Flavor: Public Website
Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)Description
Public Website Flavor
Community Feedback
Objectives
The purpose of a Public Website is to share information about a company/product and it's procedures, features, services, etc. It's the on-line presence of a company for it's targeted audience. It provides a mean for information related to the company be viewed (read-only).
Short Version
The highlights of the Public Website wiki are:
- Public content
- Social Authentication
- Custom Presentation in accordance with the company/product brand
- Initial instances of common Pages like 'Contact', 'About us', 'Privacy', etc.
- Custom Macros specialized for adding on-line content
- Blog application
- Internationalization packages
Issues
- Publish a Carousel Extension
- Publish a Fat footer Extension
- Publish a Social Badges Macro
- Publish a Latest Blog Posts Macro
Tasks & Features
Task: Creating Content
Pages
Pages are atomic entities of the wiki. They have 'Copy', 'Rename', 'Move', 'Delete' functionality. Also you can manage the 'History' (restore versions), add Attachments to them and manage them with 'Document Index'.
The Public Website Flavor comes with a custom structure that contain sample pages like:
- 'About'
- 'Contact us'
- 'References' / 'Showcase'
- 'Products'
- 'Features'
- 'License'
- 'Terms of use'
- 'Privacy'
- 'Team'
Mandatory Default Extension Custom
WYSIWYG
You can edit the wiki page in Syntax mode or WYSIWYG mode, which provides a way to create rich content with ease.
There will be a selection of macros specialized for creating online content that can be embedded inside pages.
Mandatory
Default
Templates
Templates can be used to enforce a certain page layout and structure in order to make presentation pages consistent throughout the site.
Optional
Default
Export
Pages should be exportable in PDF format and for Print.
Optional
Default
Macros
Macros add extra functionality inside wiki pages. There are certain macro categories, from content formatting to application specific macros. Macro categories need to be customized and specialized for adding on-line content.
Some examples of useful macros:
- Container Macro
- Gallery Macro
- Chart Macro
- Video Macro
- Twitter Macro
- Google Map Macro
- Google Calendar
- Latest Blog Posts
- Social Badges
Mandatory Default Extension Custom
Task: Organize Information
Spaces
Spaces are collections of wiki pages. They have separate administration, so they can have independent rights, presentation, backups, etc.
Spaces organize pages in 'physical' locations, accessible through URLs.
Mandatory
Default
Breadcrumbs
Organize your content in hierarchical order by having parent-child relationships. Breadcrumbs displays the position of a page in the documents hierarchy.
They organize the pages 'logically', across spaces.
Mandatory
Default
Tags
Tags can be added to pages to describe and categorize them. Can be visualized in Tag Clouds.
They organize the pages 'logically', across spaces.
Optional
Default
Task: Access Information
Search
Search for content inside pages, comments, objects and also in the content of attachments. You can restrict your search results by using filters based on location, content type, modification date, author, etc.
Mandatory
Default
Livetable
Livetables allow filtering of pages that share common entities. Pages selection can be done for an entire space, wiki, tag, author, etc.
Optional
Default
Activity Stream
Activity Stream lets you monitor the activity on pages, comments, attachments, by seing new, edited, deleted content. The Activity Stream is an useful tool highlighting new content and contributors.
Optional
Default
Task: Community Interaction
Blog
Blogs are used to communicate timely information, like announcements, journal entries, status reports, etc.
You can host multiple blogs or organize the information using categories and tags.
Mandatory
Default
Comments
Communication, collaboration or reviewing of the content can be made through comments. Comments can be added to any page, especially blog posts.
There is an extension that allow users of other social networks to post comments, or there is an option to allow comments be posted by unregistered users. Also comments can be disabled.
Mandatory
Default
Applications
There are other optional Applications that can be installed in a Public WebSite, like Newsletter Application, Forum, Ratings,Totem
etc.
Optional
Default
Custom
Task: Notifications
RSS
Changes and activity notifications are also available in RSS format in order to stay up to date. There are some pre-defined feeds that you can subscribe (activity stream, blog, etc.).
Optional
Default
Watchlist
Get informed about wiki modifications with the watch feature. You will be notified by email of any changes to the pages: edit, delete content, comments, attachments, etc.
You can specify the frequency and delay of the e-mails. Also you are automatically subscribed to pages you contributed.
Optional
Default
Task: Instance Administration
Authentification
You can create your own user base and let them authenticate with XWiki credentials.
You can also use our social login application that let's you login using credentials from various social sites, like Facebook, Twitter or Google.
Mandatory
Default
Extension
Internationalization
There are over 21 language available for your website, depending on the audience you need to handle. Also you can add your own translation or improve a current one.
Optional
Default
Presentation
Public Websites usually have a custom skin in accordance with the company/product brand (logo, colors, etc.)
There is an extension skin designed especially for Public Websites.
The skin needs an Horizontal Menu to contain links to important sections. Also a fat footer should be set in place.
The Homepage should host a Carousel with the top offers / products.
Mandatory
Default
Extension
Custom
Backup
Prevent information loss by having regular backups, useful also when doing upgrades or moving from one instance to another.
Mandatory
Default
Analytics & Statistics
You can get detailed informations about visitors if you enable our Statistics Application or if you enable the Google Analytics tracking.
Optional
Default
Task: Security
Rights
The whole purpose of a public website is to make information accessible to the audience. Custom rights will be given to Registered and Unregistered Users (like the ability to edit, comment, view, etc.).
Mandatory
Default
Spam Protection
The Registration process and the addition of Comments can be protected by using Captchas. Additional security measures are out-of-the-box.
Optional
Default
Features Summary
| Feature | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYSIWYG | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Spaces | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Breadcrumbs | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Search | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Blog | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Comments | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Rights | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Backup | Mandatory | Default | ||||
| Pages (History, Attachments, Document Index) | Mandatory | Default | Extension 1 | Custom | ||
| Authentification | Mandatory | Default | Extension 2 | |||
| Presentation | Mandatory | Default | Extension 3 4 5 6 | Custom | ||
| Macros | Mandatory | Default | Extension 7 8 9 10 11 12 | Custom | ||
| Applications | Optional |
Extension
13 14 15 16 | Custom | |||
| Internationalization | Optional | Default | ||||
| Templates | Optional | Default | ||||
| Export | Optional | Default | ||||
| Livetable | Optional | Default | ||||
| Activity Stream | Optional | Default | ||||
| Tags | Optional | Default | ||||
| RSS | Optional | Default | ||||
| Watchlist | Optional | Default | ||||
| Analytics & Statistics | Optional | Default | ||||
| Spam Protection | Optional | Default | ||||
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Contact+Page
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Social+Login+Application
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Leiothrix+Skin
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/NavigationMenuConfig
- ^ Carousel Extension
- ^ Fat Footer Extension
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Video+Macro
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Twitter+Macro
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Map+Macro
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Google+Calendar
- ^ Latest Blog Posts Macro
- ^ Social Badges
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Newsletter+Application
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/SimpleForumApplication
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Ratings+Application
- ^ http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/TotemApplication
