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

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> 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
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>

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