Where should I put my dashlet's .css & .js files?

[jordiv]

Hi,

I've done a little dashlet and I've placed it in:

<ALF_HOME>/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/site-webscripts/com/jordiv/‍

I've seen some dashlets that put their custom CSS & JS files inside the share webapp, specifically:

<ALF_HOME>/tomcat/webapps/share/components/dashlets/‍

Should I put my files there? Or there is any path inside the tomcat shared directory where I can place them?


Thanks,
Jordi.

[mikeh]

Build a jar file instead (take a look at the "Share extras" project on Google Code). Then you can reference your client-side files using the "/res" servlet and they can remain outside the share.war.

Thanks,
Mike

[jordiv]

Thanks Mike, I've tried that and it works! 

Just one question. Until now, when I uploaded a new version of my webscript to Alfresco, I was refreshing it using the "Refresh Web Scripts" button (http://<server>:8080/share/page/index).

Now, when I upload my new .jar file to Alfresco, I can't refresh it using that method. I've tried it but it doesn't work. Is there any other way to refresh it without restarting Alfresco?

Thanks,
Jordi.

[mikeh]

No, I think Tomcat's shared classloader hangs onto the old files. At Alfresco, we tend to deploy Share to a separate Tomcat instance on port 8081 so a Share restart only takes about 10 seconds.

Thanks,
Mike

[jordiv]

Ok, thanks for the tip.

Cheers,
Jordi.