From: Michael P. <mlp...@gm...> - 2009-06-18 18:21:30
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Hi Tony, This is a very interesting question - cause it leads to asking "can i use trackers as a relational database?" Could you have tracker A which lists the different deeds and then Tracker B which lists all the transactions (for all the deeds) and then you can have a wiki page that lists a single item (a') from tracker A and all the items in Tracker B that satisfy having deed=a' this is not simple for you as an admin to set up (tracker - wiki integration), but the UI afterwards would be fairly sweet. interested to hear what other more senior tiki'ers would have to say here. MLP On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Tony Willoughby <to...@po...> wrote: > I'm using trackers to develop a listing of deeds that have been > researched by my group. Since I don't know how many transactions a deed > my have had, I've resorted to creating a tracker with many rows, more > than will ever be needed: > > From1, To1, Date1, Book/Page1, Notes1 > From2, To2, Date2, Book/Page2, Notes2 > > ... > > From75, To75, Date75, Book/Page75, Notes75 > > Is there a better way to do this? > > This also leads to how this information is displayed. > tiki-view_tracker_item.php displays each field with the field name > prepended. > > From1 | Mister Jones | To1 | Mister Smith | Date1 | 4/1832 .... > > I'd much rather display this with the label above each column. Can > tiki-view_tracker_item.php be tweaked? > > Also, tiki-view_tracker_item.php displays empty fields as well. I'd > like to eliminate that. I played with TRACKERITEMFIELD, but couldn't > make heads or tails of it. > > Any pointers would be appreciated. > > > Marc Laporte wrote: > > Hi Tony! > > > > Tiki is hugely powerful. But if you turn on less features, it can be > > fairly simple. > > > > About table data, with wiki syntax, it would be: > > > > ||From | To | Date | Book/Page | Notes > > John | Sam | 1910-07-01 | Book13, page 6 | a random note > > Sam | Elda | 1940-08-22 | Book74, page 12 | another random note > > || > > For the GUI, you can try WYSIWYG editor, but know that it's > "experimental" > > > > About "pre-formatted pages. > > http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Content+Template > > > > Back to table data, I suggest you give this profile a test: > > http://profiles.tikiwiki.org/Bug_Tracker > > > > This permits you to manage tabular data: > > http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Tracker > > > > You could use this as inspiration and change the field names to suit > > your purpose. Thus, you can have part of the page as free wiki, and > > have a section with tabular data. Here is an example: > > http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Task > > > > Best regards, > > > > M ;-) > > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Tony Willoughby<to...@po...> > wrote: > >> I'm considering using Tiki with a group of amateur deed researchers > >> (researching the history of local properties). I wonder if anyone > >> here could advise me if Tiki is the right tool for the job. > >> > >> I'm thinking that there will be a page for each property. The page > >> would contain a simple table with columns such as "From", "To", "Date", > >> "Book/Page" and "Notes". Each row would represent a transfer of > >> property ownership. There would be a variable number of rows. > >> > >> My requirements include: > >> > >> - Simple, simple, simple. My users are far from geeks (one member is > >> in her 80's). I'd like to remove as much as possible from each > >> page, no distractions. > >> > >> - It would be great if each new page was "pre-formatted" with the table > >> described above. > >> > >> - A GUI for editing the table would be best. > >> > >> Is Tiki what I want? If so, any pointer to achieving some of these > >> requirements would be great. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> -- > >> Tony Willoughby to...@po... > >> "This feels great!" > >> - My 14 year old, describing the tactile feedback > >> of the brand new TV remote > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > >> Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > >> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > >> server and web deployment. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tikiwiki-users mailing list > >> Tik...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tikiwiki-users > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Tony Willoughby to...@po... > > "Next time, I would rather break than bend." > - Warren Zevon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Tikiwiki-users mailing list > Tik...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tikiwiki-users > |