Help: customizing explorer

[sbudrez]

Hi to all!

I have downloaded and istalled alfresco community edition 3.2
I've read the "tutorial" (the .pdf file named "Getting_Started_with_Explorer_DM_for_Alfresco_Community_Edition_3_2") and learned the basic customizations (like creating spaces or content rules). I was wondering if there's a way to do this operation outside alfresco itself, for example editing text in some kind of configuration file. Is this possible?

Thanks for any help  :roll:

[edubreil]

Hello sbudrez,

May be, it could be better to ask questions on SIDE-Labs forums http://www.side-labs.org/forums/. You could find more easily informations and we could point other topics to help you.

See you soon,

Stl.

[sbudrez]

Ok i've solved this little problem
I'm not sure if it's correct to write here or on the other forum, because i see there are more specific and technical question…

Anyway i don't understand how i can interact with alfresco model with the topcased modeling application
Are there any examples?

[edubreil]

Hello,

Your Topcased modeling application is configured with SIDE, and SIDE enables to model, to generate models as data, workflow, form … and to deploy them.
'Generate' means to produce the right file form the modeling to the good format 'amp' for Alfresco.
'Deploy' means to put them in the nice folders to be process by Alfresco application.
So you can interact with Alfresco model with the topcased modeling application, by generate and deploy files produced from the modeling realized before.
For example, by modeling a data diagram with a class 'Contact' [See here http://www.side-labs.org/wiki/index.php/Documentation:MMata], by using SIDE Topcased configuration, you generate and deploy the amp file which create on Alfresco the 'Contact' new content.
In the same way, for workflow [See here http://www.side-labs.org/wiki/index.php/Documentation:MM:Workflow], which enable to personalized workflow on Alfresco.
That's why we talk about a 'super configurator' for Alfresco !

Does it answer your question ? Or need you more conceptual, technical, practical informations ?

Stl.

[jck]

Hi,
This link on http://www.side-labs.org/wiki/ may help you to produce your first model:
* http://www.side-labs.org/wiki/index.php/Documentation:User:GettingStarted

SIDE-Labs forums are for questions about SIDE-Labs, whatever your questions (user, devel, …). Mailing-lists are also available for users or developers. Go and have a look at :
* http://www.side-labs.org/wiki/index.php?title=SIDEupportverview

I'm currently finishing to package YAMMI which stands for Yet Another Mail Management Application, entirely developed with SIDE-Labs. This example will be documented in the next few days.

HTH

JC

[sbudrez]

Thanks a lot for help!
I'm starting to understand the usefulness of Side. I want to try some pratical use of it, but i have to solve some little problems before
First of all my alfresco does not start anymore (better said, tomcat doesn't start anymore, as i've post here: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=23850)
Then i have some question about Side installation, as i posted here: http://www.side-labs.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=403&sid=0326aaa70e443695f36cb13d2c444386

I appreciate any help 😃