Knowledgebase Plugin
Added by Alex Bevilacqua over 14 years ago
Please don't report issues here; use https://github.com/alexbevi/redmine_knowledgebase¶
Where I work, there has been a need for a knowledgebase solution that was (a) robust, (b) integrated with our project management solution, and (c) ... free.
Since we use Redmine internally, it made sense to build this functionality on top of the existing platform. Most of what you can accomplish through a knowledgebase, you can accomplish through a wiki, but our users were looking for a hierarchical system that would track page views, rankings and be fully searchable.
The system I've written isn't really there yet, but it's a work in progress I'd like to present to the community on the off chance that someone else finds it useful.
There's still quite a bit to do, but open source development is more fun when done in the open :)
Replies (123)
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Added by Sergey Belov over 14 years ago
Did you integrate permission settings? I want to give access to view/edit/add only to some people, not everyone
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Added by Francesco Trigger over 14 years ago
Yes, that would be perfect, a search function in the knowledge base and a permission option for users/groups.
Keep up the superb work!
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Added by Alex Bevilacqua over 14 years ago
Francesco Trigger wrote:
Yes, that would be perfect, a search function in the knowledge base and a permission option for users/groups.
Keep up the superb work!
I'm thinking I may have to roll my own permission workflow because I can't take advantage of the built-in permissions since kb items don't "belong_to" a project. I'm open to suggestions though if anyone has any ideas :)
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Added by Razi Baluchi about 14 years ago
Very nice plugin. Lots of potential...
I must be doing something wrong. I don't seem to have textile support in the Knowledgebase. Just plain text.
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Added by Timothy High about 14 years ago
Alex Bevilacqua wrote:
I'm thinking I may have to roll my own permission workflow because I can't take advantage of the built-in permissions since kb items don't "belong_to" a project. I'm open to suggestions though if anyone has any ideas :)
You can still use "global permissions" - define a role that has the KB permissions you want, then assign users that role for some project. Then, if you check global permissions (authorize_globally, etc.), it should work.
But I think you're right that you'd still have to roll your own permissions scheme. KB-style permissions tend to be on the page (or hierarchy) level, not the global level.
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Added by Ulf Wiger about 14 years ago
Timothy High wrote:
You can still use "global permissions" - define a role that has the KB permissions you want, then assign users that role for some project. Then, if you check global permissions (authorize_globally, etc.), it should work.
But I think you're right that you'd still have to roll your own permissions scheme. KB-style permissions tend to be on the page (or hierarchy) level, not the global level.
I think even a global permissions scheme would be quite useful. We could use it for information that all internal staff is privy to, but as long as we can't keep it hidden from clients with guest accounts, we cannot use the knowledge base for much of anything.
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Added by Alexey Chepurnykh about 14 years ago
I would also use the implementation in my company if there were search and permissions features in the plugin. At leas two permissions - internal and external for customers. I hope in redmine there will be the universal search soon :-)
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Added by Dave Abrahams over 13 years ago
The system I've written isn't really there yet…
Does that still apply, or is this now a bit more than the Wiki provides? If so, maybe you could update the general description? The link to the demonstration site you give in your first reply to the description (http://projects.alexbevi.com/knowledgebase) doesn't seem to be live right now.
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Added by Alex Bevilacqua over 13 years ago
Dave Abrahams wrote:
The system I've written isn't really there yet…
Does that still apply, or is this now a bit more than the Wiki provides? If so, maybe you could update the general description? The link to the demonstration site you give in your first reply to the description (http://projects.alexbevi.com/knowledgebase) doesn't seem to be live right now.
I'm slowly getting back into development on this project. The link is dead, but the new one is at http://www.alexbevi.com/knowledgebase (nothing groundbreaking there yet though ...)
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Added by Dave Abrahams over 13 years ago
Alex Bevilacqua wrote:
The link is dead, but the new one is at http://www.alexbevi.com/knowledgebase (nothing groundbreaking there yet though ...)
I'll say! How about some dummy content, at least? I can't even get an idea of what comprises a KB article from that.
Thanks!
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Added by Radek Simcik over 13 years ago
hi Alex
can I have KB per project? I know that there is wiki for projects but I'd like to have KB per project.
Thank you
R.
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Added by Alex Bevilacqua over 13 years ago
Radek Simcik wrote:
hi Alex
can I have KB per project? I know that there is wiki for projects but I'd like to have KB per project.
Thank you
R.
Radek,
It wouldn't be overly difficult to implement, but this isn't the direction I had planned for this project. I'm trying to make the knowledgebase a utility that sits on top of Redmine but doesn't require any project dependencies.
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Added by Sergey Belov over 13 years ago
Good news that you continue developing on this plugin.
Is it possible to integrate permissions ? I think you can make default permissions - like disable to everyone and then choose users who have access to this module.
I want to use this plugin but can't share some info with clients or other users
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Added by Alex Bevilacqua over 13 years ago
Sergey Belov wrote:
Good news that you continue developing on this plugin.
Is it possible to integrate permissions ? I think you can make default permissions - like disable to everyone and then choose users who have access to this module.
I want to use this plugin but can't share some info with clients or other users
Permissions are the next feature I'm looking into (we need this at work too :P). I think I'm going to have to roll my own permissions module though as the core redmine permissions are too project-centric for what I'm trying to do.
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Added by Sergey Belov over 13 years ago
Alex Bevilacqua wrote:
Sergey Belov wrote:
Good news that you continue developing on this plugin.
