X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/0a72cec3f11a69963dec2efa8ecb3c1a77540a50..3aacac3b:/doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn b/doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn index 915f8a2a1..9a502a852 100644 --- a/doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ and show an edit page. Ikiwiki can't do that (unless its web server is configured to do smart things on a 404, like maybe call ikiwiki.cgi which could be modified to work as a smart 404 -> edit handler). +> Since this todo was opened, the [[plugins/404]] plugin has been added; +> it does exactly that. Only if you have Apache, at the moment, though. --[[smcv]] + Some wikis also provide a UI means for creating a new page. If we can find something good, that can be added to ikiwiki's UI. --[[Joey]] @@ -45,20 +48,17 @@ A quick round-up of how other wikis address this problem: typed if it exists, and searches otherwise. In the latter case, you get a link like this at the top of the search results: -> There is no page titled "Testing". You can create this page. +> *There is no page titled "Testing". You can create this page.* * wikia mediawikis have an "add a page" button that pops-up a JS pseudo-window asking for a page name. On submission, you end up at an edit window for the page. - * wikipedia now makes it quite hard to create new pages. The old 'go' button is gone, nearly all search terms end up at an actual article, a "no results" match does not have helpful create link options. - * Moin Moin has a two-button search: "Titles" and "Text". Neither offer a "create page" option for 0-match searches. - * the original c2.com wiki has no helpful link for this either. So - the direction of travel would appear to be *away* from having @@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ I would suggest the following for ikiwiki: * Extend the search results page to include a "create this page" link, perhaps toggleable, perhaps only if the search term matches some criteria for what makes a sensible page name - * Some combination of JamesWestby's "create" plugin, extracting the - current stuff inside [[ikiwiki/plugins/inline]] (see also: + current stuff inside [[plugins/inline]] (see also: [[more flexible inline postform]]) -- more generally, rationalising where that code lives so it can be used in more contexts. - * documenting the `inline` hack above (which I use extensively on my - private wikis, by the way!) as a [[tip]]. + private wikis, by the way!) as a [[tip|tips]]. -- [[Jon]]