manager plugin; set xwiki.virtual=1 4. created 'xwiki' database in mysql, gave xwiki user all rights on everything 5. started tomcat, and navigated to bin/main/view/WebHome 6. clicked on 'Administration' link, and arrived at the import page 7. imported xwiki-enterprise-manager-wiki-administrator-1.3.xar 8. created new site, giving Admin user all rights on new site, uploading xwiki-workspaces-wiki-1.2-milestone-1.xar 9. navigate to new site, and log in as Admin I used the workspaces war file for the main application since it uses v1.5.2 and enterprise manager war file would only supply v1.5.1 Here's the problem: While the Admin user on the workspaces site can edit things, workspaces cannot be created. Moreover, on the user administration page, Administrator is listed as a simple member. Also, the arrows to promote members to power user or global admin are missing. I'm able to create users, but they're simple users as well. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. Dan

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[xwiki-users] DocumentTree Plugin
by hel-o 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Hi, i just tried to install the DocumentTree Plugin but it doesn't seem to work. i followed the instructions here. http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Plugins/DocumentTreePlugin Downloaded the jar doctree-1.5.jar here http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Snippets/ChildPageSnippet But when i restart my xwiki it doesn't work anymore. In the log i find: INFO: Starting service Catalina 23.09.2008 07:57:21 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.16 23.09.2008 07:57:21 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR INFO: Deploying web application archive ROOT.war 23.09.2008 07:57:21 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SCHWERWIEGEND: Error in dependencyCheck java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid entry size (expected 1538260992 but got 25 bytes) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readEnd(ZipInputStream.java:393) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.read(ZipInputStream.java:165) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.read(JarInputStream.java:194) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:235) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:275) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:334) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.getBytes(JarInputStream.java:105) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(JarInputStream.java:82) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(JarInputStream.java:60) at org.apache.catalina.util.ExtensionValidator.getManifest(ExtensionValidator.java:373) at org.apache.catalina.util.ExtensionValidator.validateApplication(ExtensionValidator.java:184) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4167) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:829) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:718) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1147) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) So it seems the jar provided for download is not working or did i make an mistake? Thanks Helmut -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/DocumentTree-Plugin-tp1111723p1111723.html Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[xwiki-users] multi platform
by Gerritjan Koekkoek 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Hi, Could somebody explain to me what risk we have when Xwiki application developped on windows/mySql/jetty would be deployed on linux/postgresql/apache/tomcat? I have the "naieve" assumption that if the xwiki out-of-the-box application runs on this Linux environment it can run "any" xwiki application? Gerritjan

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Re: [xwiki-users] localization of XWiki into Arabic
by Bey Youcef 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

On 9/26/08, Paul Libbrecht <paul(a)activemath.org> wrote: > > > Le 26-sept.-08 à 15:28, Bey Youcef a écrit : > >> Note that you can also define in the administration-settings XWiki >> documents that are resource-bundles, they will override the things below. >> Somewhere close to these settings you can also define the supported >> languages (and define whether it's multilingual!). >> >> Thanks so much. >> >> Translating all strings is time-consuming, the best way thus to get quick >> idea about the arabic localization is MT (Machine Translation). >> The MT can be used for the experimentation. >> > > Honestly, it's a donkey work but if you type fast it should not take you > more than 3-4 hours for XWiki I think. > Curriki translation took a few days to our translators and it is several > orders of magnitudes bigger. As we are starting to collaborate together, I don't appreciate the word *donkey*! No harm. But it seems that you're not award about the advantage of MT nowadays. It can be used to save more than 50% in some fields. Personally, I translated web sites using Google MT into Arabic. Let me say that it helped to save more 50% of translation time (especially for editing) and the quality is quit acceptable! The statistical MT are also more powerful. As first step, I want to show the technical problems that can be produced when shifting into Arabic, especially those related to RTL, css, ... The translation as well as revision can be done efficiently by occasional translators (e.g me and other communities). I'm not worried about this issue. > How about the translation of installation Wiki pages? They are not >> in the resources! For example, where could we find strings of the main >> pages >> when XWiki is installed for the first time? >> >> The web-pages are content, they are wiki-editable. >> Once multilingual, your wiki always offers you the possibility to >> translate a page at editing time, that's what you want to use. >> >> This mean that the end-users have to translate these pages? I don't thing >> so! >> Not all of them are translators or willing to translate. >> > > All users? Just one... the translator... The translation must be done in translation environments rather in the application itself. Even XWiki offers open editing, it is not computer-aided translation tools to be used for translation. Translating a Wiki page from English into another language in Wiki editor is not good method. The source and target document must be displayed in the same interface. This concept is proposed by Alen Melby since 1982, when he proposed the concept of translation memory (TM). This is very known for professional translators. Strings must be stored in separated resource files, which can be translated in specific environments like OmegaT, Pootle, poedit, etc. Mozilla is translated into 70 languages in high quality. The translation is never done in Mozilla itself, especially for documents. All strings are saved in ".po" files and in object formats. This is why the translation is efficient!! The localization, once done, it must be done for all text in documentation >> and GUI. >> > > it is well known that translating documentation is long. It generally is > delayed ;-)) Not exactly. It depends on size of documents. The translation of XWiki pages (not documentation) can be done in acceptable time. I'm talking about the Wiki pages, like the main page, and some help pages. The scenario is simple : strings must be stored in separte files. Translators recover these files and translate them in computer-aides translation environments (e.g OmegaT). Once the translation is done, these files are integrated into XWiki. The last step is QA! The XWiki was not designed for localization that's why the resources properties are used for conversion. In fact, these resources can't be used for managing format of document. They don't support metadata...This is one among another reasons for which LISA proposed the XLIFF standard. Anyway, thanks for your help! Youcef

