[opencms-dev] Custom Page type - How?

[Anthony Roy]

Hi all,

I am trying to create a custom page type for OpenCMS. What I want to be
able to do is to create a new Advert type (as a first basic example), so
that the users can select 'Advert' from the list after clicking the New
button, a custom form will give the users options to add an Image,
insert a link, choose a title etc. The page should then have its
template property set to a specified template.

Now so far I have created a module with default_bodies, schemas and
templates folders. I have a jsp template for the Advert in the templates
folder, a schema describing the XML format of the page in the schemas
folder, and a text file containing an XML document satisfying (and
referencing) the schema in the default_bodies folder.

I am however missing a substantial part of the plumbing to get it all to
work together. The Advert type appears in the drop-down list when I
choose New->Page with free text. So I think I am along the wrong lines
with the default_bodies folder - I am after something like the New ->
Structured Content -> News Article.

I get the impression that I don't have to code a page editor - that this
is generated from the schema, am I right?

So in a nutshell:

1) How do I get a menu entry in the New dialog "Advert" that creates a
new Advert page with a blank XML template satisfying the schema.
2) How do I ensure that the new page has the required template attached
by default.

Note: The schema is fine - if I create a new XML document, and copy the
content of the default template file into it, when I then edit the
document, an appropriate editor appears and I can alter the document.

Cheers,

Anthony Roy. 


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