I am confused, please forgive me for being a novice. On 1 November 2012 20:01, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:45 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > HELP !!! > > > > Ariel created very nice mdtext files to help me, which I wanted to use > but > > when I follow Rob´s introduction (youtube) on how to use CMS I am > presented > > with HTML....what am I doing wrong ???? > > > > If the original file checked in is HTML, I'm not sure the CMS Web > interface will allow you to rename it to a .mdtext file. I'd just add > a new index.mdtext or whatever. If the file is mdtext then the CMS > web interface will give you an mdtext-specific UI with a preview. > I can see that Ariel committed the mdtext in SVN, and looking at l10n-new I can see that she published it... So I would have expected cms to show me mdtext ???? otherwise I do not understand how we work with cms and mdtext. > > > Is it correct to assume that if I want to use mdtext I can forget CMS and > > do it in SVN directly ??? > > > > The CMS is a shortcut to making simple changes to HTML or Mdtext or > any other text-based files on the website. Behind the scenes it uses > SVN to check in the files. You can always do everything in SVN if > you want. > > > Sorry for asking, but this does not seem to be obvious for > non-documentary > > programmers :-) > > Jan I. > > > > > > On 1 November 2012 18:57, jan iversen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> See below please. > >> > >> > >> On 1 November 2012 18:45, Ariel Constenla-Haile <[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 06:25:12PM +0100, jan iversen wrote: > >>> > Did you have an opinion on my request for a change of the site > >>> template, to > >>> > include context-specific menus ? > >>> > >>> Dynamic menus are not possible. What we already have is a sort of > >>> context-specific menu, did you take a look at topnav.mdtext? You can > >>> change the top navigation bar to whatever you want. The same is true > for > >>> the left and right bars. > >>> > >> Now I really feel like a "noise provoker", NO I did not see > topnav.mdtext > >> correctly. > >> > >> With that you have solved all my problems, THANKS you !!! > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Note that website threads, even related to l10n, are better posted on > >>> ooo-dev, with a proper [www] tag; we should try to keep this mailing > >>> list with the low traffic, if possible; beside there you can get > answers > >>> from the CMS experts ;) > >>> > >> I agree, this thread was just started due to an announcement by Rob, > and I > >> am at the moment very cautious not to start new threads unless > absolutely > >> unavoidable due to a reminder on the dev list. > >> > >> Thanks again for taking the time to help me, now I can change l10n and > >> still be with the scope of the standard, which is important to me. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> -- > >>> Ariel Constenla-Haile > >>> La Plata, Argentina > >>> > >> > >> >
