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Most recent edit on 2008-04-23 16:34:46 by OlivierBorowski

Additions:
'importance' => 2
'importance' => 1
'importance' => 1
importance=2
importance=1
importance=1
<importance>2</importance>
<importance>1</importance>
<importance>1</importance>
PRIMARY KEY (`tag`)
`importance` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`action_tag`,`name`)
Field "importance" :
- it is only used by WikkaEdit
- values : 0=none, 1=default, 2=mandatory
- when adding an action, the "mandatory" and "default" parameters are added automatically. If a "mandatory" parameter is removed, the editor will display a warning.

When metadata cache is updated ?

The ACLs are currently not used (see following chapiter "Actions ACLs")
""<h3 id="hn_Actions_Administration">Actions Administration</h3>
<fieldset>
<legend>Filter view:</legend>
<label for="q">Search action:</label> <input type ="text" id="q" name="q" title="Enter a search string" size="20" maxlength="50" value=" "/> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /><br />
<label for="l">Show</label>
<select name="l" id="l" title="Select records-per-page limit">
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="15" selected="selected">15</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
</select> <label for="l">records per page</label> <input type="submit" value="Apply" /><br />
Records (28): 1-15 | <a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage&l=15&sort=time&d=desc&s=15&q=&start_ts=&end_ts=" title="Show records from 16 to 28">16-28</a>
<br />
<span class="sortorder">Sorted by: <tt>tag, asc</tt></span>
</fieldset>
<table id="adminactions" summary="List of possible actions" border="1px" class="data">
<th style="text-align:center"><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage&l=10&sort=tag&d=desc" title="Sort by action tag">Action Tag</a></th>
<th style="text-align:center"><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage&l=10&sort=title&d=asc" title="Sort by action title">Action Title</a></th>
<th colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage&l=10&sort=acl&d=asc" title="Sort by ACLS">ACLS</a></th>
<tr>
<td>adminpages</td><td>Pages administration</td><td>JohnDoe</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=adminpages">edit</a></td>
<td>adminusers</td><td>Users administration</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=adminusers">edit</a></td>
<td>backlinks</td><td>Backlinks</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=backlinks">edit</a></td>
<td>calendar</td><td>Calendar</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=calendar">edit</a></td>
<td>category</td><td>Category</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=category">edit</a></td>
<td>checkversion</td><td>Version checker</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=checkversion">edit</a></td>
<td>color</td><td>Text color</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=color">edit</a></td>
<td>contact</td><td>Administrator email address</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=contact">edit</a></td>
<td>countcomments</td><td>Count comments</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=countcomments">edit</a></td>
<td>countowned</td><td>Count owned</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=countowned">edit</a></td>
<td>countpages</td><td>Count pages</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=countpages">edit</a></td>
<td>countusers</td><td>Count users</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=countusers">edit</a></td>
<td>emailpassword</td><td>Lost password form</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=emailpassword">edit</a></td>
<td>image</td><td>Image</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=image">edit</a></td>
<td>usersettings</td><td>My user settings</td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://127.0.0.1/wikkaprojet/wikka.php?wakka=AdminPage/actionacls&action=usersettings">edit</a></td>

Actions ACLs

The main idea of ACLs is to allow the admin to disable non-safe actions like "files" or "iframe", or allow only some users to use them.
For basic actions, these ACLs are really useless (eg: "color", "image", "table"...)
Ideas :
- ACLs could be used to replace the hardcoded "if ($this->IsAdmin($this->GetUser()))" in some actions
Problems :
- "wikka_actions" and "wikka_action_params" tables are not always up-to-date (only updated when the AdminActions action is called)
- the ACLs are currently ignored by the core (and can't be added due to the 1st problem)


Deletions:
'mandatory' => 1
'default' => 1
'default' => 1
mandatory=1
default=1
default=1
<mandatory>1</mandatory>
<default>1</default>
<default>1</default>
`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
UNIQUE KEY `tag` (`tag`),
KEY `category` (`category`)
`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`is_default` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
`is_mandatory` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `name` (`name`),
KEY `action_tag` (`action_tag`)
"is_default" and "is_mandatory" could be stored in the same field (0=none, 1=default, 2=mandatory)

When metadata cache is updated

""<table id="adminactions" summary="List of possible actions" border="1px" class="data">
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by action tag">Action Tag</a></th>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by action title">Action Title</a></th>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by ACLS">ACLS</a></th>
<td>adminpages</td><td>Pages administration</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>adminusers</td><td>Users administration</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>backlinks</td><td>Backlinks</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>calendar</td><td>Calendar</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>checkversion</td><td>Version checker</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>color</td><td>Text color</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>contact</td><td>Administrator email address</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>countpages</td><td>Count pages</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>countusers</td><td>Count users</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>emailpassword</td><td>Lost password form</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>image</td><td>Image</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>usersettings</td><td>My user settings</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>countcomments</td><td>Count comments</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>countowned</td><td>Count owned</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>
<td>category</td><td>Category</td><td>* <a href="#">edit</a></td>




Edited on 2008-04-19 11:27:47 by OlivierBorowski

Additions:
+ fastest
- may introduce some errors (especially with comma or parentheses)
+ easiest to read and write
- no hierarchical structure (action and parameters data are mixed together)
- give headaches to read or write
- slow to parse




Edited on 2008-04-19 07:54:52 by OlivierBorowski

Additions:

