topic Customize User Profile on 4.2e in Alfresco Archive

Customize User Profile on 4.2e

riccardog — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:25:06 GMT

Hi everybody,As many other people, I need to add some custom data to cmerson.After some browsing, I've found that jpotts' post http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2012/02/27/1555 but it is for Alfresco 3.4, while I am using <strong>Alfresco 4.2e Community</strong>I 've done some adaptati

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

jottley — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:36:59 GMT

A quick check to make sure that it is at least loading is to introduce an error into the config. Can you change your class name in the kl-custom_users-share-config.xml for webframework.factory.user.kitelabs to something like webframework.factory.user.k

If you see a parsing error then we know that it is at least loading pulling the bean. I am wondering if that file is in the correct place with the correct name. I've done a similar change for a personal project: https://github.com/jottley/alfresco-rumors. It was against 4.2d but should be pretty similar.

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

riccardog — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:16:12 GMT

Hi Jared,
Thanks for your answer

I did as you suggested: introduced an error into the config; the result is:
NO errors raised into catalina.out .

Anyway I am sure that the file -context.xml is loaded and parsed, because it also contains another bean (relative to the files containing the I18N messages), and this is working.

Moreover, if I introduce the error into this one bean, then I get the parse error.

I've seen in your alfresco-rumors that you bean refers to "org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.ResourceBundleBootstrapComponent"
while mine is
"org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigBootstrap"
Is it possible that my bean is not loaded because it does not have the correct class?

If so how -or where- can I get the correct parameters I should use?

Thank you,
RIc

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

jottley — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:52:34 GMT

Hi Ric,

I would reference Jeff Potts example in http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-content/content-article-2ed.pdf. His example on page 27 uses the newer class to load the resource bundles.

Jared

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

riccardog — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:47:00 GMT

Ciao Jared,
I have resolved (that piece of) my problem:
the thing works if I put the config-evaluator into META-INF/share-config-custom.xml
that is, in the standard directory, with the standard name.
if I use META-INF/another-file-config-custom.xml it does not work.
if I use another_place/share-config-custom.xml it does not work.

My conundrum is:
I use various AMPs for different pieces of customization; what happens if more than one MAP needs to write in the same share-config-custom.xml file?

Do am I missing something else?

thanks,
RIccardo

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

jottley — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:26:46 GMT

The best practice for share-config-custom.xml is that it is packaged in a jar file.

For example: In the alfresco rumors project you'll find the share-config-custom.xml file in the META-INF directory. When the maven build process runs it includes that directory in the jar file that is produced. Alfresco Share will look for the custom config file in the jars included in the share war file. This allows you to include multiple custom share configs and not need to worry that someone else's customization is going to overwrite the config of yours.

Jared

Re: Customize User Profile on 4.2e

riccardog — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:56:22 GMT

Thank you very much, Jared,
You have solved a number of my doubts

For now I have only another problem:

I need to customize site-index.jsp but I don't 'know how to deploy it by the AMP structure.
The reference
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fdev-extensions-modules-amp-mapping.html
says I can put JSP files into a config//web/jsp directory but it doesn't work.
I suppose the structure for Share is a bit different from the Alfresco one.

So the question is:
is it possible to deploy the site-index.jsp using an AMP? how?
Thank you,

RIccardo