Please could you try it, I might be blind but I get an empty page.

However that is not soo important, Ariel made a perfect job...and I have
just posted (through cms) the other changed (index and leftnav).

Do you think it is about time to make the site "official" ?

rgds
jan I.



On 1 November 2012 20:25, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:

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

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