3 newbie supersimple-to-answer-questions

[greenbay]

Hi,
I used to work with sharepoint and recently got my eyes on alfresco. I havent been able to spend to much time with it, but have some question and need to know about if I should start using it for a particular client.
I know I can read the manual and find these questions, but if someone kindly could give me a point in right direction it would save me ALOT af time, which I dont have much of right now.

Im using alfresco 4 community
1. When using FTP, can you specifcy the root folder for each client? I want my client to log in directly to documents folder under the specific site.
2. Can you make your own custom datalists, or is only those that is choosable that you can use?
3. Is it possible to specify how users default dashboard should look like first time they log on?


Thank you!

Mikael

[mrogers]

1. When using FTP, can you specifcy the root folder for each client? I want my client to log in directly to documents folder under the specific site.
Unfortunately not easily.      We have some code called the "HomeFolderMapper" which is an example of that sort of use case (In that case mounting the user's home.)   I think its an area for improvement.

2. Can you make your own custom datalists, or is only those that is choosable that you can use?
Yes - the ones you can choose out of the box are just examples.

3. Is it possible to specify how users default dashboard should look like first time they log on?
Sorry I don't know that one.

[vamirr]

3. Is it possible to specify how users default dashboard should look like first time they log on?

That configuration is in a presets.xml file (see: \tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\site-data\presets\presets.xml)

In there, you're looking for something like:

  
<!– Well known preset used to generate the default User dashboard –>
   <preset id="user-dashboard">
      <components>
         <!– title –>
         <component>
            <scope>page</scope>
            <region-id>title</region-id>
            <source-id>user/${userid}/dashboard</source-id>
            <url>/components/title/user-dashboard-title</url>
         </component>
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