topic Re: custom site page does not render as expected ! in Alfresco Archive

custom site page does not render as expected !

bhashitha — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:53:44 GMT

Hi all,Im using alfresco 4.2c and during the past few dayz i really tried to crete a site page(such as calender,Disscussions etc.) which is "Knowledge Base" and render that with few dashlets.I followed the alfresco 3.4 (http://docs.alfresco.com/3.4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.Enterprise_3_4_0.do

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

ddraper — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:32:46 GMT

When you have a "template" scoped region you need to ensure that you have configured the Components in your template XML file. If the Components don't exist then the Regions won't find anything to bind to.

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

bhashitha — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:55:33 GMT

@ddraper, I would be thankful to u for giving me a fast reply I have configured template.knowledgebase.knowledgebase.xml, template.navigation.knowledgebase.xml, template.title.knowledgebase.xml and template.toolbar.knowledgebase.xml files according to the instructions.is there any other configurations that i should do ? can u please give me further instructions if there any ..

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

ddraper — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:12:01 GMT

I've explained why you're not seeing anything rendered. If you paste your template configuration file into the thread then I'll be able to describe exactly why it's not working.

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

bhashitha — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:40:55 GMT

template.knowledgebase.knowledgebase.xml
<blockcode>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<component>
   <scope>template</scope>
   <region-id>knowledgebase</region-id>
   <source-id>knowledgebase</source-id>
   <url>/components/knowledgebase</url>
   <properties>
      <maxResults>25</maxResults>
   </properties>
</component>
</blockcode>

template.navigation.knowledgebase.xml

<blockcode>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<component>
   <scope>template</scope>
   <region-id>navigation</region-id>
   <source-id>knowledgebase</source-id>
   <url>/components/navigation/collaboration-navigation</url>
</component>
</blockcode>

template.title.knowledgebase.xml

<blockcode>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<component>
   <scope>template</scope>
   <region-id>title</region-id>
   <source-id>knowledgebase</source-id>
   <url>/components/title/collaboration-title</url>
</component>
</blockcode>

template.toolbar.knowledgebase.xml
<blockcode>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<component>
   <scope>template</scope>
   <region-id>toolbar</region-id>
   <source-id>knowledgebase</source-id>
   <url>/components/knowledgebase/collaboration-toolbar</url>

</component>
</blockcode>

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

ddraper — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:19:00 GMT

It's not possible to define template scoped Components by just adding "template" as the scope - a template scoped Component must be defined within the template XML configuration file. It would also have helped if you could have indicated where each of those files was placed as Surf looks up object configuration based on the path of the file (so if a Component XML file exists under the templates path then it will never be registered.

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

bhashitha — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:23:00 GMT

i placed my template xml files in /tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/site-data/components..I didnt get the point exactly yet. Rather than setting the scope as template, what are the other configuration and files that I should generate to render the components within the template site(which is knowledge base).can u please explain descriptively.im looking foward for ur fast replies sir

Re: custom site page does not render as expected !

bhashitha — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:11:08 GMT

Found the Problem !.The problem in my approach was i have incorrectly mentioned the <blockcode><source-id></blockcode> for component templates.source-id should be refers to template instance.

Following is the corrected template.navigation.knowledge.xml for navigation component
<blockcode>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<component>
<scope>template</scope>
<region-id>navigation</region-id>
<source-id>knowledgebase</source-id>
<url>/components/navigation/collaboration-navigation</url>
</component>

</blockcode>
Finally It is as like in documentation.Thankz ddraper for your assistant