wiki Questions - FogBugz Knowledge Exchange

Feature Request: Full-screen mode for wiki editor

2010-12-14T14:53:27Z

A lot of screen real estate around the editor is wasted. Full-screen (or full-window) editing would be very helpful on smaller screens. See also this post.

Case FC2037979

Easy UI to Diff between any Wiki revision

2012-02-06T22:03:39Z

I'd really like an easier way to diff between any two revisions in the wiki, so that if we have something like:

List item
Current API
V 2.01
typo fix
V 2.0
more formatting
formatting
V 1.0
etc.

We can quickly select important versions to diff between.

(As pointed out below, this is possible using "What Changed". So, the request is a simpler UI to select which two versions directly from the Info page)

Deleting multiple orphaned wiki articles

2011-08-17T16:05:10Z

Can you add functionality to delete multiple/all orphaned wiki articles? It can be quite tedious and time-consuming to delete them individually.

Copy wiki including all articles to a new one

2010-09-29T07:15:53Z

Hi,

Is it possible to copy a whole wiki including all articles? This is what we would like to do: We create a documentation wiki for our software version 1. When we start to develop version 2 we would like to copy the whole wiki for version 1 to a new wiki for version 2. In version 2 we will make the changes to the wiki to reflect the changes in version 2 of our software.

Best Regards Thomas Malmberg

Case FC1957169

Persistent links to headings within a wiki page, or on another page

2012-02-02T09:44:28Z

We'd like to be able to create links between sections in the same page, or to sections in the middle of other pages.

One way we tried to do this was to use TOC references:

http://.../fogbugz/default.asp?pg=pgWiki&ixWikiPage=1633#toc_66

This works until the page structure changes and adds references above the one linked to.

It seems the only way to do this reliably is by editing HTML, which is not ideal. Could the TOC reference system be altered so that references were persistent?

This question asks how to do it, but I've rewritten it as a feature request, I hope that's appropriate.

"Wiki Article Info: Links" addin is broken in FogBugz 8.

2012-02-01T18:04:29Z

The add-in "Wiki Article Info: Links" seems to be broken in FogBugz 8. We were using it in 7 and it worked just fine, but does not seem to expand the lists in 8.

Wiki - hierarchy page links not loading

2011-07-26T09:38:21Z

Using FB On Demand: the hierarchy link to show additional pages beyond the first 5 doesn't load them, remaining stuck with the "Loading..." message. Tested in FF5.0.1, IE8 and current Chrome and Safari for Windows. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Filter article index based on tag

2012-01-19T10:44:29Z

I would like to filter the article index for wiki articles tagged with a certain tag.

Keep a seperate Wiki Create Date field.

2012-01-12T23:48:25Z

I've run into a problem with the way the wiki's are stored. To create a report of just the Wiki articles created, you have to join the revisions and wikipage tables.

If each page row kept a createdate column, it would make new article detection much simpler for API users.

Feature Request: Embed case list in a wiki

2011-03-14T17:43:51Z

I am looking to have a summary page for my team (we just moved to FogBugz), so far I've been able to make a really nasty filter to find cases that are not closed and assigned to one of my five team members, but I was wondering if there is a way to put a live-updating fb filter into a wiki page.

So when the wiki page is loading, it queries fb given a filter ID, and inserts a table-view.

Is anything like this possible?

Feature Request: Importing files into a wiki page

2011-06-14T15:13:35Z

Would you be able to add the ability to import csv and excel files as wiki pages (not attachments)? I think it would be very useful. I have heard from quite a few people who created a list in csv or excel and who would like to move it to a wiki page so everyone can have access to it and edit it.

Embed Flash swf files in Wiki Pages

2011-12-20T15:44:17Z

We have an intranet FogBugz installation that we use for documenting projects via Wikis. We'd love to be able to embed swf files. We also use MindManager, which allows exporting of maps into swf format. We could then integrate our 2 key products.

How can I embed the contents of one wiki page in another?

