Update from V4
This guidance will help you to update the Page Tree Creator from version 4.
The big differences are:
Multiple template spaces, migrate your templates- Create dialogs instead of replacement forms
- Simplified consecutive tags
- Simplified general configuration
- Improvement of tag descriptions and button macros
Tag format marker not supported anymore more...
New Features
Multiple Template Spaces
Add as many template spaces as desired
New Categories
Categories are used in template spaces to help organize the templates
New Create Dialog
Instead of a replacement form
Tag Description Macro
New field to select a separator for displaying multiple dropdown entries after instantiation.
New format Regex with a pattern field to match the tag
New textbox Info
PTC Button Macro
Renamed Hide Select a new destination to Fixed Target
Renamed Show Page Selection to Page Selection
New checkbox Resolve Page Titles to forbid duplicate page titles
Changes
Migrate Templates
Templates have to be located in a template space (Migrate your templates)
Consecutive Tags
Simplified functionality to only counting up after each instantiation
e.g. 001 → 002 → 003...
General Configuration
Simplified General PTC Configuration
New second configuration: Template Spaces
Don't forget to check if your configuration are still correct after the update
Migrate your templates
Create a new template space (How to create a Template Space)
Set up some categories if needed (How to create a new Category)
Got to your old template space and move every template individually (How to create a new template from an old one)
Move global templates
Move templates for space
Migrate tag formats
Remove the tag format marker: __%uUser__ → __User__
Add a tag description macro for tag __User__ with format "User"
Remove the cascade tags: ____cascade____ → __cascade__
General Configuration
Version 4 | Version 5 | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
Tag Markers |
| |
Tag Format Marker |
| Use the PTC tag description macro to give a tag a special format |
Page prefix |
| Suffix instead of prefix, when duplicate page title e.g. "page title" → "page title (1)" |
Template Sticker |
| |
Hide Tag Markers |
| Tag markers are always hidden in the replace dialog |
Use Comala Workflow |
| |
Show PTC logo and description |
| No more PTC logo or description in the dialog |
Show context menu |
| Renamed to Show Copy Page Tree |
Icon in context menu |
| Renamed to Show Icons in Page Tools |
Confluence Create Dialog |
| Each template can be configured to be shown in the Create dialog individually |
Use Template Space |
| Templates have to be in a template space |
Template Space Key |
| Second PTC configuration: Template Spaces Multiple template spaces are now possible |
Template Groups |
| User with Create Page Permission on a template space can create new |
Permitted Spaces |
| Not supported anymore, replaced with concept of multiple template spaces |
Special Users |
| Not supported anymore, replaced with concept of multiple template spaces |
Special Groups |
| Not supported anymore, replaced with concept of multiple template spaces |
Deprecated Functionality
Tag Format Marker
__%uUser__ is not supported anymore → Use the PTC tag description macro instead