Hi Dave, thank your for caring about my issues! - Aliases would be a good thing, indeed. - Yes, I want to be a committer to the themes/extra project, so it is easier to update themes and upload new ones. Thank you!
Am Sonntag, den 19.12.2010, 10:11 -0500 schrieb Dave: > Comments below... > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Ralf Eichinger > <[email protected]> wrote: > > the problem is: media files are only retrievable through an encrypted URL > > like: > > http://blog.datazuul.com/roller/mediaresource/eced4813-5f8c-4185-a4c1-ad27bf785da6 > > (I put AlexWarp.class and BillSmall.gif" into "mediafiles/applets") > > > > but I need an URL like: > > http://blog.datazuul.com/roller/mediaresource/applets/AlexWarp.class > > > > so that I could embed the java class as an applet (sorry for the deprecated > > "applet" tag, here is the new one): > > > > also all file names visible in the media files browser are transformed to > > lowercase... Bad idea for Java class names. > > > > So two requirements: > > - an alias input field for each media file (e.g. alias= > > applets/AlexWarp.class (relative to absolute "mediaresource" URL)) that can > > be used in absolute urls: > > http://blog.datazuul.com/roller/mediaresource/applets/AlexWarp.class > > - no lowercase transformation for file names (maybe this not necessary, when > > alias works...) > > Yes, this is a real limitation of the new "Media Files" implementation > which as designed for multi-media files, images, videos, etc. One goal > of the Media Files work was to allow a hierarchy of folders, but also > to allow you to move things about in those folders without breaking > links to images, videos, etc. > > There is a way of aliasing files, but that is only available for "old" > files that were migrated from earlier versions of Roller. Perhaps the > best way to resolve this problem is to enable that aliasing for all > files, or at least add an configuration option to allow it. I created > an issue to track this: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1899 > > > > By the way: how can I commit my "lightword" theme to rollerthemes.com? > > rollerthemes.com was never part of the Apache Roller project and it no > longer exists now. The URL simply redirects to the old Roller project > at Java.net. We used that project to store Roller plugins and themes > that could not be part of Roller due to their license. > > Moving forward, I think we should instead use Apache Extras for Roller > add-ons and themes. Here's our new space: > > http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/roller-extras/ > > I can add you as a committer there if you'd like, or add your theme > there myself. > > - Dave
