WebMatrix support

[nacin]

There is a new file from the WebPI/WebMatrix teams at Microsoft, tbex.xml, to "significantly reduce friction for new WordPress users on Windows." Points 1 and 3 are helpful, but point 2 in particular is really awesome. Their explanations are below.

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This XML file has the following benefits:

1. It contains a set of resources that helps beginners get started with WordPress. These links show up on in WebMatrix after WordPress is installed. We’ve included some sample links but feel free to change them, you can link to any content that you want to surface for new folks.

2. It has a set of files/folders that will be marked as “read-only” in WebMatrix and display a warning if people try to edit, delete or rename a core application file or folder. This will reduce the number of folks who accidentally break WordPress.

3. It supports adding code completion tips for WordPress-specific functions, which will help developers extend WordPress. We created a sample by looking at the WordPress schema, it’s in the <CodeCompletion> section.

The file should be placed in the root of the zip file, alongside the manifest.xml and parameters.xml.

From Chris Sfanos.

Initial pass is attached.

Sections 1 and 3 will likely need some editorial work in the future. Not sure what their language support looks like but it appears they added a few things in French and Spanish.

In [18646]:

New WebPI XML file, for WebMatrix. props Chris Sfanos. see #18608.

The part that I like is this:

<PathProtection>
	<AllowPath>
		<RelativePath>wp-content</RelativePath>
	</AllowPath>
	<AllowPath AllowNested="False">
		<RelativePath>wp-config.php</RelativePath>
	</AllowPath>
	<ProtectPath>
		<RelativePath>*</RelativePath>
	</ProtectPath>
</PathProtection>

Any core files then show up grayed out in the file tree.

Is there any way to test a tbex file?

Is someone writing the full reference of functions (​http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/) of WordPress for Webmatrix?? Meaning do someone plan to update the tbex.xml file?