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Further options for functional unit testing of Aikau

This post follows on from the getting started post which you should run through first. It includes some free software that you may need to install before you can proceed.IntroductionEarlier I introduced the basic functionality of the testing framewor...

Aikau Mini Examples - Data List (part 1)

IntroductionThis is one post in a series of short examples of things that can be done using the Aikau framework. The series is not intended to provide complete documentation but simply to show how to solve frequently encountered problems, implement r...

Introducing Aikau

IntroductionFor some time now I've been writing blog posts that refer to the 'updated UI framework' describing a new approach that we've been working on for further developing Alfresco Share. This is a fairly ambiguous (as well as lengthy) term to us...

Aikau Development Process Example - Inline Comment Rendering

IntroductionI've previously provided a few examples and techniques of how to implement a variety of use cases using Aikau, but now I'd like to provide an example of the process I follow to implement a solution. Whilst this process might not be suitab...

SA-6

Security Advisory 6Date: 2014-03-13Alfresco's internal security testing revealed a number of security issues. We have no evidence that these are being exploited in the wild, but we recommend users upgrade to the latest releases of Alfresco, such as C...

Advanced Share Customization (part 2)

IntroductionIn the first part of this tutorial I demonstrated how you could add a new page to Alfresco Share and have it protected by the standard authentication mechanism. I also showed how you can make that new page the landing page for your Alfres...

How to add AMD Packages to Share via Extension Modules

IntroductionA comment on a previous post questioned why it was necessary to update the 'surf.xml' configuration file in order to declare a new AMD package. This was an obvious requirement that I had completely overlooked and have now implemented a si...

Aikau Mini Examples - Dynamic Visibility

IntroductionThis is one post in a series of short examples of things that can be done using the Aikau framework. The series is not intended to provide complete documentation but simply to show how to solve frequently encountered problems, implement r...

WCM Test Suite (Talk)

Do these features exist? They sound like ideas...

Projects and Teams Summit Hack-a-thon 2014 (Talk)

Are anyone interested in and having any idea about below? Build a Redmine integration - We often use Redmine for task management of software development project, and recently I wand to use Alfresco for storing documents. But now there are no ...

Auto-Readme Extension Example

IntroductionIn my earlier blogs describing the new extensibility features my samples have not been particularly practical. Earlier this week I was asked how to extend the Document Library for a site to automatically display the content of any 'readme...

Alfresco Repository Admin Console

A powerful new feature in Alfresco Enterprise 4.2 is the addition of a user friendly Repository Administration Console. This post describes some of the features present in the console and how it can be easily extended.IntroductionIt is common knowled...

Alfresco Authentication Subsystems (Talk)

I guess, on community version 3.2, advanced ldap configuration don't work as explained. I had to include ldap parameters on alfresco-global-propertiesSufficient words about 'client domain'?I miss at least a word or two about a restriction in processi...

Speeding up Alfresco part 1

What?This blog post is about speeding up the delivery of content from Alfresco.The example I'll discuss here might not make any noticeable difference to the end user, more that it will free up resource on the Alfresco server so it can get on with the...

Introducing the CSRFPolicy in Alfresco Share

A few weeks back we added a CSRF filter to Share. It is now available on Alfresco Enterprise 4.1.4 and also to the Community on HEAD.This blog post will be about how the new filter affects your current Alfresco Share installation or your custom Share...

Moving Alfresco build to Maven

Well, this was a long journey, but we are finally getting there! As was already announced, Alfresco Community is now built with Maven, and so will the next version of Alfresco One. We thought we would tell you a bit more about it.Achievements unlocke...

Debugging Updates in Alfresco Share 4.2

by Dave DraperIntroductionIt seems like quite a while ago that I asked the Community for suggestions for topics to blog about around Alfresco Share and even went to the trouble of raising a JIRA issue for community members to add their ideas to. It's...

Content Store Configuration (Talk)

Needs Work: Engineering says 'The section about 'Eager Content Cleaner' is incorrect and should be removed.' I am not sure what specifically is wrong with it. Resplin (talk) 17:11, 15 July 2014 (BST)

WebScript Extensibility on the Alfresco Repository

This no longer works in the most recent releases of Alfresco but an issue has been raised to restore itIntroductionThe WebScript libraries can be used independently of Surf and this is what the Alfresco Repository uses to provide its REST API. The Su...

Introducing the Alfresco Java Content Repository API (Talk)

Some installation notes would be useful, like where to put the jar/war/xml files when you plan to use the JCR api from another place than from within the alfresco UI.

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