[Phpwiki-talk] Try wikilens theme ?

[Dan F. <dfr...@cs...>]

Folks,

The 'wikilens' theme in Phpwiki's CVS now works. I'd like to describe 
what's in there so you can try it out if you wish. We'd love feedback, 
so if you have any interest at all, give it a spin!

Also, you can see these features in action at wikilens.org.

Dan

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NOTE: Right now, we've tested with dbtype=SQL (which is PearDB, I 
think). Reini put in support for other backends, but I don't know its state.

These features work if you use the 'wikilens' theme:

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1. *Rate pages.* You can rate pages from 0.5-5.0 'smilies' in 
half-smiley increments with a ratings widget at the top of the page. You 
can view your ratings by visiting the "UserRatings" page. You can also 
rate the page anywhere you see the widget (e.g., in UserRatings, or in 
the category page, see below).

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2. *Categories.* You can make a page a 'category' by dropping the 
category plug-in on it:

<?plugin CategoryPage ?>

a. That just puts some boilerplate text on this page, including user 
ratings of items within the category. The idea is that you don't have to 
visit "UserRatings" directly; instead, you just go to the category page 
you are interested in.

b. The "CreatePage" on the category page will create the page with a 
link to the category, hence putting it "in" the category automatically. 
The intent is that you don't have to explain to your users how to put 
things in categories.

c. You can rate pages from the category page.

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3. *Buddies.*
a. You can declare your 'buddies' Joe and Mary by putting the following 
on your user home page:

Buddies: Joe, Mary

b. Once you declare buddies, you can see your buddies ratings in the FOO 
category page by clicking "Show Buddy Ratings in the FOO category".

c. You can declare per-category buddies. If you have a "Book" category, 
put the following line on your user home page:

BookBuddies: Mary, Reini

It will fall back to "Buddies" if there's no per-category buddies.

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4. *Predictions.* Once you have buddies, you will start seeing 
predictions on the category page, based on how your buddies rated 
things. You can also sort by predictions, your rating, or a buddy's 
rating by clicking on the column of the page list to sort.

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Well, that's a brief overview of the main features I remember. However, 
we have lots of plans for the future, so stay tuned!