Namespaces

[TTG]

Downloaded premium version and installed with no problems but it's extremely confusing when setting up these 'namespaces' !
I've been using vbulletin for about 4 years and know my way around it pretty well, but the instructions for setting up these namespaces has me beat.

I've created a new forum category name Wiki and added subforums for wiki and help .. do I need more !?
Anyways, when I try and link the default namespaces to the new forums I'm not getting any success except a forum main page that shows an out of frame forum category and nothing else.

Can someone explain in simple language how to setup these namespaces. The instructions are truly confusing for a guy who has never used a wiki.

Thanks

EDIT .. ok, problem solved I think.

[pegasus]

You're not supposed to make wiki and help subforums of anything. They should not be categories. Display Order should be 0 if it breaks your style.

[vimto]

I've just been reading the namespace part of the installation instructions and to be honest it isn't very clear for a new user.

The first things a new user would be saying is "what is a namespace?", "how many do I create?", "what do I call them when I create them?", "where do I put them?" etc etc

It may pay to update the instructions to include something like this:

A namespace is a forum that we create to be the container of new articles created in your new wiki......etc etc.

You must create X amount of seperate forums, each must be a top Category and not a sub forum of any other category.......

Name each of the new forums to this:

Header
Template
Wiki
Book
+any others that are needed.

Now head to the namespace manager and add each of these forums...etc etc
Now head back to each forum and scroll to the bottom and in the CES WIKI section change each Enable Wiki in this forum to Wiki.

This may save you answering the same questions over and over.

[pegasus]

Ah, I didn't realize the "Create Namespaces" section was so sparse. In my mind, I thought it was similar to Help:Namespace, but even that still assumes the user is running a version earlier than 2.1.0.

[TTG]

Well, I've now got 4 hidden category's ( not open forums ) created and added them to the namespace manager. Created a forum 'viewable' category and subforum for the wiki !? and now when I attempt to add an article I receive this message "You must attach a file with the same filename as this article's title." ??
I don't want to attach a file, all I want to do is make my first post into the Wiki.

We newbies really need a good manual to help with setting this up.

[pegasus]

They have to be open forums, and cannot be the subforum of any other forum or category.

"You must attach a file with the same filename as this article's title." This occurs if you have Special Images installed and you are trying to post to the image namespace. You should be posting to your default namespace's forum (which you say you have hidden, or did you add it to display in your 'viewable' category?).

Make sure your options "Namespace ID for the X Namespace" (in the options for the product and each addon) are all different values.

[TTG]

I have 5 hidden active forums :-

Template
Help
Header
Book
Default

All are assigned via namespace manager and default namespace is set to #6
Enable Wiki in this forum? .. all set to wiki

Created an active category for display on forumhome with subforum named wiki .. is there something I'm missing !?

[pegasus]

The only way you got that error is if you also installed the Images addon. What is the images namespace set to? Check your settings for the product "CES VaultWiki Images"

[pegasus]

I knew I had posted a more detailed description of namespace management somewhere. In the thread called "Namespace Tutorial," about the 10th thread down in this forum's thread list: https://www.vaultwiki.org/showthread.php?p=3590

I will sticky that thread for future reference.

[TTG]

I'll eventually get this working before the next millennium ..