[pmwiki-users] Supporting different modes in default pmwiki
Neil Herber
nospam at eton.ca
Thu Aug 11 15:07:42 CDT 2005
At 2005-08-11 03:07 PM -0400, Bronwyn Boltwood is rumored to have said:
>The idea here is that you have set up a site using PmWiki as a CMS,
>and want to use display view by default. You do not want to show the
>view switcher to your visitors. But wiki authors and admins will need
>a different view, and access to the view switcher. That's the use
>case.
>
>Could we, in display view, show only a "Login" link, that, when
>clicked, asks for the page's edit password, and reloads the page in
>the appropriate view? Logging in would also reveal the full version
>of the view switcher, including a Logout link that gets rid of the
>cookie with your passwords.
>
>What the "appropriate view" should be is a little tricky.
I suspect that for the vast majority of individuals who want to use PmWiki
as a CMS, there are only two views needed: display and admin. The display
view just looks like a website, but has a subtle admin button.
I prefer admin to login because login implies that there might be
privileged users. Admin stops the inevitable question "What can I do if I
log in?" Note that many message boards have different functions available
to users who login in and guests who don't.
The admin view should just be an all-bells-and-whistles version. Actually,
the current default for PmWiki would be just fine.
Neil
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