Wasn't all that in the readme?
On Nov 29, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Jeff Casimir wrote: > Arthur, > > Thanks for the tip on drag_order, it sounded great. It took me quite > a bit of trial and error to get it working. It makes me realize that > the combination of radiant versions, rails versions, and extension > versions can really be a pain in the ass. > > Just an opinion, it would seem that moving/reordering pages is a > pretty core function of a CMS. It would be sensible to me to roll > this drag_order extension into the 0.9 core gem. > > Anyway, here is the story of my struggle through getting drag_order > working: ----------------- > > - Downloaded the latest TAR from GitHub, extracted > - Ran rake radiant:extensions:drag_order:migrate -- failed. > - Ran rake radiant:extensions:drag_order:update -- failed. > - Ran rake radiant:extensions:drag_order:update -t -- failed, but see > that the problem is the "require 'application'" on line two of > drag_order_extension.rb. Change it to "application_controller" > - Ran rake radiant:extensions:drag_order:update -t -- passed > - Ran rake radiant:extensions:drag_order:migrate -t -- failed, error > from DB that "Pages" table already has a position field (from the > REORDER extension). Edit the migration to comment out the column > creation lines, re-run, passed. > - Restart the server > - Here's what I see on the admin index page: > http://img.skitch.com/20091129-x54ie7nrq27r1g8n8kk6piqp6g.jpg > > Working with extensions always makes me feel like a freaking > noobie, ugh! > > I looked in vendor/extensions/drag_order/app/views/admin/page/ and > everything is there. Though I wondered why "page" and not "pages" -- > renamed the folder to "pages", restarted, and those error messages are > gone. Here's what I see: > > http://img.skitch.com/20091129-pkk3m9n5iqsphw7i9253rsyhw1.jpg > > Sweet! Try it and --- uhhh --- nothing happens. Look at the HTML > source and find this: > > <td class='drag_order'><img alt="Drag this icon to move the page" > src="/images/admin/drag_order.png?1259505171" /></td> > > Looks reasonable, but there must be some Javascript missing. Look at > the header area and see prototype, string, effects, tabcontrol, > ruledtable, admin, sitemap, and lowpro javascripts. Nothing about > drag_order, hmmm. Look in the file system and I see drag_order.js > under public/javascripts/admin/, so the file is in the right place > just not being included in the header. > > I really don't understand how plugins get loaded and such, but I see > the include statements in /app/views/admin/pages/_header.html.haml. > Clearly this file isn't getting picked up for some reason. As a first > hack, I copy the two include lines to the _header.html.haml of the > REORDER extension, since that one seems to be getting loaded. Copy > the includes, restart, reload, and it looks good! I can drag the > handle around and see the purple indicator. > > Drop a file, then boom: Application error from the URL > "http://chavez.casimircreative.com/admin/pages/75/move_to/106/1";. > Ugh. Check out the log and this is what I see: > > Processing ApplicationController#move_to (for 76.106.40.99 at > 2009-11-29 15:12:57) [GET] > Parameters: {"rel"=>"106", "action"=>"move_to", "id"=>"75", > "controller"=>"admin/page", "pos"=>"1"} > NameError (uninitialized constant Admin::PageController): > /opt/ruby-enterprise/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.4/lib/ > phusion_passenger/rack/request_handler.rb:91:in > `process_request' > > I already know there's something about Page versus Pages, so this > isn't shocking. First I look in drag_order_extension.rb and find the > "activate" and "deactivate" methods that must be responsible for > telling Radiant about the extension's views, modules, and such. I > should come back here to figure out why the _header wasn't being > picked up. Moving on... > > I search in drag_order/lib/drag_order for any files containing the > text "PageController" (from the error message). The only appears in > "page_controller_extensions.rb", so I rename the file itself to > "pages_controller_extensions.rb" and, inside the file, rename the > module to DragOrder::PagesControllerExtensions. > > Reload and boom: uninitialized constant > DragOrder::PageControllerExtensions error from the Radiant extension > loader. Sounds reasonable. Looking at the initializer code radiant > is calling that activate method that I saw in the > drag_order_extension.rb file, so I'll go look at that. > > The lines that caught my eye before looked like > "(Admin::PageController rescue Admin::PagesController)" which seemed > unnecessary if my instance is using pages. So I do some simplifying > and renaming to end up with this: > > def activate > admin.page.index.add :sitemap_head, "drag_order_header" > admin.page.index.add :node, "drag_order" > admin.page.index.add :top, "header" > Page.send :include, DragOrder::PageExtensions > Admin::PagesController.send :helper, DragOrder::PageHelper > Admin::PagesController.send :include, > DragOrder::PagesControllerExtensions > StandardTags.send :include, DragOrder::TagExtensions > end > > I compare that to the activate method of the working REORDER extension > and see that the top three lines are basically identical. I wonder > why the partials aren't getting picked up. Maybe this whole method > isn't getting executed?? Restart the server and see what happens... > > It loads. Try to do a drag & drop, and: > > Processing ApplicationController#move_to (for 76.106.40.99 at > 2009-11-29 15:38:14) [GET] > Parameters: {"rel"=>"106", "action"=>"move_to", "id"=>"75", > "controller"=>"admin/page", "pos"=>"1"} > NameError (uninitialized constant Admin::PageController): > > Maybe it's a routing problem? I reopen drag_order_extension.rb and > look at the "define_routes" method. I change this line: > > map.with_options :controller => "admin/page" do |page| > > to this: > > map.with_options :controller => "admin/pages" do |page| > > Restart the server, drag and drop...HOLY CRAP IT WORKED! > > I at once love and hate the extension system. > > - Jeff > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Nate <[email protected]> wrote: >> Arthur Gunn wrote: >>> Hey Jeff, >>> >>> No insights into copy_move functionality, you could of course >>> checkout >>> a previous version, but I wonder why not use: >>> http://github.com/bright4/radiant-drag-order >>> >>> Ajax copy, move and reorder all in one. >>> >> >> Awesome find. I thought Sean's reorder extension had withered and >> died. >> Nice to see that it was revived and updated. >> >> >> ~Nate >> _______________________________________________ >> Radiant mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant >> > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
