Re: [Tikiwiki-users] Software documentation for different versions

[Karsten W. <kw...@gm...>]

Hi Gary,

thank You for the hint.

Torsten already mentioned the feature "perspectives". I'll check, if
this will be a solution for me. The plugin seems interesting.

Karsten

Am Dienstag, den 21.01.2014, 11:04 +0900 schrieb Gary Cunningham-Lee:
> Hi,
> 
> How about using perspectives? There could be a perspective for each doc
> version, and maybe on pages that have old and new docs, the perspectives
> wikiplugin could control which docs are displayed
> (https://doc.tiki.org/PluginPerspective). The navigation link ("old
> docs/new docs") would switch perspectives.
> 
> -- Gary
> 
> On 1/20/2014 8:32 PM, Karsten Wemheuer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am looking for a solution, presenting software documentation for
> > different versions of the software.
> > 
> > There is a tiki installation (currently 9.2). The content is mostly wiki
> > pages holding general information and the administration manual of some
> > product. The product will be released in a new version. At the time, the
> > new version is available, the visitors of the page should see the
> > general informations and the docs of the current release. But it should
> > be possible to "switch" to the old docs. If a user switches to the old
> > docs, the links between the old pages should still be working. I think
> > of some hint in the top of the page, informing the user, that this is
> > the old doc (maybe with a link to the new doc).
> > 
> > How could I achieve this?
> > 
> > I first have "namespaces" in mind. But this feature is not available in
> > tiki 9.x. I tried an upgrade to 12.0, but have no luck. There was a
> > problem with the database (all German "Umlaute" like äöü were lost). The
> > wiki editor leaves a blank page while trying to edit an existing page,
> > new pages are no problem. So I think I should stay in 9.x. An upgrade to
> > 9.7 is possible without any such error.
> > 
> > Another solution could be using mutlitiki. But I am not sure, if this is
> > not like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Karsten
> > 
> > 
> > 
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