Toby Bartels wrote:
>We can hardly call ourselves "open source" when people can't get at this!
>A simple solution requires 2 changes
>when a page is protected and a user's no admin:
>
>* Change the current '''Protected page''' non-link to
> a '''View page source''' link to the usual "...&action=edit" URI.
>* Rather than redirect this URI to back the page itself,
> let it be the usual big box with the source in it,
> only with nothing below (or above) said box for editing
> (no warnings, no buttons, no permission statements, etc).
>
>There you are -- open source!
>
Anyone want to take care of this? You'll get big fame as the liberator
of the people, and it should be real easy! :)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>We can hardly call ourselves "open source" when people can't get at this!
>A simple solution requires 2 changes
>when a page is protected and a user's no admin:
>
>* Change the current '''Protected page''' non-link to
> a '''View page source''' link to the usual "...&action=edit" URI.
>* Rather than redirect this URI to back the page itself,
> let it be the usual big box with the source in it,
> only with nothing below (or above) said box for editing
> (no warnings, no buttons, no permission statements, etc).
>
>There you are -- open source!
>
Anyone want to take care of this? You'll get big fame as the liberator
of the people, and it should be real easy! :)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)