> ... > In short, there's no easy way to satisfyingly fulfill your requirement. > ...
Thanks tor the reply. So I wiil try to keep it simple first. - I will load all documents below a non-public "/document" web page I can do that because the site doesn't need many documents (20). - I will refer to them in Dialogs using a String Control containing the document file name. - I will add the URL path using JSP. - I will use the technique describe here: http://www.magnolia.info/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ReusingContentOnDifferentPages where aplicable. After that, I will try to look at the source code to see if it could be done better. Thanks again, Francois On 11/24/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > (Francois Bertrand) wrote: > > >I want to link to the same documents or display the same image from > >distinct pages. > > > >If I understand correctly, the default behaviour is that documents and > >images are loaded below the web pages node. For example, in the > >"http://localhost:8081/magnoliaAuthor/features/magnolia-product-info.html"; > >page the "Magnolia for Content Management" magnolia_cms_V2.pdf file is > >under the "mainColumnParagraphs/00/document/" sub-node of the > >"/features/magnolia-product-info/" node. > > > >So if I load the same file in another page, It would result in a > >duplicated document in the repository. > > > >Am I right? > > > > > right. > > >What I would like, is similar to the "internal link" dialog available > >from the same page > >(http://localhost:8081/magnoliaAuthor/features/magnolia-product-info.html). > > If I click on the "Edit" of the "More about Magnolia for Documents" > >and choose "internal link", Magnolia shows a tree of web pages > >available in the site. In the case of document or images, I would > >like to see: "choose from file system" or "choose from already loaded > >files". > > > >Do I need DMS to do that? > > > > > Can't tell > > >Do I need to create a new Custom Dialog and/or Custom Control? > > > > > Yes, even a custom tree control to be able to browse for documents. > > >Do I misunderstand something? > > > > > Not at all. In fact, it's a very reasonable requirement that I share. > > The simplest way to do it would be to set the document URL in the link > dialog manually. Not very user friendly though. > > I started to work on asset management to fulfill your requirement. Then > I realized, that Magnolia 2.x is not yet ready for this kind of feature > because it doesn't treat internal handles correctly (make a search for > jcr:uuid on JIRA for profound information), i.e. upon activation the > UUIDs get inconsistent. Ideally you want the link to stay valid when you > rename or move a document. To maintain referential integrity you need > jcr:uuid and the magic jackrabbit adds which will be allowed for in > Magnolia 3. > > In short, there's no easy way to satisfyingly fulfill your requirement. > > Maybe DMS can. > > -- > Cheers > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > for list details see > http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
