From 0a72cec3f11a69963dec2efa8ecb3c1a77540a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 10:16:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] suggestions for closing this todo --- ..._new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) 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 57ee99eb0..915f8a2a1 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 @@ -35,3 +35,47 @@ Maybe a very simple PHP frontend for serving the statically generated pages, that would display a page editing form or something like that for non-existent pages, wouldn't be too bad a thing and resource hog? Just a thought... --[[Tuomov]] + +---- + +A quick round-up of how other wikis address this problem: + + * mediawiki *used* to Offer a search box with two buttons: 'Go' + and 'Search'. 'Go' brought you to a page with the name you + 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. + + * 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 +"new page" functionality. + +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: + [[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]]. + +-- [[Jon]] -- 2.39.5