2010-12-01T23:24:29Z

My users would like to be able to embed the contents of one wiki page (or possibly even search results) within another wiki page. This way they retain the advantages of the discreteness of separate pages, but reduce the number of clicks needed to get to the information they want to see in a particular context.

I suspect there are a number of ways to accomplish this, but I'm hoping the community can point me in the best direction. Avoiding writing a plugin is preferable, but I understand if that's the best method.

Delete files I attach to a wiki article when I decide not to save that article.

2011-12-09T14:42:48Z

I created a wiki article and attached a file to it, but before I saved it I decided to abort it. Before I did, I copied the URL of the file attachment. I exited the editor and then pasted the URL into the navigation bar and was surprised to see the file proceed to download.

I aborted creation of this article because I felt the information contained in that file was too sensitive. I don't want that file to exist anymore. Why wasn't that attachment deleted when I aborted creation of the wiki article? When I decide not to save an article, I expect no trace of it to be left behind.

Hide Wikis from certain users

2011-12-07T16:30:17Z

In the configuration for a Wiki, it's possible to set certain users/groups to be able to read/edit/admin the Wiki. I'd like a fourth option to hide it from a given user. Sometimes sensitive information doesn't need to be shown to everyone in a firm.

SEO friendly URLs for wiki pages

2010-04-30T18:39:50Z

FB wiki pages always have a URL like /default.asp?W6 Is there any way to have the URLs rewritten to the actual page name? This would greatly promote usability the wiki for publicly posted communities?

At a minimum it would be helpful if the page name / title could be appended to the standard URL like they are here on this site.

Examples

/default.asp?W6
/default.asp?welcome_to_this_wiki
/default.asp?W6_welcome_to_this_wiki

While most valuable for internal communications due to seamless integration with cases, both discussion posts and wiki pages seem to lack always those last 5% of usibility for public communities or publicly facing support resources.

Case FC1898557

Feature Request: index content of certain attachments (e.g. Word documents) in Wiki articles and cases

2011-02-22T23:50:34Z

We've been using FogBugz for tracking bugs and features for some time now, but are just getting started with wiki, and it's great!

One feature which would really help would be for searches (using the good ol' search box we use all the time) to also search within the content of attachments, particularly Word documents on Wiki articles.

The reason for this is that we want to start keeping our library of requirements documentation as wiki articles and they often get written as Word documents, plus we have a tonne of them already. Having them as searchable content without the need to copy & paste them into wiki articles would be really helpful.

Case FC2040151

Allow users to create wiki's

2011-11-17T22:41:54Z

We don't allow users to have access to all repositories so we have to assign them to a user group. The problem is that "users" can't create wiki's! We would love a function that allows us to turn on the permission to create wiki's for users.

How can I see what users are searching for?

2011-11-10T17:35:24Z

I would love to see what our users search for most often and how they phrase their searches. This would allow us to prioritize wiki-gardening efforts or fill in missing information which users want. Related: wiki-usage-view-statistics

Feature Request: Wiki usage/view statistics

2011-11-07T10:56:34Z

What do people use to get statistics from Fogbugz wikis? I want to see which pages are most frequently accessed so that we can dedicate more resources to the top pages (we use a fogbugz wiki as a 'help centre').

I could modify the templates to insert Google Analytics, but perhaps there are better options as it's overkill for the above task.

I'd love to see a plugin for this but there isn't one available from what I could see.

Navigating Wiki Table (up and down rows)

2011-11-03T15:40:19Z

The current wiki tables only allow keyboard navigation along a row (and to the first column of the next row once the end is reached). Even if I hit down-arrow on the keyboard, it still only goes to the next column in the same row (or previous if up-arrow is used). When I'm trying to enter in a lot of information quickly, potentially in a partially empty table, this becomes irritating.

I'd do it in Excel and paste it over, but that isn't possible either

Feature Request: Delete individual revisions of a wiki page

2011-10-19T17:51:54Z

It would be very helpful to be able to delete versions from the version history of a wiki page. For example, if someone accidentally adds sensitive information like a password to instructions about how to do an install, we would like to be able to remove that version entirely so the password is no longer in the wiki.