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[xwiki-users] Adding users and permissions through the API
by Evan Pease 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Hi, Is there a way to add users and manipulate permission via the XWiki API? Can someone point me to documentation on how to do it (if it exists)? Thanks, Evan

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Re: [xwiki-users] localization of XWiki into Arabic
by Bey Youcef 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Hi Paul, On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Paul Libbrecht <paul(a)activemath.org> wrote: > Hello Youcef, > > > Le 26-sept.-08 à 02:42, Bey Youcef a écrit : > >> I installed the "xwiki-workspaces-distribution-hsqldb-1.0" version with >> windows installer. As I'm using XWiki since many years, I'ven't faced any >> problems with new versions. >> >> But I'm trying to find the application resources that you pointed out in >> your mail. I couldn't found them. May I have to download and install them >> to >> get the localized version. >> > > It's in (webapps)/xwiki/WEB-INF/lib/xwiki-core-xxxx.jar > > I think that it's easy for you to expand this jar, copy the properties > files there to WEB-INF/classes and edit them there. > > I believe a restart is needed at every change. > > Note that you can also define in the administration-settings XWiki > documents that are resource-bundles, they will override the things below. > Somewhere close to these settings you can also define the supported > languages (and define whether it's multilingual!). Thanks so much. Translating all strings is time-consuming, the best way thus to get quick idea about the arabic localization is MT (Machine Translation). The MT can be used for the experimentation. > > > Another important things related to its localisation, It is known that >> localization is not only limited on the translation of resources files >> (Key=Value). The process is little bit more complex: How about the >> consistency between documents and GUI strings and those of the system >> messages? >> > > XWiki tries its best... it is not fully achievable though depending on the > availability of content. Ok. > > How about the translation of installation Wiki pages? They are not >> in the resources! For example, where could we find strings of the main >> pages >> when XWiki is installed for the first time? >> > > The web-pages are content, they are wiki-editable. > Once multilingual, your wiki always offers you the possibility to translate > a page at editing time, that's what you want to use. This mean that the end-users have to translate these pages? I don't thing so! Not all of them are translators or willing to translate. The localization, once done, it must be done for all text in documentation and GUI. > > [...] The encoding of these files are not UTF-8, then how it will be >> possible to >> manage multilingual content by shifting from one language to another >> during >> runtime? >> > > You definitely should make sure everything is utf-8 (e.g. in xwiki.cfg). > Note that IRIs are not fully achieved though so document names with some > arabic letters will give very ugly URLs (and may often fail) (note: URL is > not title!). > For some old legacy reasons there are still xwiki distributions that run > other encodings, in particular iso-8859-1, but you should not take these in > account or? > > There's one more dimension of Arabic translation which may byte and I am > interested to see if that one is doable: > left-to-right layout. > I do not think XWiki developers have considered it thorougly thus far and > only a good translation first approach can see what are the limits. The > velocity files may need to be changed I think. Thank you very much. I'll let you know as soon as I do progress. -- Youcef

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[xwiki-users] Platform dependancies
by Gerritjan Koekkoek 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Hi, Could somebody explain to me what risk we have when Xwiki application developped on windows/mySql/jetty would be deployed on linux/postgresql/apache/tomcat? I have the "naieve" assumption that if the xwiki out-of-the-box application runs on this Linux environment it can run "any" xwiki application? Gerritjan

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