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Problem overriding navigation to add custom jsp

lnagra — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:20:37 GMT

I've been greatly helped by the SDK. It's been a great hint on how to develop for Alfresco.But, I am having some trouble adding a custom jsp to Alfresco 1.4I have added a new browse page as follows:web/jsp/extension/browse/browse_landing.jspI want this to override the default browse page. I chose to

Re: Problem overriding navigation to add custom jsp

gavinc — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:00:53 GMT

There is another navigation rule you need to override:

<navigation-rule>
      <from-view-id>/jsp/*</from-view-id>
      <navigation-case>
         <from-outcome>browse</from-outcome>
         <to-view-id>/jsp/browse/browse_landing.jsp</to-view-id>
      </navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Try adding this and see if that helps.

Re: Problem overriding navigation to add custom jsp

lnagra — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:35:36 GMT

Many thanks Gavin,

This now works. For future undestanding, could you help explain why both of them are needed - I'm a little unclear as to the purpose of each.

Thanks,

Lakh

Re: Problem overriding navigation to add custom jsp

gavinc — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:17:20 GMT

The first rule you overrode covers the scenario of logging in i.e. going from /jsp/login.jsp. We use the "browse" outcome in multiple places throughout the app to re-show the main screen.

The 2nd rule we overrode basically covers the use of "browse" anywhere in the application.