[opencms-dev] Adding a new type of Gallery to the Editor

[Daniel Rhoden]

Wonderful feedback.  Thank you!
You are correct. "Gallery like references to XML contents" is a much 
better way of describing it. 

I have the feeling that there are factors regarding the WYSIWYG editor 
that I am not aware (which is fine, we all have to learn).  I am under 
the impression that the WYSIWYG editor was specifically for XML content 
items.  Are you suggesting that under certain circumstances that there 
would be problems if the WYSIWYG editor's interface was enhanced to 
provide access to such a feature?

Let me describe how I envision using such a feature:  The templates, 
elements, and default_bodies would already be defined.  After creating a 
new XML page I would view the page Offline, click on the direct edit 
square (in version 6) for the section specified for the article's 
headline and define the content (there are reasons why I'm not using 
custom properties instead).  On another page, I would do the same 
process, but in the content area.  I would then describe a reference to 
the fist page, but want to display its exact headline in my link's 
anchor text.  Rather than typing it and risking a synchronization issue 
(say, the headline gets updated by a different writer), I would click on 
the button that would allow me to reference other pages' elements, and 
drop a reference to it.  The page would appear to have content in it at 
runtime.  The control code for the page would have a new <references/> 
node just under the <links/> node, and a ${ref0} statement would be 
inserted into the content node.

Sorry that was so long, but I know it is hard to paint the same picture 
in other people's mind

Thanks,

Daniel Rhoden.

Alexander Kandzior wrote:

>Daniel,
>
>Such a kind of gallery will IMHO be possible only for XML content items, not
>inside the WYSIWYG editor. This is because of the structure of the HTML
>editable element used for the WYSIWYG. 
>
>In this case the task is better described as "building a XML content widget
>for content references".
>
>The code base of the galleries should be usable for this. The galleries
>already share most of the code as well as the JSP pages. Have a look at the
>package "org.opencms.workplace.galleries", there is an abtract base class
>called "A_CmsGallery" from which all Galleries are extended. It basically
>comes down to writing some 100-200 LOC, mainly to generate the list view.
>
>I can give some more details about the other tasks required. Before I do
>please let me know if this is actually what you want (Gallery like
>references for XML contents, not for the WYSIWYG editor).
>
>Best Regards,
>Alex.
>
>Alexander Kandzior
>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
>http://www.alkacon.com
>
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>>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Rhoden
>>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 5:47 PM
>>To: The OpenCms mailing list
>>Subject: [opencms-dev] Adding a new type of Gallery to the Editor
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>>I would like to add a new type of Gallery accessible from the 
>>editor to make references to other XML page' content 
>>elements.  It should not act like the HTML Gallery in which a 
>>COPY is made, but more like the <cms:include page="" 
>>element=""> tag, in which a REFERENCE is made. I think there 
>>are many uses for such a feature (though the term 'gallery' 
>>may not be appropriate). 
>>
>>1. Can we post an outline for building custom "galleries"?
>>2. Can we post ways to achieve a "Reference Gallery" mentioned above?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>--Daniel Rhoden
>>
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