Try new Dynamictasklist2 macro in the Fluid wiki?
Eli Cochran
eli at media.berkeley.edu
Fri Jan 9 19:35:18 UTC 2009
I have a concern with this feature. When Allison, Daphne and I were
playing around with it a couple of days ago, it appeared that it was
very easy to delete a task by a slip of the mouse. I haven't had time
to look into it further and it maybe that the features are worth the
risk.
And again, I played with it for all of 2 minutes so I may be mistaken.
- Eli
On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Justin wrote:
> Hello, I have updated the http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
> page to use the new version of the task list macro. I am noticing
> that you sometimes have to refresh the page a couple of times before
> the most recent set of tasklists is displayed.
>
> A handy feature that I have noticed is that you can drag a task
> from one list to another.
>
> - Justin
> On 9-Jan-09, at 12:24 PM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Since there weren't any objections, I activated the
>> {dynamictasklist2} macro in the wiki. You can see it in action at: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks
>> and http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing
>> +Tasks.
>>
>> You can see more options for information you can assign to each
>> task (e.g. priority and assigned to) by opening the disclosure
>> triangle to the left of each task. You do need to use someone's
>> confluence user ID when assigning them to a task, but you can use
>> the search functionality next to the field to find it.
>>
>> Erin and I did notice a bug in that task information can disappear
>> momentarily if two people are editing the same task. However, if
>> you simply refresh the page the task information should return (it
>> was for us). I did just upgrade to a newer version of this macro so
>> perhaps that problem will go away now. If you run into any major
>> bugs with this macro, please let the list know.
>>
>> I noticed a few other outdated -- e.g. plugin repository,
>> blogging, chart, content formatting, contributors, table, table of
>> contents, web-dav, etc. -- Plug-ins in the Plugin Repository and
>> upgraded them too, so you may see improved performance in other
>> functionality as well. When we upgrade Confluence to a newer
>> version, I will upgrade the {dynamictasklist2} macro further.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Allison
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Justin wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be happy to use an improved version of the task list. I find
>>> the current one quite limiting at times.
>>>
>>> - Justin
>>> On 7-Jan-09, at 11:45 AM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday when Erin and I were creating a task list in Confluence
>>>> (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks) to
>>>> manage some finer grained tasks that we didn't want to put in
>>>> JIRA. I noticed that on our list and Jacob's task list (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
>>>> ) we are using an older version of the {dynamictasklist} macro,
>>>> which unfortunately doesn't have the ability to assign people to
>>>> tasks until they complete them (which is a feature we were
>>>> looking for).
>>>>
>>>> I found information on {dynamictasklist}-2 macro: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/Confluence+Dynamic+Tasklist+2
>>>> , which we actually already have installed. To activate it, we
>>>> need to disable the "Dynamic Task List Macros" (which is what is
>>>> creating our dynamictasklists now) in the Confluence Plug-in as
>>>> it is overriding {dynamictasklist}-2 right now. I tried this last
>>>> night and things seemed to work OK, though I did notice a bug in
>>>> the {dynamictasklist}-2 at one point (which Daphne & Eli didn't
>>>> encounter) where an error message would come up that I couldn't
>>>> clear, and ended up having to force-quit Firefox.
>>>>
>>>> However, I think {dynamictasklist}-2 is worth trying as it has a
>>>> ton of really great features, such as:
>>>>
>>>> inline editing of task descriptions
>>>> ability to assign people to tasks before they complete them
>>>> drag and drop reordering of tasks
>>>> ability to assign priority to tasks
>>>> documentation of the date the task was created
>>>> ability to lock tasks
>>>> ability to sort tasks by the taskname, the assignee, the priority
>>>> and completed date
>>>> "One of the benefits of Confluence Dynamic Tasklist 2 over
>>>> previous task lists is that all data is stored in the page. Most
>>>> people will find it easier to edit the tasklist using the web-
>>>> interface, but if you want to edit or even create the tasklist
>>>> directly, you can do so by editing the page itself. You can see
>>>> an example of the tasklist wiki-markup below."
>>>>
>>>> Finally, it is possible to go back and forth from the old
>>>> {dynamictasklist} macro to the new one. From the new macro's info
>>>> page:
>>>>
>>>> "Confluence has shipped with older tasklist macros:
>>>> {dynamictasklist1} and {tasklist}, This plugin is designed to
>>>> replace those macros. In order for it to work, the older tasklist
>>>> macros must be disabled. You can disable the older "Dynamic
>>>> Plugin Macros" from the Plugin Manager (Administration ->
>>>> Plugins). Once the older tasklists are disabled:
>>>>
>>>> * When someone views a page containing an older version of
>>>> the tasklist, the display will show the new format but the page
>>>> will not be updated.
>>>> * On first edit of the tasklist from the UI, the data will be
>>>> converted to the new format.
>>>>
>>>> The data in the old format is not harmed. Should you wish to
>>>> revert to the older macro, you must 1) renable the old macros,
>>>> and 2) revert any page that has been automatically modified (that
>>>> is, any page containing a tasklist that has been modified) to the
>>>> earlier version."
>>>>
>>>> What do folks think--would it be OK to give they new
>>>> dynamictasklist2 macro a try and see how it works for us?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Allison
>>>>
>>>> Allison Bloodworth
>>>> Senior User Interaction Designer
>>>> Educational Technology Services
>>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>>> (415) 377-8243
>>>> abloodworth at berkeley.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> Allison Bloodworth
>> Senior User Interaction Designer
>> Educational Technology Services
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> (415) 377-8243
>> abloodworth at berkeley.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Eli Cochran
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ETS, UC Berkeley
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