Item1748: Revise Foswiki.org version of SiteChanges to allow custom formatting per web

I use SiteChanges as my main way of tracking changes on Foswiki.org but was frustrated by the limited amount of info it displays for Support topics. So I did an experiment in allowing custom formatting on a per-web basis: SiteChangesPerWebFormatting. I'd like to propose that we revise SiteChanges something along these lines.

I'm sure there could be some improvements on my initial experiment. Here's some possibilities I can think of:

• Have the INCLUDE define the entire "Topic" cell rather than just the second part of bracketed link.
• Make the INCLUDE based on the found topic's form, and default to the topic name if there is no form.

On a related note, I wonder if we'd do better to leave SiteChanges in it's current form (as distributed) and create a local version specifically tailored to the needs of Foswiki.org.

-- LynnwoodBrown

Thats much better. Does this affect the performance?

-- OliverKrueger - 17 Jun 2009

That's a good question that I was wondering also. I tried refreshing both pages and could not see any difference in load time. Not very scientific, i admit...

-- LynnwoodBrown - 17 Jun 2009

I know ArthurClemens implemented this change into SiteChanges at some point but I see now that the overall format for that topic has been changed more recently and these changes removed. Since I still believe this is a useful enhancement for tracking changes on foswiki.org, I may try re-implementing based on new version of SiteChanges and then see about moving it somewhere other than System.SiteChanges as this modification is somewhat site-specific and should not replace the distributed version of SiteChanges.

-- LynnwoodBrown - 21 Sep 2009

implemented a while ago, so closing.

the idea is to define a section for each web of the formatted text for the "topic" column, and include that section (the web's name) in the SEARCH:

<!--
INCLUDEs for each web:
%STARTSECTION{"Support"}%%FORMFIELD{"TopicTitle" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%" format="$value" alttext="%THETOPIC%" default="%THETOPIC%"}% <span class='foswikiSmall foswikiGrayText'>%FORMFIELD{"Status" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%"}%</span>%ENDSECTION{"Support"}%
%STARTSECTION{"Development"}%%FORMFIELD{"TopicSummary" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%" format="$value" alttext="%THETOPIC%" default="%THETOPIC%"}% <span class='foswikiSmall foswikiGrayText'>%FORMFIELD{"CurrentState" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%"}%</span>%ENDSECTION{"Development"}%
%STARTSECTION{"Tasks"}%%FORMFIELD{"Summary" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%" format="%THETOPIC%: $value" alttext="%THETOPIC%" default="%THETOPIC%"}%%FORMFIELD{"Component" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%" format=" (<nop>$value)"}% <span class='foswikiSmall foswikiGrayText'>%FORMFIELD{"CurrentState" topic="%THEWEB%.%THETOPIC%"}%</span>%ENDSECTION{"Tasks"}%
%STARTSECTION{"Community"}%%THETOPIC%%ENDSECTION{"Community"}%
-->

%SEARCH{
"info.author!='WikiGnome' AND info.date >= d2n('%URLPARAM{"since" default="%CALC{$FORMATTIME($EVAL($TIME()-24*3600), $year-$month-$dayT$hour:$minute:$second)}%"}%')"
type="query"
nosearch="on"
nototal="on"
limit="%IF{"defined limit" then="%URLPARAM{"limit" encode="url" default="%limit%"}%" else="25"}%"
web="%IF{"defined web" then="%URLPARAM{"web" encode="url" default="%web%"}%" else="all"}%"
excludetopic="WebStatistics"
reverse="on"
order="modified"
format="| $date | <nop>$web | [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/$web/$topic#foo_$rev][$percntINCLUDE{\"System.FoswikiSiteChanges\" section=\"$web\" warn=\"$topic\" THEWEB=\"$web\" THETOPIC=\"$topic\"}$percnt]] | [[%MAINWEB%.$wikiname][$wikiname]] | [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"rdiff"}%/$web/$topic#_foo=$rev][diff]], %BR% [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"rdiff"}%/$web/$topic?type=last&render=sequential&context=9000&_foo=$rev#diff001][last&nbsp;change]] | "
}%

-- WillNorris - 22 Mar 2010