[dokuwiki] Re: Namespace without start page?

  • From: "Jerry Schwartz" <jerry@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:08:31 -0400

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>From: dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Rick Farris
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:01 AM
>To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [dokuwiki] Re: Namespace without start page?
>
>Hi Jerry.
>
>I personally use the "pagequery" plugin to do what others have suggested. You
>simply create a very simple "start" page in each namespace and the contents 
>of
>each of those pages is as previously suggested starting with a ~~NOCACHE~~ on
>the first line, and then followed by the appropriate syntax for either the
>previous plugin or the "pagequery" plugin. In your case, using the pagequery
>plugin, that syntax might look something like this:
>{{pagequery>@yoursub-
>namespacehere;nostart;sort=ns;proper=both;cols=1;abstract}}
>
[JS] Interesting -- I was unaware of that plugin.

I'll take a look at it if I have the time and a job, as opposed to either the 
time or a job. :-(

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz
Global Information Incorporated
195 Farmington Ave.
Farmington, CT 06032

860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341
E-mail: jerry@xxxxxxxxx
Web site: www.giiresearch.com



>If you'd like to see it in action, I used this plugin to replace the default
>site map on the following page:
>http://docs.navara.com/doku.php?id=site_index
>On that page, each namespace has its own pagequery and at the bottom of the
>page is a list of all pages, with the start pages excluded. The pagequery
>plugin is ACL-aware, so only the results are returned that the user has 
>access
>to.
>
>Hope this helps you and perhaps others.
>
>:Rick Farris
>________________________________________
>From: dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [dokuwiki-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Jerry Schwartz [jerry@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:57 PM
>To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [dokuwiki] Re: Namespace without start page?
>
>>
>>IMHO, if you don't have start pages, hierarchical breadcrumbs don't make
>>much sense.
>>What other links in there do you expect on e.g. foo:bar? Shall it grab
>>the first page it finds in the "foo" namespace? Shall it go to any
>>random page? No page at all, but the sitemap instead?
>>Sorry, maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I cannot think of a
>>single scenario where that could make sense.
>>So, what should happen instead?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Anika
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>[JS] Well, you are right to a large degree, but I have a particular issue 
>that
>I'm trying to solve:
>
>I have many pages. These pages are all pointed to by a start page. Up until
>now, all of the pages have been lumped together in one namespace.
>
>Here's my problem: when I try to create an intra-wiki link, I have to scroll
>through dozens of pages in a tiny window that I cannot resize. I wanted to
>make this chore easier by putting the pages into sub-namespaces.
>
>I don't particularly want a start page for each of the sub-namespaces, 
>because
>(to save navigation time) they are all listed in a higher level start page.
>
>The sub-namespaces are just to make it easier to find things when I want to
>create a link (and apply ACLs, too). Does that make some sense?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Schwartz
>Global Information Incorporated
>195 Farmington Ave.
>Farmington, CT 06032
>
>860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341
>E-mail: jerry@xxxxxxxxx
>Web site: www.giiresearch.com
>
>
>
>
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