Having a configuration UI is one of the most wanted feature for 5.0. Beside a configuration dashboard where you configure the main settings (cache, ..) we plan to provide a generic configuration UI, which will use annotations to build nice/safe dialogs.
Cheers - Philipp On 18.10.2010, at 17:45, Felix Rabe wrote: > > (Philipp, bitte sag mir wohin damit :) . Jira-Ticket?) > > It is currently too easy to get a repository into a unworkable state by > changing some non-suspicious-looking property value, like virtual URI > settings. > > Inspired by gconf-editor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gconf-editor ), I > suggest implementing property descriptions, and adding descriptions at the > very least to those properties where changes might be dangerous to repository > operation. > > AFAIK, properties are atomic values (strings, integers, booleans) that can't > hold an additional "property description". But what about adding a node (e.g. > PropertyCaptions, like MetaData) that holds property descriptions for > properties within the same parent? These descriptions should be visible and > editable in AdminCentral in some way (a separate column seems overkill if > only 0.1% of all properties have descriptions). And if XML exports can be > manipulated this way, they could also appear as XML comments right before > each described property in the exported file, in addition to showing up in > the isolated PropertyCaptions node. > > - Felix > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > For list details see > http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
