Decko helps you organize information into cards.
Cards are Decko's building blocks. They're like atoms of data that can be combined and connected to create all kinds of new data structures.
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Navigation
Navigating card data is easy:
The navbox (the search bar at the top of every page) is where you go to find cards in your Wagn. You can also
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Wagn stores a complete history of all changes to a card's name,
types, and content. Changes can easily be reviewed and
A list of
the most recently changed cards showing who made the change and when. Many healthy community websites, most notably wiki,
Names
Every card has a unique name. Some name-related features:
No two cards can have the same name, but variants of the same name can refer to the same card, greatly simplifying handling of plurals,
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Compound names are simply
cards names with a "+" in them. The plus sign divides card names into left and
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Contextual (or "relative") names are
cards names that can be interpreted differently based on context. Contextual names are translated into
Every card has a unique name, and that name can be changed at any time to suit your evolving needs . Better still, it
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With some
types, you may be not want to have to think about naming each one. The
*autoname
Look and Feel
Your deck's look and feel is highly customizable.
Layout rules allow you to choose a layout for any
Set of cards. And with a little knowledge of HTML and
Wagn's flexibility in displaying data comes from organizing
views of
cards. Views are most often applied via
Customize styles for
Skin. Scroll down for more about CSS and Wagn.
This wagn contains the following
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Favicons are the little icons that appear in browser tabs. Wagn will try to make one from your
logo, but this
Types
Every card has also a type.
types are a powerful tool for organizing information on Wagn. Every
cards has a type, and that type
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Some special types:
HTML cards open up a world of web power for Wagn. For a few examples including embedding a Twitter feed, chat, and video, see ...
types are a powerful tool for organizing information on Wagn. Every
cards has a type, and that type
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Pointer let you create and maintain lists of cards. They are a key tool in ,
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Search cards let you query for cards using the Wagn Query Language (
WQL) .
WQL, pronounced "wuckle", stands for Wagn
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JavaScript is a programming language supported by most browsers. Wagn uses JavaScript for dynamic page behaviors, from opening and closing
cards to
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CoffeeScript is a way to write readable code that compiles into JavaScript. Wagn automatically handles that compilation for you, and when
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Wagn images are stored in Image cards:
cards whose
types is "Image". Images behave much like other
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Uploaded files are stored with Files cards:
cards whose
types is "File". Creating or editing a File
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Sign up cards represent not-yet-approved accounts. When approved, they become
User cards.
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By default,
accounts are associated with a User card. When signed into a Wagn using a typical layout, you will see a
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A
Set is a card that defines a group of cards. Any given card belongs to multiple sets. For
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Setting are options about how a card looks and behaves. It is easy to confuse the terms
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Accounts
A card can be associated with a sign-in account.
To sign into Wagn, you must have an
accounts. Like everything else on Wagn, accounts are represented in
Wagn's powerful permissions system lets you set CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) permissions on any
Set of
CAPTCHA is an anti-spam device - usually a little picture of a word that a user has to type in before
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Editing
Cards are very simple to create, edit, and delete. Some useful editing-related features:
Wagn makes it very easy for you to link to other cards in Wagn, or to other websites. These links are tracked as
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cards can include other cards inside them.
inclusion helps you:
- edit chunks of content in place - faster
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WYSYWIG = What You See Is What You Get Wagn uses the customizable
TinyMCE editor for user-friendly editing of rich text,
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Suppose you're editing a card and click "Cancel", or your browser crashes, or you leave or close the page without saving. Wagn will have
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Anyone with
permissions can delete a card via its
menus. Deleting does not actually completely remove content
Rules
Decko uses "Rules" to configure groups of cards.
A
rules is any configuration applied to a
Set of cards.
Permission to update a
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Each of these features involves using Setting to create rules:
Wagn's powerful permissions system lets you set CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) permissions on any
Set of
Virtual cards organize patterned content using patterned
compound names. They're not actually stored in the database but act just like "real" cards
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Wagn lets you create your own help text, which will show up when people are adding or editing cards. Help text is specified with
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Layout rules allow you to choose a layout for any
Set of cards. And with a little knowledge of HTML and
Wagn can use a card's headings to auto-generate a table of contents on any card, or any
Set of cards using
Normally, when you add a card Wagn takes you to viewing that card. This feature lets you take people to another card, or any
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CAPTCHA is an anti-spam device - usually a little picture of a word that a user has to type in before
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With some
types, you may be not want to have to think about naming each one. The
*autoname
Sharing
These features help integrate wagn with other applications.
Mapping REST to Wagn is quite simple, because Wagn only has one type of resource: the
cards. The API maps standard
Wagn lets you "follow" individual cards or all cards of a given
type. You will be sent an email when other
Wagn provides a feed (RSS) of recently changed cards which you can subscribe to in web browsers and
feed readers. There's
Google Analytics offers statistics on usage of your website. Wagn makes it easy to take advantage of this. To get a Google Analytics
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Wagn lets you enable commenting on a card with a friendly comment box. User comments simply get added to the
which shows up at the right end of the address bar of your