Question

Is this possible? Does anyone know how I could tweak the code to make this happen?

Also, any reason NOT to do this?!!

Thanks!

David

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• TWiki version: TWiki20010901
• Web server: Apache
• Server OS: NT
• Web browser: IE
• Client OS: 2000

-- DavidHay - 11 Mar 2002

Answer

Strange, strange... It is not possible AFAIK. It never failed for me. Does page with user's wikiname exist? DOes Main web exist? Can you post here example: line from your page with user's wikiname which does not link?

-- PeterMasiar - 12 Mar 2002 .

Re: "Is this possible? Does anyone know how I could tweak the code to make this happen?"

AFAIK, it's possible with ugly workarounds or a lot of work, like:

• Put all your content in the Main web (you don't need the prefix for the "current" web)
• Modify the TWiki code

"Also, any reason NOT to do this?!!"

Mainly the above. What are you trying to accomplish? Is it just to save some typing, or something else?

One thing that may help is including the name on the WebTopicEditTemplate, either with a specific user name or the %WIKIUSERNAME% variable which will show the name of the current editor. See Wikilearn.WebTopicEditTemplate where I include several things like a TOC, <verbatim> tags, etc. for cut and paste at least while creating the original page.

-- RandyKramer - 12 Mar 2002

Should be possible using Plugins.FindElsewherePlugin, just put 'Main' in the list of webs to search for 'find elsewhere' (a bit like the PATH on Windows or Unix).

It's not a bad idea to do this, although the default signature would be a bit redundant - it would also mean that existing topics would not need revision if the users' home pages move out of the Main web (e.g. to Users) in the future.

-- RichardDonkin - 13 Mar 2002

UPDATE of my post above:

Sorry I messed up. I misread even if I don't prefix it with "Main." and answered for opposite. Sure, without Main it will not work. However, check UserWeb and RenameMainWebToHome. Proposal is, rename web Main to User, so you will write User.WikiName. And this makes sense, right? And you can (almost) do it now, see TWikiAdminCookBook.

-- PeterMasiar - 13 Mar 2002