Is it possible to integrate permissions ? I think you can make default permissions - like disable to everyone and then choose users who have access to this module.
I want to use this plugin but can't share some info with clients or other usersPermissions are the next feature I'm looking into (we need this at work too :P). I think I'm going to have to roll my own permissions module though as the core redmine permissions are too project-centric for what I'm trying to do.
Right, redmine permissions is project based so, you can just integrate simple permissions into your module.
Thanks for great plugin! Looking forward to use it :)
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Added by Peter Brauner over 13 years ago
Hi there!
Here you have s Swedish translation for your plugin.
Cheers!
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Added by Ivan Cenov over 13 years ago
Bulgarian translation for redmine/vendor/plugins/redmine_knowledgebase/config/locales/bg.yml
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Added by Chris Wiederkehr over 13 years ago
Thank you for the work that you have done so far.
Would it be possible to create a view that allows to manage data rubbish in the knowledge base. I'm thinking of a list of articles that are either old, that have alow rating or hardly any views.
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Added by Adam E over 13 years ago
I've hit a problem trying to install this plugin. Not knowing Ruby not to sure where what files to go into and fix this.
When I try to create an article I get the below:
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql::Error: Unknown column 'taggings.taggable_id' in 'where clause': SELECT `tags`.* FROM `tags` INNER JOIN `taggings` ON `tags`.id = `taggings`.tag_id WHERE ((`taggings`.taggable_id = 4) AND (`taggings`.taggable_type = 'Article')) ):
Looking it looks like I have previsously installed the "Contacts plugin" which has created a taggable table already with a different schema to knowledgebase. From the little knowledge I have and looking through '20100429152124_acts_as_taggable_migration.rb' it looks like knowledge base plugin would not of created a new 'taggable' table with the schema it expects as this already existed.
Again may be my lack of knowledge, but would it be simple enough for me to change the table name to say 'knowledge_base_taggable' in the plugin files which should solve the conflict?
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Added by Luca Vagnozzi over 13 years ago
Hi,
while uninstalling I get:
== CreateArticles: reverting ================================================= -- drop_table(:articles) rake aborted! An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled: Mysql::Error: Unknown table 'articles': DROP TABLE `articles`
I solved using the following in redmine_knowledgebase/db/migrate/20100211212704_create_articles.rb:
def self.down drop_table :kb_articles end
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Added by Maria Leal over 13 years ago
Sergey Belov wrote:
Alex Bevilacqua wrote:
Sergey Belov wrote:
Good news that you continue developing on this plugin.
Is it possible to integrate permissions ? I think you can make default permissions - like disable to everyone and then choose users who have access to this module.
I want to use this plugin but can't share some info with clients or other usersPermissions are the next feature I'm looking into (we need this at work too :P). I think I'm going to have to roll my own permissions module though as the core redmine permissions are too project-centric for what I'm trying to do.
Right, redmine permissions is project based so, you can just integrate simple permissions into your module.
Thanks for great plugin! Looking forward to use it :)
Hi,
I'm studying, using and evaluating Redmine and some plugins, like this one, for a short period. I have to say that I have never seem such a great management tool as this. I subscribed to Redmine project site to somehow help Redmine become better.
So, I came to share a little change in "init.rb" file of this Plugin - Knowledgedatabase. This little change work to limit non-members permissions to access this plugin. I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it worked for me. I intend to improve and create a role to the Plugin, if I succeed I will be back and share with you.
All you have to do is to add this next text in the end of "menu" line in "init.rb" file:
",:if => Proc.new { User.current.logged? }"
The line will look like this:
menu :top_menu, :knowledgebase, { :controller => 'knowledgebase', :action => 'index'}, :caption => 'Knowledgedatabase', :if => Proc.new { User.current.logged? }
Thank you for the great Plugin!
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Added by Maria Leal over 13 years ago
Maria Leal wrote:
Sergey Belov wrote:
Alex Bevilacqua wrote:
Sergey Belov wrote:
Good news that you continue developing on this plugin.
Is it possible to integrate permissions ? I think you can make default permissions - like disable to everyone and then choose users who have access to this module.
I want to use this plugin but can't share some info with clients or other usersPermissions are the next feature I'm looking into (we need this at work too :P). I think I'm going to have to roll my own permissions module though as the core redmine permissions are too project-centric for what I'm trying to do.
Right, redmine permissions is project based so, you can just integrate simple permissions into your module.
Thanks for great plugin! Looking forward to use it :)Hi,
I'm studying, using and evaluating Redmine and some plugins, like this one, for a short period. I have to say that I have never seem such a great management tool as this. I subscribed to Redmine project site to somehow help Redmine become better.
So, I came to share a little change in "init.rb" file of this Plugin - Knowledgedatabase. This little change work to limit non-members permissions to access this plugin. I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it worked for me. I intend to improve and create a role to the Plugin, if I succeed I will be back and share with you.
All you have to do is to add this next text in the end of "menu" line in "init.rb" file:
",:if => Proc.new { User.current.logged? }"
The line will look like this:
menu :top_menu, :knowledgebase, { :controller => 'knowledgebase', :action => 'index'}, :caption => 'Knowledgedatabase', :if => Proc.new { User.current.logged? }
Thank you for the great Plugin!
Actually, my suggestion only disappears with the link. =(
I will search where is the real controll of the permissions. In the meantime, I'm still using this "solution".