Bug: Color formatting not retained during copy/paste.

2011-10-20T13:11:00Z

If I copy one sentence on a wiki page that has one word formatting style (eg colour) into a space further down the same document, the style does not get retained.

However if I copy a sentence with two different formatting styles (eg one word red and another green), the pasted sentence retains the original word formatting.

Case FC2152216

firefox 7 formatting of wiki navigation tree

2011-10-11T10:27:59Z

Has anyone else found that their wiki hierarchy navigation block has got a tad messed up with firefox 7. Articles with a long title now seem to get the '...' at the start AND end, making it difficult to read the titles. Is it possible to override this feature?

Edit: Actually, it seems to be happening on short titles too... e.g. a wiki page with the title 'PUBLIC' is changed to '...UBLIC'.

Why? How to stop this from happening??

Feature Request: Parse Custom Fields for wiki and case relations

2011-09-28T21:43:31Z

I would like to setup a custom field that links to Wiki documentation about the case. Right now, if I type "See W455" or "See Wiki 455" it doesn't parse the text to add the link (as referenced in this case). It would be great if custom fields accepted the fogbugz markup and parsed it accordingly.

Here is a similar, but different, request for snippets.

Associating a Wiki with a Project

2011-08-05T17:35:53Z

I just noticed there is an option on the project configuration page labeled "Assign Wiki:". It says, "Assign a wiki to this project for storing related wiki articles." I assigned a wiki to a project, but I can't figure out what that means. It seems as though nothing happened.

Wiki Usability: Save Button Too Small

2010-05-31T00:47:53Z

I just used the wiki to create my first article and I could not immediately find the save button, so I ended up pressing enter while focused on the Title input to submit the form. Only then did I spot the tiny blue floppy disk in the upper left corner of the WYSIWYG editor light up.

My natural inclination was to look for the "Save" button at the top or bottom of the page, but I felt frustrated when I couldn't find it.

Since it's the most-used wiki editor button for me, I would expect it to be more prominent. Maybe I'm just tired, but it would help to make it easier for new users to find and easier to click on.

Thanks for an excellent product!

Wiki: Insert Images as thumbnails w/ full-size popup

2011-10-11T00:31:48Z

It'd be sweet to be able to insert thumbnails of images instead of only being able to insert the full-size image.

Ideally, you'd just have an option in the "Image Properties" dialog:

[X] Pop-up from thumbnail of size: [________________]%

Then the wiki would show the thumbnail in-line (with the same alignment options) and show the full-screen-sized image in a lightbox when the thumbnail is clicked, with an option to show the full-resolution image in a new window/tab.

Even if I have to generate the thumbnail myself, you could do something simpler, like adding an option to the "Image Properties" dialog:

[X] Link from thumbnail: [________________] [Choose File...]

Can there be a user-level that is between Admin and User? We need some users to be admins so they can edit projects, but then that limits our use of private wikis as a company

2011-10-10T05:30:43Z

First off, I know that permissions exist, but that doesn't solve my problem directly.

We have distinct wikis for different business groups in our company, and each one has confidential information in it on some level. In other words, a wiki like "Finance" needs to be ONLY accessible by some (but not all) of our FogBugz admins.

Currently we probably use the Admin role too liberally, but we have no way of having projects editable (creating projects and project milestones is the biggest thing needed) by mid-level folks without making them admins. However, when we make them admins, they can adjust the permissions on a wiki and simply add themselves (which defeats the intended effect of permissions).

What is the best way to work around this?

Have some way to privately share wiki articles -- not entire wikis

2011-10-10T05:24:54Z

We have distinct wikis for different business groups in our company, and each one has confidential information in it on some level. In other words, none of our wikis can be public.

For Reference the wikis Are:

Development
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Marketing
Project Management
Sales

That said, we do have some articles that we do want to share to specific clients, such as with:

Project Management -> Client Wikis -> Client Name -> Project Name -> Technical Solution Design

Can a feature be added to FogBugz that will allow private sharing of specific articles? In the meantime our work around is printing it off and sending out a PDF, but that is not a great solution for the longterm.