On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Raphael Ritz <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 8/2/11 12:42 AM, ken manheimer wrote: > >> i've wanted for a long time to be able to show the contents of a folder, >> ordered as they would be in the folder, along with some text describing >> each item, plus some rich text above describing the folder, as a whole. >> there is a number of combinations of various facilities that come >> close to providing this simple arrangement, but fail in tantalizing >> ways. have i missed something? >> > > maybe ;-) > > The catalog does now about order in a folder through the > > getObjPositionInParent > > index. In case that's not available for sorting in a > collection (I didn't check) you can enable it in > > <site>/portal_atct/atct_**manageTopicIndex > > Is that what you are looking for? > yes, it looks like exactly what i'm seeking. (gil forcada's suggestion about using a custom folder display view is excellent, too. maybe i just need to read martin aspelli's book?) i'm running into problems getting it working, and have to investigate further. i did have to enable the getObjPositionInParent field in the collections configlet (thanks much for the clear path to find my way there), and that involved using the "All fields" link to expose the option. once that's done, though, i still don't see the "Order in folder" friendly name among the collections sort criteria. i double checked everything to see if i got the order wrong, etc, and even changed one of the working friendly names to verify that the change shows in the collection sort criteria list, which it did. will investigate further soon, but mention it in case i'm (again:-) missing something. ken Raphael > > >> the obvious answer is to use a collection with "No sort order" for the >> sorting criterion. unfortunately, "No sort order" doesn't wind up being >> the same sort order as that of the items in the folder, except >> sometimes, by accident. (of course - the collection doesn't consults >> the catalog, not the folder, for the contents.) that's a showstopper >> for me - what i really want is to be able to adjust the ordering of the >> items in the folder in order to adjust their ordering in the collection. >> >> the other tantalizingly close option is to just use a folder, with an >> (optionally, customized) summary, standard, or table view, and use the >> folder Description text as the introductory text. alas, the folder >> Description is plain, not rich text. >> >> well, how about using a collage, with a folder inside it? aargh, that's >> a mess - navigation portlets don't track the contents properly, etc. >> >> i know i should just create a derivative folder content type that has an >> additional, rich-text area before the listing (and after, if i really >> want). unfortunately, i've given up on finding the time to do that, so >> i'm asking if anyone has faced the same need, and found a solution? >> >> ken >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Product-Developers mailing list >> Product-Developers@lists.**plone.org <[email protected]> >> https://lists.plone.org/**mailman/listinfo/plone-**product-developers<https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-product-developers> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Product-Developers mailing list > Product-Developers@lists.**plone.org <[email protected]> > https://lists.plone.org/**mailman/listinfo/plone-**product-developers<https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-product-developers> >
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