topic Templating, Workflow, and Previews Question in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/templating-workflow-and-previews-question/m-p/4073#M499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The </SPAN><A href="http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Template_Guide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">templating system</A><SPAN> looks very intriguing, but raises one workflow question.&nbsp; If the templates are stored in the repository (as opposed to fixed in the classpath), will any future admin component contain a preview step?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am not talking so much about having a workflow by which a template change can be rejected or approved by a higher class of user, but a step that runs a given Model against the Template, so the user can see the results before committing it to the repository?&nbsp; Setting aside malicious users, it is still simple either in Freemarker or XSLT for an inexperienced user to get unexpected results, or to write a template that throws some manner of exception.&nbsp; Will there be any means for admins to catch these mistakes before committing them, or, if this is a concern, is the best option to keep templates in the classpath instead of allowing them to be administerable?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Greg Ludington</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:34:53 GMT gludington 2005-10-04T16:34:53Z Templating, Workflow, and Previews Question https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/templating-workflow-and-previews-question/m-p/4073#M499 The templating system looks very intriguing, but raises one workflow question.&nbsp; If the templates are stored in the repository (as opposed to fixed in the classpath), will any future admin component contain a preview step?I am not talking so much about having a workflow by which a template change can Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:34:53 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/templating-workflow-and-previews-question/m-p/4073#M499 gludington 2005-10-04T16:34:53Z Re: Templating, Workflow, and Previews Question https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/templating-workflow-and-previews-question/m-p/4074#M500 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>That's an interesting question. I see what you mean, if someone edits an active template and then saves it back to the repo then anything using the template will immediately change without a chance for previewing it first. So yes, I think we will have to think about some way to preview changes - as otherwise it will cause the issues you highlight.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm not sure what the best option is yet, I think having the templates in the repo is very powerful, but obviously it creates the issues you mention, so a preview function would probably work best.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:47:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/templating-workflow-and-previews-question/m-p/4074#M500 kevinr 2005-10-06T09:47:42Z