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Re: [SMW-devel] Working on a multi edit special page with forms
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From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2009-11-26 01:54:41
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Two thoughts: - I would recommend looking at the Special:CreateClass page in SF as well - it uses the job queue to create multiple pages, so it's probably even more relevant than the Replace Text extension. - Unfortunately, I doubt there's any way to check with 100% certainty whether all the relevant pages have the same value for a given field... even parsing each page every time may not always work. -Yaron On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Laurent Alquier <la...@al...>wrote: > I want that ! > > Is it going to behave like multiple edits apps and preserve already > existing values ? > > As for Ajax vs HTTP, I would favor keeping it as simple as possible. There > are already many conflicts between javascript from multiple extensions > (headertabs, maps, forms, etc...). > > - Laurent > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Hauke Pribnow wrote: > > > Hi everybody! > > > > I am currently working on an extension to Semantic MediaWiki that should > > enable the user to edit a bunch of pages at once through a user-friendly > > interface as provided by Yaron Koren's Semantic Forms extension. > > > > To demonstrate the main idea of how the GUI should look and behave like > > I threw together an example page: > > http://home.arcor.de/t.mod/multieditexample/ > > (I know - the code there is still pretty bad. It'll be fixed in the real > > extension, I promise.) > > > > Concerning the use of JavaScript: I want to let the user decide if > > he/she wants to use the Ajax-style Web 2.0 in-page dialog that currently > > pops up when clicking on the "Edit selected page" button, or - as an > > alternative - if he/she prefeers Web 1.5 where the button will simply > > trigger a HTTP POST and send the user to a special "Edit selected pages" > > page. > > > > Currently I'm still in the process of gathering information of how to > > actually implement this extension. Yaron gave me the suggestion to use > > the Page Object Model extension, lch on IRC pointed me to the Replace > > Text extension (especially interesting because it's using the job > > queue). Do you have any other additional suggestion where I can save > > some work? (Of course I'll also try to re-use as much code as possible > > from Yaron's Forms extension.) > > > > > > Besides this, I have a more specific question: Since I want to make > > everything as user-friendly as possible, I plan to also implement > > checkboxes à la popular MP3 tag editors to let the user decide which > > fields should acutally be overwritten when submitting a multi edit page. > > (See this for an example of a typical MP3 tag multi edit interface: > > http://www.applelinks.com/images/uploads/kirk/itunesbatch3.gif ) > > > > Therefore it would be great if my extension could automatically > > determine if some or all fields of the selected pages contain the exact > > same value. If this is the case the according value should already be > > pre-entered in the form field and possibly also the > > "overwrite-this-field" checkbox should already be ticked when a user > > clicks on "Edit selected pages". Otherwise the form fields should be > > empty of course. > > > > The question is: How to do that? > > > > Since the SFStore doesn't want extension developers to send SQL > > statements directly to the database (for a good reason of course) I'm > > looking for other ways to deal with the situation. I already though of > > temporarily adding unique special properties/fields to all selected > > pages to be able to query the number of pages with that unique > > property/field that have the same field content as the field of the > > first selected page. Something in this direction. > > > > Do you have any suggestions that are somehow better/more elegant? > > > > Thanks for any input already in advance! > > > > > > Hauke > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > > Sem...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > |
