Idea: Templates
Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2024/11/19 16:14
- XWiki
- Design
- Idea
- [Brainstorming] Templates exposure (Jun 14, 2017) http://xwiki.markmail.org/thread/qh2mws4f7xiknxrl
Description
Requirement
Drop down on "+" Menu + Admin UI to select some templates
Need
- L: This would allow to specify a ordered set of templates that would show up with you click on +
Notes
- Provide a link to manage the templates after the Templates list
Solutions
Solution 1
- Modal when clicking on '+' that suggest a list of Administrator selected templates
- Not scalable
- You cannot change the location or the options (terminal, etc.)
- You need to know the page name
Solution 2
- Improve the Create Template's display by showing preview's with them
Solution 2.1
- Manual attach a screenshot of the template
Solution 2.2
- Automatically generates previews using the PDF Export
Solution 3
- Provide an easy way to transform a page into a template
- In the Content Menu, as action
- In Edit panels, as checkbox
Solution 4
- Change the Create page layout, to first ask for Type
Solution 5
- Random generated page names / titles
Ludovic Dubost