> What "quality" do you require for the sandbox? As with many other > extensions we did: They all solved the problem but have too many quick > hacks to share...
It is a sandbox after all so the entry barrier is not so high. I mainly want to have a look to see if there is anything that should be considered or useful for the other direction (exposing workspaces via webdav). The only necessary condition for that is then you signing the contributor license. Jan > > I'm currently brushing up our shop module to contribute it, since > others have shown interest in it. But I'm sure this will take quite > some more time before it's ready. If you would like me to do the same > for our WebDAV importer... I'm afraid you'll need to be patient. ;-) > > -will > > On 24.09.2009, at 16:38, Jan Haderka wrote: > > > > > Uhhh, fancy ... I'd like to look as well ... care to contribute that > > to > > the sandbox? > > > > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:33 +0200, Will Scheidegger wrote: > >> From where did you upload this data? And what kind of meta data are > >> you talking about? > >> > >> We've build an import mechanism which fetched files from a WebDAV > >> server. Each file had additional info (title, description) stored in > >> the WebDAV repository which had to be imported too. So for importing > >> from a WebDAV repo I think we might be able to help you. > >> > >> -will > >> > >> On 24.09.2009, at 15:27, Benoit Segaert wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I am also very interesting with the import. > >>> I have to upload a lot of documents with multiple metadata into > >>> Magnolia. > >>> Then the zip import is not an option because no metadata will be > >>> imported. > >>> > >>> Benoît > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:user-list- > >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Haderka > >>> Sent: mercredi 23 septembre 2009 10:56 > >>> To: Magnolia User-List > >>> Subject: Re: [magnolia-user] Importing static content > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> What are the options for bulk importing data into the DMS while at > >>>> the > >>>> same time adding the necessary references to the original data > >>>> nodes? > >>> > >>> To do the bulk import, you can zip the images and upload the > >>> zipfile. > >>> Magnolia will extract the resources from the zip and also recreate > >>> the > >>> folder structure that is in the zip file. > >>> > >>>> Since this process takes a while (about 30 minutes) and still needs > >>>> fine tuning, I would much rather be able to do this through a > >>>> stand-alone process (ant task at present). Is it possible to > >>>> update > >>>> the DMS repository directly (while magnolia is shut down) and then > >>>> bring it up and have all the content available? Does the DMS > >>>> expose > >>> Yes, you can update the repo while magnolia is shutdown provided > >>> that > >>> the structure and node types used you create will conform with the > >>> one > >>> used by Magnolia itself. > >>> > >>>> any API for performing these types of operations? > >>> > >>> You can use beanshell or groovy to script any kind of bulk > >>> operations > >>> using all Magnolia API and of course you can also use the API for > >>> importing the documents in DMS. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> One option is to store the images as static files within the web > >>>> app, > >>>> but am not sure if they can be managed easily via magnolia (that is > >>>> without writing a custom file upload dialog). Another is to learn > >>>> the > >>>> pattern of the static dms link URL and store them as path > >>>> references > >>>> in the data nodes, and then bulk upload (zip file) all the images > >>>> into > >>>> the DMS. > >>> > >>> the pattern for the links is > >>> http:/<server>:<port>/<contextPath>/dms/<path/to/the/document>/ > >>> <filename>.<extension> > >>> Of course you can also store files as a static resources in the web > >>> app, > >>> but then you won't be able to manage them via admin interface > >>> anymore. > >>> All that you would be able to do would be to change the link from > >>> one > >>> file to another. > >>> > >>> HTH, > >>> Jan > >>> > >>>> > >>>> I am interested in learning about how other users have dealt with > >>>> importing content from other systems into magnolia. Any > >>>> suggestions > >>>> and tips would be most welcome. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> Rakesh > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 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]> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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]> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
