[pmwiki-users] Edit Template for a group

[Petko Yotov]

On Sunday 11 March 2007 18:02, Dr Fred C wrote:
> Thanks for everyone's help.
>
> IMHO, the problem still remains that the PMwiki solution to the Edit
> Template issue is not wiki like at all, rather it's a programming kludge
> shoe horned into the local config file.  I guess I expect more of a
> NotifyList like wiki solution out of PMWiki.  Perhaps it would be
> helpful if the default local/config came predefined with
> "$EditTemplatesFmt = '$Group.Template'; ".  Then presumably one could
> just proceed to create Template files for every group without php
> definition hassles.  With this list's help, at least I can proceed
> beyond this now.

Dr, it is not at all a difficult thing to "predefine" it if *you* need it, and 
it may be scary if there were default templates and one does not expect them.

You can also use edit templates without touching the php files or "definition 
hassles". Set a link like this ("wiki like way"):

[[New Page?action=edit&template=Group.MyTemplate]]

to prefill the text area with the content of Group.MyTemplate. But some may 
find the config.php method easier and simpler.


Out of curiosity, which wiki packages come with default edit templates for non 
existant pages? Because, I happen to know a bit MediaWiki, Wakka, WikiNi, 
Tavi and other smaller wikis, and neither has edit templates set in the 
default installation. So, which exactly wikis are more "wiki like" for you?

There is actually a problem for some users: the need to RTFM. At least *after* 
they tried everything else and still can't make it work.

Good luck.