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[Hide]- 1 Reasons to Abandon Feature
- 2 Additional Information
- 2.1 Involved Authorities
- 2.2 Technical Aspects
- 2.3 Contact
- 2.4 Funding
- 3 Discussion
- 4 Implementation
We tried to improve the existing Info Page and tried again, but could not fundraise.
1 Reasons to Abandon Feature
The Info-Page is a view without a clear purpose. It is used in different ways by different components, and some components don't have a use for it at all to the point where it can be completely empty (see the discussion in Abandon Adding Tags on «Info-Page» and Allow Deactivation of LOM-Tab/Subtab). Components which do make use of the Info-Page would be better served implementing their own views, or moving its contents to an existing view. This has been the trend over the last releases anyways, see below for details.
There is no need to keep the Info-Page around as a centralized service, so we suggest to abandon the component.
This is a result of the feature workshop Empty Info Pages.
2 Additional Information
Exisiting features that make use of the Info Page need to be moved elsewhere:
- For some objects, the permalink is only included in the footer on the Info Page. It should be available everywhere.
- Courses and Groups allow customization of the Info Page. They basically would be better off with an editable Cover Page. Those infos should be shown elsewhere, maybe in a new tab? See also Tutorial Support as Secondary Panel. Launcher for Courses and Groups, Icons for Items of «Info-Page»
- Public Access Export Files for All Objects has added, if available, a download link to the public access export of an object to its Info Page. This, along with copyright information, should be offered elsewhere, maybe in a secondary panel in the object's content?
- To users without 'Edit Settings' permission, LOM are only presented on the Info Page. Should things like keywords be displayed elsewhere? See also Allow Deactivation of LOM-Tab/Subtab.
- Information like Created on, Number of Acceses, Repository Links and References could be moved to a sub-tab in settings.
- Dumping in case of emergency-Problem
- Where do the news go for files?
- Move License and Download-Link to Footer
2.1 Involved Authorities
- Authority to Sign off on Conceptual Changes: Killing, Alexander [alex]
- Authority to Sign off Code Changes: Killing, Alexander [alex]
If this request is related to multiple components, please list both authorities for all related components.
2.2 Technical Aspects
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2.3 Contact
Person to be contacted in case of questions about the request or for funding offers: Schmitz, Tim [tschmitz]
2.4 Funding
Funding status and funding parties are listed in the block 'Status of Feature' in the right column of this page.
If you are interested to give funding for abandon this feature, please get into contact with the person mentioned above as 'Contact'.
3 Discussion
Use the following discussion section to express your objections against this request or your consent to get rid of this feature.
4 Implementation
{Short description of the final implementation and possible consequences for existing installations.}
Removed Testcases
The following testcases have been removed from Testrail or modified because the feature is no longer part of the ILIAS core.
- {Test case number linked to Testrail} : {test case title}
Approval
Approved at {date} by {user}.
Last edited: 17. Apr 2025, 16:20, Schmitz, Tim [tschmitz]