[opencms-dev] Changing contenttemplates

[ccahill at csc.com.au]

Alex,

Thanks for your response to my question.  I tried clearing the elementcache
as you suggested but this didn't work (details below).  Then a colleague
here suggested I try doing a full static export and that did work!  The
details of what I did are listed below:

1.  In explorer, edit sourcecode for a contenttemplate called
'headerTemplate1' and make a small change.  Save the changes and exit the
editor.

2.  After unlocking, publish directly the file 'headerTemplate1'.

3.  In explorer, click on a page called 'index.html' whose master template
is called 'toplevel', which uses 'headerTemplate1'.  The change made is
seen in the browser window that opens.

4.  In a separate browser window, go to the url of the published page on my
web site, 'index.html'.  The change made in 1. above is NOT seen, even
after refreshing the page!

5.  In administration view (for the offline project), as you suggested,
click on 'Clear elementcache' and Ok in the dialog that appears.

6.  Again, in a separate browser window, go to the url of the published
page on my web site, 'index.html'.  Again, the change made in 1. above is
NOT seen, even after refreshing the page!

I have found two ways to fix the problem (that is make the change made in
1. above seen in the published web page) but I wonder if either of these
should be necessary!

FIRST SOLUTION

(a)  In explorer view, open the master template 'toplevel' (referred to
above, that the page 'index.html' uses) in the sourcecode editor and simply
'save and close' even without making any changes.

(b)  After unlocking, I publish directly the file 'toplevel'.

(c)  In a separate browser window, go to the url of the published page on
my web site, 'index.html'.  The change made in 1. above IS seen, after
refreshing the page!

SECOND SOLUTION

(a)  In the Online project, in administration view, click on 'Static
export' and 'Ok' in the following dialog.  Lots of resources are exported
and this takes some time.

(b)  In a separate browser window, go to the url of the published page on
my web site, 'index.html'.  The change made in 1. above IS seen, after
refreshing the page!

I hope this helps you determine whether this is a bug or not.

Thanks,
Chris
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"Alexander Kandzior" <alex at opencms.org>@www.opencms.org on 23/01/2003
07:28:12 PM

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Subject:    RE: [opencms-dev] Changing contenttemplates


Chris,

one first thought is the "element cache". After publishing your changed
content templete, go to the "Adminstration" view and click on that icon.
Press the button "Clear cache". Check your published page out again.

If this is not working, can you give a more details "step-by-step"
description of what you do (like "1) In explorer I edit the file... 2) I
switch to "Admin" view ... etc.)? I am having trouble re-creating this
error.

Best Regards,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
> [mailto:owner-opencms-dev at www.opencms.org] On Behalf Of
> Christopher J Cahill
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:14 AM
> To: opencms-dev at opencms.com
> Subject: [opencms-dev] Changing contenttemplates
>
>
> I have recently started using Release Candidate 1 for Version
> 5 and found the following apparent problem:
>
> I made a change to a contenttemplate file and published this
> file directly. The change was NOT reflected in a page that
> used this template until I opened and saved the master
> template that used the contenttemplate that I changed originally.
>
> Is this the way it is supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris.
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> email: ccahill at csc.com.au
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