On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Paul Pinkerton (ACLCO) <pink...@lao.on.ca> wrote:
> I am interested in creating an easy to navigate document library. I was > thinking of using the File Manager Extension (as this is what it's built > for) - but the documentation is light on some specifics. > > > -I am wondering if I can copy this to a new space (currently > xwiki/bin/view/FileManager) and run multiple file libraries on the site, > each with their own permissions (space based)? When I copy the FileManager > space to a new space, I get the warning that I need to migrate to the new > structure. Will this affect anything other than the specific space it is > in? > No, it should affect only the current space. See https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/Migrator.xml#L80 . > > -Also wondering if I can add a metadata field somehow? One of the things > I liked about using a file library in SP is the ability to list additional > fields (ie. notes about why the file is important, contents, etc...) in the > grid. Is this easy to do? > Adding meta data is fairly easy, by adding new properties to the FileClass https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/FileClass.xml . Displaying and editing this meta data directly from the File Manager UI is more complex, but you can do it relatively easy from the "file view" (what you see when you click on a file from the files live table), by editing FileSheet https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/FileSheet.xml#L258 . Hope this helps, Marius > > > Paul Pinkerton > ACLCO/ KnowledgeNow >
