From 8722ea0fbec58c90eeb4aca3871a7cf7ee3272ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 10:37:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] minor fix-ups --- doc/todo/adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) 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..cc8cff756 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 @@ -45,20 +45,17 @@ 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 +66,11 @@ 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]] -- 2.11.4.GIT