Using the Roundtable Meeting page content template | |
The meetings' wiki pages use Tiki's content template feature, which allows editors to create and save content that can be applied at the creation of a new page. The Roundtable Meeting content template can be selected and applied under the Properties tab of the edit screen. To create or edit the wiki content templates, go to https://tiki.org/tiki-admin_content_templates.php, and the Roundtable Meeting content template is here (edit screen): https://tiki.org/tiki-admin_content_templates.php?offset=0&sort_mode=created_desc&templateId=10&cookietab=2 . Of course the page content, including the content added by the content template, can be edited after the content template is applied, if there is a change in the meeting page that will repeat in the future, such as when PluginConvene was removed or recently when the recording URL changed, the content template should be edited accordingly so it provides an accurate and up-to-date starting point for the page content, so people don't have to make the same edit month after month. The content template feature doesn't provide a version history, so a wiki page can be made to record the template content and then be updated when the content template is edited. This page, Monthly_Roundtable_Meeting content template copy, was just made for this purpose (accessible to Admins group members). One use is to compare the current content of the template with the actual content of recent meeting pages and edit the content template to match. For example, currently the location of the "Recording" section, which gets moved from near the bottom of the page to near the top every month, should be changed in the content template. |
Making the meeting pages - when and how many | |
The main thing about the timing of making the wiki pages for the meetings is that they should be made early enough so that there aren't dead links pointing to the page, such as the "Next meeting" link on active meeting pages or links pointing to the page from the calendar event information. In practice this probably means the meeting pages should be made for at least the next three months. (The coming events module on the home page lists three events.) Making all the pages for a year, for example, would be ok, too. If the meeting template changes after a meeting page is made, the page content could be deleted and the template reapplied, as long as any content added such as actual meeting date and previous/next links is re-inputted. |
Initial meeting page content | |
Typically, right after the content template is applied, there isn't much editing to be done, but there are these things:
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Adding calendar events | |
When the pages are added, the meetings should be added to the "Community Events" calendar as events. |
Event information fields | |
As usual on the third Thursday of the month at 14:00 UTC, we will be holding our online meeting, at tiki.org/live. Read up or add discussion topics at Roundtable Meeting 2023 11.
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More information | |
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