Wikka Beta Features
Notes
- Beta features listed on this page and currently installed on this server are not necessarily meant to be included in the core anytime soon.
- For a complete list of new features that are officially accepted for inclusion in the core, please refer to our tracker.
- Items on this list marked with
have already been committed in our code repository.
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See also
- Skins [2004-11-24]
allows users to select, create, edit and modify their own custom CSS stylesheet.
Test: TestSkin
Development pages: MySkin, WikkaSkinSelector, WikkaSkinEditor
- Paged comments [2004-12-12]
allows comments to be paged. The number of comments per page can be set from UserSettings.
Development page: PagedComments
- Menulets [2004-12-20]
mini-actions that will replace in the future menu items.
Development page & test: WikkaMenulets
- User Administration [2005-01-04 - updated 2009-11-04]
interface for managing registered users. (20091104) Implemented single-user delete action (fully supported in later versions)
Test: [admin-only] UserAdminTest
Development page: UserAdmin
Implemented as adminusers.php since version 1.1.6.4
- Page Administration [2005-01-04 - updated 2008-10-09]
interface for managing pages
Test: [admin-only] PageAdminTest
Development page: PageAdminAction
Implemented as adminpages.php since version 1.1.6.4
- Database Information [2005-07-08]
simple action to provide information about the structure of the database and tables used
Test: DbInfo [only admins get actual information but the page is freely accessible]
Development page: DbInfoAction
- Category action [modified] [2005-01-22]
a modified category action that by default now only shows the content of category pages (starting with 'Category') and does not show templates except as members of a special templates category (extra parameters allow overriding these defaults but in general this should not be necessary). This results in more "sensible" behavior when the category action is placed on (or included in) a non-category page: the SandBox won't be regarded as a category any more :). Also for output in columns divs are used now instead of a layout table; this also means that the pages are layed out vertically instead of row-by-row, making it easier to scan the output.
Example: See CategoryDevelopment for the new layout and note that the templates for development pages are no longer listed there (even though they contain a reference to CategoryDevelopment).
- System [2005-01-23]
a new action showing information about the system Wikka is running on.
Development page: WikkaMenulets
Example on the SysInfo page.
- Backlinks handler [2005-01-28]
A simple backlinks handler to display internal links to the current page (usage: /backlinks).
See BacklinksHandler.
- Grab code handler [2005-02-17]
A handler to download code snippets from code blocks inserted in Wikka pages.
See GrabCodeHandler.
- With the installation of the Advanced FormOpen() method and the Improved Formatter, the generation of the 'grabcode' form at the end of each code block has been changed to take advantage of the new FormOpen() method: all download forms now not only have an id but also a 'grabcode' class that can be used as a hook for proper styling. --JavaWoman [2005-06-12]
- Register action [2005-02-25]
An action for user registration distinct from the current (usersettings).
Development page: RegisterAction
Test: RegisterActionTest.
- RSS action - workaround [2005-05-06]
A temporary fix for the Onyx-RSS parser used by the RSS action; any (sometimes spurious) errors raised are now simply enclosed in an HTML comment so they are still available if needed but don't clutter up the rendered page.
Test and code on JwRssTest.
- Advanced Referrers handling [2005-05-13 - updated 2005-07-14]
New, advanced referrers handling with searching and filtering as well as an accessible form and results table (and more secure as well).
Development page: AdvancedReferrersHandler.
Test by adding /referrers to any page. (Only registered users can view and filter lists, only admins can blacklist domains or remove them from the blacklist.)
- Single quotes for action parameters [2005-06-08]
A small change to the Action() method in wikka.php so that action parameters are recognized enclosed in either single or double quotes.
Development page: ActionParsQuoting
- Advanced FormOpen() [2005-06-12 - updated 2008-10-09]
Enhanced FormOpen() method in wikka.php supporting all types of forms, and using makeId() to generate a unique id for a form.
