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'''UUWiki is an installation of Mediawiki-1.3.0.
UUWiki is dedicated to helping Unitarian Universalists share information and work together using a "Wiki".
A Wiki, or WikiWikiWeb, is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. Please add your own expertise by editing these articles and contributing your own.


It is a test platform and a development site for UU-related Technology.
UUWiki uses the free [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ Mediawiki] software.  See [[Installation experiences]] for the versions used here.


Jim Hermann
Thanks to Jim Hermann and [http://www.uuism.net UUism Networks] for supporting UUWiki!
UUism Networks'''
 
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How customizable is the look and feel of the Wiki?  There is on thing that really bothers me about the layout, and would have confused me more had i not already been familiar with Wikis.  The tabs across the top of the pages are fairly confusing because they don't follow the standard use of tabs.  Let me try and explain with an example:
 
I have a printer with a page for setting Network Settings.  On this page are three Tabs - TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk. within each tab is a set of editable items (edit boxes, radio buttons, etc.) and buttons representing actions (Save, restore defaults, cancel, etc).  This create a clear visual heirarchy when editing:
 
Network Settings
* TCP/IP
** Settings
** Actions
* IPX/SPX
** Settings
** Actions
* AppleTalk
** Settings
** Actions
 
The way the this page is currently organized the visual heirarchy would lead me to believe that there is no difference between hitting the edit tab when viewing the article, or viewing the discussion of the article, because either way the standard is that hitting a tab changes your context, as opposed to taking an action (editing) the currently selected item (the article).
 
So, I think it would make more sense if the actions (edit, watch, etc.) were buttons within the tab to clearly denote that it is an action being taken on the currently selected item.
 
JohnCooley

Latest revision as of 04:31, 6 August 2006

UUWiki is dedicated to helping Unitarian Universalists share information and work together using a "Wiki". A Wiki, or WikiWikiWeb, is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on easy access to and modification of information. Please add your own expertise by editing these articles and contributing your own.

UUWiki uses the free Mediawiki software. See Installation experiences for the versions used here.

Thanks to Jim Hermann and UUism Networks for supporting UUWiki!

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