On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:22 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]> wrote: > That worked....with one excepttion. > > There is a file called brand.mdtext, in cms it show up as empty, with no > possibility to edit it, but SVN shows the content as: >
You might need to scroll down. Mdtext files have a body and then additional metadata that shows in a separate edit field in the CMS. -Rob > home: home > search: search > name: Apache OpenOffice > tagline: The Free and Open Productivity Suite > logo: AOO_logos/OOo_Website_v2_copy.png > domain: www.openoffice.org > divid: bannera > announce: OpenOffice graduates from the Apache Incubator! > announceurl: > http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_graduates_from_the_apache > announcetip: Read the announcement > > --- > is that a special case ?? > > I will edit the other parts and send the diff files, using the normal > CMS way, BIG thanks to ariel ! > > jan > > > > On 1 November 2012 20:10, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:07 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > 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. >> > >> >> Ah. OK. You might need to do an "update" in the CMS. The CMS is >> looking at a working copy of the website's source files. If someone >> changes something directly via an SVN checkin, the CMS does not see >> that change until you do an update. This can be done via the CMS web >> UI at the level of a file or directory. >> >> -Rob >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > 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 >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
