[General] Wiki update pre-testing

[Sheila Mooney]

The new wiki looks great. Thanks Jared and Priscilla for the effort  
you put into this!

On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:59 AM, Jared Rhine wrote:

> The OSAF public wiki is about to be updated to a new version (this  
> Wednesday).  A test site showing how things will look and work  
> after the update is here:
>
>   http://twiki-new.osafoundation.org/
>
> It would be helpful if you took a few moments to see if you can  
> find problems in the pages you visit or maintain regularly.
>
> This is our *distributed QA* for the new wiki.
>
> Please feel free to make any changes at the test site above; the  
> live site won't be affected in any way if you do.  You should  
> continue using the live wiki site exactly as normal for regular work.
>
> I'm planning to update the production wiki this Wednesday afternoon  
> (if no showstoppers are found), starting at 3:30pm.  This will  
> require about an hour of work, and all wiki access will be  
> unavailable during this time.
>
> Below is a list of known changes/fixes.  A separate list of updates/ 
> enhancements will follow after the update itself.
>
>   * The look-and-feel has been locally tuned, but is based on the  
> more modern default skin.  So things have moved around a bit;  
> please pipe up if anything seems jarring.
>
>   * /bin/view is no longer presented in URLs on the site.  Access  
> to pages will work with or without this prefix.
>
>   * There is some Javascript in the implementation of the standard  
> templates.
>
>   * Authentication (login) is now done via HTTP forms, instead of  
> browser pop-up auth.  This means you can logout now too.
>
>   * The Know, OSAF, Sandbox, and Trash folders have not been copied  
> over.  The four interesting pages in the OSAF web have been moved  
> to the Journal web.  Pages not copied can be retrieved easily.
>
>   * Table alignment now works again.  (This hasn't worked for a  
> while, so some of your tables may suddenly acquire cell alignment  
> they didn't have before).
>
>   * Section includes now work again (ask for a tutorial if needed)
>
> -- Jared
>
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