Revealed! Thanks Jeroen - that would explain things! I will do it using one of the recommended WebDAV clients (I don't use anything but Slide at the moment so that will be worthwhile in itself) and I look forward to it working.
Thanks for your quick response and very useful tip. Of course, it might be worth mentioning WebDAV in the HowTo, for others like me. Best regards On 07/01/2008, Jeroen Reijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Warrel, > > warrell harries wrote: > > Hi Hippos, > > > > I have followed the instructions given > > http://www.hippocms.org/display/CMS/Customize+dashboard > > Cool! > > > > I assume that these refer to the default.preview in the metadata > directory > > branch. I have tried both the content and metadata branches but when I > come > > to point 11. > > What is meant here is that you will have to create the folder structure > with a WebDAV client, not touching the files on disk in the content and > metadata directory of hippo-repository. > > > I can't see the configuration directory such that I can alter > permissions on > > it. I assume this is what I should do as the root user of the CMS? > > If you would create the files with a webdav client, you should be able > to see the files from the CMS and configure the correct permissions. > > > > > I am using v6.05.02 and 1.2.13 > > > > I must be missing something pretty fundamental here. > > A WebDAV client is the key. That solve a lot of problems. I do not > recommend changing files in the metadata and content directory of Hippo > Repository. > > > > > Thanks for your help. I'm sure tt will be cool when it works ;-) > > Yes it is ;-) > > > > > Warrell > > Regards, > > Jeroen Reijn > > > ******************************************** > > Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist > > ******************************************** > Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist > ******************************************** Hippocms-dev: Hippo CMS development public mailinglist
