please consider adding some pre-defined table style classes

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / adding_new_pages_by_using_the_web_interface.mdwn

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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ and show an edit page. Ikiwiki can't do that (unless its web server is
 configured to do smart things on a 404, like maybe call ikiwiki.cgi which
 could be modified to work as a smart 404 -> edit handler).
 
+> Since this todo was opened, the [[plugins/404]] plugin has been added;
+> it does exactly that. Only if you have Apache, at the moment, though. --[[smcv]]
+
 Some wikis also provide a UI means for creating a new page. If we can find
 something good, that can be added to ikiwiki's UI. --[[Joey]]
 
@@ -45,20 +48,17 @@ A quick round-up of how other wikis address this problem:
    typed if it exists, and searches otherwise.  In the latter case,
    you get a link like this at the top of the search results:
 
-> There is no page titled "Testing". You can create this page.
+> *There is no page titled "Testing". You can create this page.*
 
  * wikia mediawikis have an "add a page" button that pops-up a JS
    pseudo-window asking for a page name. On submission, you end
    up at an edit window for the page.
-
  * wikipedia now makes it quite hard to create new pages. The old
    'go' button is gone, nearly all search terms end up at an actual
    article, a "no results" match does not have helpful create link
    options.
-
  * Moin Moin has a two-button search: "Titles" and "Text".  Neither
    offer a "create page" option for 0-match searches.
-
  * the original c2.com wiki has no helpful link for this either.
 
 So - the direction of travel would appear to be *away* from having
@@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ I would suggest the following for ikiwiki:
  * Extend the search results page to include a "create this page" link,
    perhaps toggleable, perhaps only if the search term matches some
    criteria for what makes a sensible page name
-
  * Some combination of JamesWestby's "create" plugin, extracting the
-   current stuff inside [[ikiwiki/plugins/inline]] (see also:
+   current stuff inside [[plugins/inline]] (see also:
    [[more flexible inline postform]]) -- more generally, rationalising
    where that code lives so it can be used in more contexts.
-
  * documenting the `inline` hack above (which I use extensively on my
-   private wikis, by the way!) as a [[tip]].
+   private wikis, by the way!) as a [[tip|tips]].
 
 -- [[Jon]]