Where metadata are stored

Caching metadata

Solution : add to the database two tables : "wikka_actions" and "wikka_action_params"
CREATE TABLE `wikka_actions` (
  `id` int(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `tag` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  `title` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  `summary` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `usage_infos` varchar(400) NOT NULL,
  `category` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  `acl` text NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `tag` (`tag`),
  KEY `category` (`category`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;

CREATE TABLE `wikka_action_params` (
  `id` int(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  `description` varchar(400) NOT NULL,
  `default_value` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  `is_default` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `is_mandatory` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `action_tag` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  KEY `name` (`name`),
  KEY `action_tag` (`action_tag`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;

"is_default" and "is_mandatory" could be stored in the same field (0=none, 1=default, 2=mandatory)

When metadata cache is updated

These databases are currently updated each time AdminAction is called (an "update action list" link may be a better solution)

User interface

The UI is based on UserAdmin and PageAdmin style.
Action Tag Action Title ACLS
adminpagesPages administration* edit
adminusersUsers administration* edit
backlinksBacklinks* edit
calendarCalendar* edit
checkversionVersion checker* edit
colorText color* edit
contactAdministrator email address* edit
countpagesCount pages* edit
countusersCount users* edit
emailpasswordLost password form* edit
imageImage* edit
usersettingsMy user settings* edit
countcommentsCount comments* edit
countownedCount owned* edit
categoryCategory* edit


Deletions:

How metadata are updated

How metadata are stored

We may add an "action" table to the database.




Edited on 2008-04-11 05:31:44 by OlivierBorowski

Additions:
Each action directory contains an additional file "actionname.inc.php".
Data formats :
1) PHP array (best method?)
<?php
$action_infos = array(
    'category' => 'hidden',
    'tag' => 'image',
    'title' => 'Image',
    'summary' => 'Display an image.',
    'usage' => '',
    'params' => array(
        'url' => array(
            'default_value' => 'url',
            'description' => 'Image URL. Can be relative (images/img.png) or external (http://example.com/example.jpg)',
            'mandatory' => 1
        ),
        'title' => array(
            'default_value' => 'text',
            'description' => 'Image title',
            'default' => 1
        ),
        'alt' => array(
            'default_value' => 'text',
            'description' => 'Alternate text when image can\'t be displayed',
            'default' => 1
        ),
        'class' => array(
            'default_value' => 'className',
            'description' => 'Class name (defined in the CSS file)'
        ),
        'link' => array(
            'default_value' => 'url',
            'description' => 'Add a link to the image'
        )
    )
);
?>

2) INI-file
[action]
category=hidden
tag=image
title=Image
summary=Display an image.
usage=
[url]
default_value=url
description=Image URL. Can be relative (images/img.png) or external (http://example.com/example.jpg)
mandatory=1
[title]
default_value=text
description=Image title
default=1
[alt]
default_value=text
description=Alternate text when image can#039;t be displayed
default=1
[class]
default_value=className
description=Class name (defined in the CSS file)
[link]
default_value=url
description=Image title

3) XML
<action>
    <category>hidden</category>
    <tag>image</tag>
    <title>Image</title>
    <summary>Display an image.</summary>
    <usage></usage>
    <params>
        <url>
            <default_value>url</default_value>
            <description>Image URL. Can be relative (images/img.png) or external (http://example.com/example.jpg)</description>
            <mandatory>1</mandatory>
        </url>
        <title>
            <default_value>text</default_value>
            <description>Image title</description>
            <default>1</default>
        </title>
        <alt>
            <default_value>text</default_value>
            <description>Alternate text when image can't be displayed</description>
            <default>1</default>
        </alt>
        <class>
            <default_value>className</default_value>
            <description>Class name (defined in the CSS file)</description>
        </class>
        <link>
            <default_value>url</default_value>
            <description>Image title</description>
        </link>
    </params>
</action>




Edited on 2008-03-17 12:57:41 by OlivierBorowski

Additions:

Main goals of this module

Needed metadata

How metadata are updated

For each action in "/action" directory, the header of the action file is read (eg : "/action/image/image.php")
Action file header contains all the required metadata, prefixed by a specific tag.

How metadata are stored

Parsing the "/action" directory on each request is too slow. Moreover, additional data like action ACLs can't be stored in the file itself.
We may add an "action" table to the database.


Deletions:
The main goals of this module are:



Edited on 2008-03-10 13:17:56 by DarTar [layout, category link]

Additions:
This is the development page for the action administration module.
The main goals of this module are:
  • allow finegrained access control on actions (preferably based on ACLs)
  • make the "intranet" directory obsolete
  • allow WikkaEdit to retrieve the list of installed actions and for each action its description, parameters...

CategoryDevelopment


Deletions:
This is the development page for the actions administration.
The main goals are :
- allow some actions to be disabled (preferably based on ACLs)
- make the "intranet" directory obsolete
- allow WikkaEdit to retrieve actions list and for each one its description, parameters...




Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2008-03-10 12:19:43 by OlivierBorowski []
Page view:

Administration of Actions


This is the development page for the actions administration.

The main goals are :
- allow some actions to be disabled (preferably based on ACLs)
- make the "intranet" directory obsolete
- allow WikkaEdit to retrieve actions list and for each one its description, parameters...




See also:
- UsingActions
- DescribeActions
- CategoryDevelopmentActions
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