Development pages: AdvancedFormOpen and GenerateUniqueId
Method Implemented since version 1.1.6.4
- Advanced Backlinks action [2005-06-12]
Advanced Backlinks action with support for different output formats - installed as an alpha feature; the original backlinks action is unchanged for now.
Development pages: AdvancedBacklinksAction, ArrayToList and ArrayToColumns
Test by using {{backlinks2}} with the new parameters on any page (sample below)
- Advanced Category action [2005-06-12]
Advanced Category action with support for many different output formats and a new 'related pages' feature - installed as an alpha feature; the modified (beta) category action (see above) is unchanged for now.
Development pages: AdvancedCategoryAction, ArrayToList and ArrayToColumns; see also CompatibilityCode and GenerateUniqueId
Test by using {{category2}} with the new parameters on any page (sample below)
- Improved Formatter [2005-06-12 - updated 2005-07-14]
New formatter code with many improved and advanced features.
Development page: ImprovedFormatter.
See also: AdvancedFormatter
- Login Redirection [2005-06-23]
Registered users are automatically redirected on their first login to a page specified in the config file (on this server: WelcomeRegisteredUser).
See RedirectOnLogin for further information.
- Headings with links [2005-07-14]
Headings with embedded links are now correctly handled to derive a document title ("smart title").
- Counting records [2005-07-19 - updated 2008-10-09]
Generic method getCount() to count records. Implemented (so far) in the ExistsPage() method and PageAdminAction (see above)
Development page: WikkaCountingRecords (which outlines other code where this may be implemented).
Method Implemented since version 1.1.6.4
- Info handler [2005-07-30]
Displays information and statistics on the current page (usage: /info).
See InfoHandler.
- RSS autodiscovery [2005-08-07]
Allows Wikka feeds to be autodetected by feed readers and some browsers.
See RSSAutoDiscovery.
- Header modifications [2005-08-17]
Replaced the search link in the header with a link to the /backlinks handler.
See BacklinksHandler.
- Footer modifications [2005-08-17]
Replaced the history link with a link to the /info handler.
See InfoHandler.
- License action [2006-01-17]
Prints the full-text of a specified license.
See LicenseAction.
See also: SysInfo
CategoryDevelopmentTest CategoryWikka
- What are the criterias: general interest, maturity, stability, documentation...?
Actions and handlers should be easier to include than modification of the core files don't you think so?
I just had a look at InlineCommentFormatter (should be linked from here as well) and find it pretty useful - how could we get it in the soon-to-come 1.1.6.0?
I agree that an explicit procedure for assessing if user-contributed features/extensions are ready to be officially released would be welcome.
I recently had a discussion with JavaWoman about what makes a 'good extension' and a potential candidate for a Wikka feature (basic conditions certainly include consistent use of the core functions, valid markup etc.). So I invite her to start a page with a WikkaHowTo for prospective contributors describing the standards that should be met by user-contributed code.
I was wondering what's the purpose of this page now that 1.1.6 has been released ..
Should it be moved/deleted/archived somewhere so that the latest features under consideration are mentioned ?
sry bout that ..
Also,
The development of wikka is not committed on sourceforge CVS anymore ?
It seems that all the files are about 11 months old.
Anyways, point is, I'm impressed by the kinds of things going on here. It looks to me like Wikka is not too far off from being awesome for anyone.
I know that I would like the user management and a way to edit the appearance (without tackling that giant CSS file) (as admin) out of these features. Admins uploading files would nice too.
http://wikkawiki.org/FilesManagementSolution
>> These features are really awesome, I can't wait for some of these to hit a release so I could upgrade. I guess I could try them out myself.
One "little" problem here is that actually all of these features were added as "beta" to the site before we had decent source control. We're now working on getting the site's software integrated back into SVN - once that's done we can see about what we can release (if and when). But it's a rather big job, I'm afraid - working on it though. We'll get there, have patience. :)