Hi Henry and all the midgardeers
I still confuse with parameter in aegir, what is it use for? could you
please explain more Henry?
> |
> | Regarding the table entitled "article" in midgard's standard aegir
> | database: is this the only place to store text-type content? Are the
> | fields in this database generally flexible for the sort of content most
> | midgard users want to put in their websites?:
>
> Most of the Midgard tables have fields of type "longtext"
> which can take _a lot_ of data. The fields are preset and
> acknowledged by Midgard API and applications. Personally
> I wouldn't go on altering the Midgard tables.
>
> There is record_extension table for extending fields.
> The problem with this table is the size of "value" field
> (which is 255 characters if I remember correctly).
>
> | If we add several fields to this database (in addition to the
> | "extra1,extra2,extra3", for example fields for several secondary topic
> | areas which an article relates to; after we have done this, can we still
> | use the standard Aegir wysiwyg interface to create and manage articles,
> | or will we need to code our own changes;
>
> For this purpose I would use record_extension table which
> stores parameters. For example:
>
> $article = mgd_get_article($artid);
> $article->parameter('relation','secondarytopic','ID_or_GUID_of_target_here');
what do you mean by this function :
parameter('relation','secondarytopic','ID_or_GUID_of_target_here');
> However, you can't have two parameters with same domain and name
> in a single object. So you might want to use serialize() function
> to store several relations into one parameter or use several names
> (i.e. parameter('relation','tertiarytopic')).
>
> Somebody has already produced something like this
> (dig the user-list archives). Was it the Australian or New Zealand team? :)
>
> Usage of parameters won't break Aegir. Aegir as it is does not
> understand the relations though...
>
> Changing the DB tables, I don't know...(any developers around?)
>
Thanks for all explanation
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