[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Problems encountered using the new EPF Wik

[kristian@xxxxxxxxxx (Kristian Mandrup)]

Hi, 

I recently installed the EPF Wiki in C:\InstantRails2.0 (closely following 
the EPF wiki install guide). I spent yesterday experimenting with it. When 
I ran InstantRails.exe the first time, it asked if I would reset the 
configuration files. I only worked when I answered "OK". 

Without a user guide at hand I stumbled into some roadblocks. 

The \templates 20080828\ project site seemed to work just fine on the 
surface, but ... 

> From the front page of http://myepfwiki/ 

I choose "Create new page in ..." - "Templates" 

I get the error: No such file or directory - 
C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps/EPFWiki/public/bp/templates_20080828/new/guidances/termdefinitions/term_definition_template_A1183691.html 

I don't have a C:/INSTAN~1.0 directory :( 

Seem like some of the configuration files have not been reset!? 

I then tried to publish a site from EPF 1.5M3 and import it into EPF Wiki. 

The published site is a directory of static web files. I then zip it and 
try to import. I get one folder level too much. OK, I must zip, not the 
containing folder but the files inside directly. 
Another options seems to be to copy the site folder directly into: 

C:\InstantRails2.0\rails_apps\[EPFWiki]\public\wikis 

Initially the Wiki tells me there are 0 pages in this newly created site. 

I look at the \templates 20080828\ project site and notice that it has a 
folder "new" containing all the content. Magically, when I rename a folder 
such as \base_concepts\ (containing OpenUP base concept definitions) to 
\new\, suddenly I am told the Wiki has found 560 pages. As I browse 
through the list of pages, I can see that the Wiki has only found the 
pages within the \new\ folder. 

I then try to create a new page: 

No such file or directory - 
C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps/EPFWiki/public/bp/templates_20080828/new/guidances/termdefinitions/term_definition_template_A1183691.html 

So it seems, that my new Wiki has the same wrong configuration as the 
default \templates ...\ project. 

What to do!? 

I then do a search for files with text matching "INSTAN~1.0" inside 
C:\InstantRails2.0 

I find a log file, unzip_upload.log: 

Archive:  C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps/EPFWiki/public/bp/Publish2..zip 

  creating: 
C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps/EPFWiki/public/bp/Publish2./Publish2/ 

 inflating: 
C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps/EPFWiki/public/bp/Publish2./Publish2/about.htm   

I then make an educated guess that C:/INSTAN~1.0 must refer to 
C:\InstantRails1.0 as the file structure referenced mathced that of 
C:\InstantRails2.0 

I wonder if I could make the Wiki work simply by renaming 
C:\InstantRails2.0 to something where C:/INSTAN~1.0/rails_apps becomes a 
valid filelocation? 

What have I been doing wrong in my installation process? Any ideas out 
there? 

Kristian