[xwiki-users] Advice on building simple app
Hi all, I'm wanting to create a simple XWiki "app" and being new to this wanted to get some advice before starting. What I want is probably not too far removed from the FAQ app, so it may well look a bit like this, but I wanted to get some pointers before heading off in the wrong direction. The app is essentially a directory of "things" where each "thing" will be its own wiki page, and there will be a master page that lists them all and allow pagination, filtering etc. (livetable etc.) The "things" will have a small number of "fields", not too different from the FAQ app. But where it may differ is that the page for each "thing" should also allow free form editing of the wiki page so that arbitrary additional info can be added (even including scripts etc.) This arbitrary extra info will just be part or the page, not part of the directory. The page for each "thing" will therefore be a combination of structured info (the fields) appearing at the top of the page in a consistent manner across all pages), and non-structured info appearing below this. All advice greatly appreciated. Tim
Hi Tim, Have you tried using AWM? http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/App+Within+Minutes+Appl... After you have the structure you can try to modify the Sheet page and add conditionals. Thanks, Caty On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Tim Dudgeon < tdudgeon@informaticsmatters.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm wanting to create a simple XWiki "app" and being new to this wanted to get some advice before starting. What I want is probably not too far removed from the FAQ app, so it may well look a bit like this, but I wanted to get some pointers before heading off in the wrong direction.
The app is essentially a directory of "things" where each "thing" will be its own wiki page, and there will be a master page that lists them all and allow pagination, filtering etc. (livetable etc.) The "things" will have a small number of "fields", not too different from the FAQ app. But where it may differ is that the page for each "thing" should also allow free form editing of the wiki page so that arbitrary additional info can be added (even including scripts etc.) This arbitrary extra info will just be part or the page, not part of the directory. The page for each "thing" will therefore be a combination of structured info (the fields) appearing at the top of the page in a consistent manner across all pages), and non-structured info appearing below this.
All advice greatly appreciated.
Tim
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < valicac@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tim,
Have you tried using AWM?
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/App+Within+Minutes+Appl...
After you have the structure you can try to modify the Sheet page and add conditionals.
No need to modify the sheet. The Content field (from the Field Palette) allows just that: free form editing (non-structured content). As the name suggests, the content is actually saved as the content of the wiki page. Hope this helps, Marius
Thanks, Caty
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Tim Dudgeon < tdudgeon@informaticsmatters.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm wanting to create a simple XWiki "app" and being new to this wanted to get some advice before starting. What I want is probably not too far removed from the FAQ app, so it may well look a bit like this, but I wanted to get some pointers before heading off in the wrong direction.
The app is essentially a directory of "things" where each "thing" will be its own wiki page, and there will be a master page that lists them all and allow pagination, filtering etc. (livetable etc.) The "things" will have a small number of "fields", not too different from the FAQ app. But where it may differ is that the page for each "thing" should also allow free form editing of the wiki page so that arbitrary additional info can be added (even including scripts etc.) This arbitrary extra info will just be part or the page, not part of the directory. The page for each "thing" will therefore be a combination of structured info (the fields) appearing at the top of the page in a consistent manner across all pages), and non-structured info appearing below this.
All advice greatly appreciated.
Tim
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Thanks for the advice. App Within Minutes certainly does the trick and was quite easy to understand. Tim
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Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) -
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Tim Dudgeon