[opencms-dev] Question about XML-Content- Concept

[Daniel Wiesner]

hello,

I am looking for a way to collect files in the current folder

like this: ... collector="allInFolder" param="./newsitem_${number}.xml|7|3"

but it did not work

Daniel






Wolfgang Winzer schrieb:

> Hi Anatol,
>
> you are lucky, I just had the same challenge a week ago, so I should 
> be able to help.
>
> You should read the documentation for xml-content first: 
> /sites/default/alkacon-documentation/documentation-xmlcontent/
> Additionaly you should read the documentation for the taglib, 
> focussing on the last four tags (<cms:contentwhatever>): 
> /sites/default/alkacon-documentation/documentation_taglib/
>
> Equipped with this knowledge, I was able to create a simple jsp very 
> similar to this in the templateone. Here is the snippet I used:
>
> ### the JSP
>
> <%@ page session="false" %>
> <%@ taglib prefix="cms" uri="http://www.opencms.org/taglib/cms" 
> %>         <cms:contentload collector="allInFolder" 
> param="/sites/kuaweb/news/newsitem_${number}.xml|7|3" editable="true">
> <table>
>            <tr>
>              <td valign="top" style="border:0px solid green"><img 
> src="<cms:link>../images/pixelsoup/undlogonav.gif</cms:link>"></td>
>              <td valign="top" style="border:0px solid black; 
> width:180px">
>              <div class="title"><cms:contentshow element="Title" /></div>
>              <cms:contentloop element="Teaser">
>              <div class="teaser"><cms:contentshow /><span 
> class="more">...mehr</span></div>
>              </cms:contentloop>
>              </td>
>            </tr>
> </table>
> </cms:contentload>
>
> Forget about the html, the important parts are the <cms:contentXXX>-tags.
> The <cms:contentload ...> is really a loop tag, for each newsitem 
> found, it will generate another <table>
> It took me SOME time to figure out, what to put in the 
> cms:contentloads param attribute:
>
> The first number (7=xmlcontent) specifies the filetype the 
> contentloader uses as filter. If you don't get any newsitems it might 
> be that this number doesn't match the filetype you gave your 
> newsfiles. I looked up that "7" in my opencms-vfs.xml where it says:
> <type class="org.opencms.file.types.CmsResourceTypeXmlContent" 
> name="xmlcontent" id="7"/>
>
> The second number is easy, just the maximum number of newsitems to 
> display. Can be even omitted.
>
> You NEED to have a macrovalue like ${number} in the path, it is NOT 
> sufficient to specify a folder with newsitems in it.
>
> ### the newsfiles
>
> These are my newsfiles
>
> /sites/kuaweb/news/ newsitem_0001.xml
> /sites/kuaweb/news/ newsitem_0002.xml
> ...
>
> The leading zeros are important!
> They need their property (can't remember the name and my connection is 
> down, look it up in the examples) set to the XSD defining their 
> structure. This also enables opencms to give you a GUI-Editor for your 
> newsitem.
>
> Okay, gotta keep this short, because I gotta run.
> Hope this gives you a start.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> Anatol wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I made my first steps with xml-content files. Creating the XSD-file 
>> was described in the documentation. But what are the next steps? How 
>> can I define that a new Page should based on this XSD-files? And how 
>> can I add an entry in the New >> Structured Content List?
>>
>> Greetings
>> Anatol
>>
>>
>>
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