[opencms-dev] Drag and Drop Custom Content Type into Container

[Ying Kwan Lam]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply first. I listed my detail information below.

The following is my template.jsp file (inside
/system/modules/my.module.poll/templates directory),
....
<div id="main">
    <div id="leftColumn">
        <cms:container name="leftcontainer" type="left" width="230"
maxElements="8"/>
    </div>
    <div id="centreColumn">
        <cms:container name="centrecontainer" type="centre" width="450"
maxElements="8" detailview="true"/>
    </div>
    <div id="rightColumn">
        <cms:container name="rightcontainer" type="right" width="320"
maxElements="8"/>
    </div>
</div>
....

Under the /site/default/flower_en/, there is an index.html whose type is
containerpage.
I edit the property and set the "template" property as
/system/modules/my.module.poll/templates/template

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In the /system/modules/my.module.poll/formatters directory, the detail.jsp
is like that:

<%@page buffer="none" session="false" taglibs="c,cms" %>
<cms:formatter var="content" val="value">
</cms:formatter>

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In my XSD file, there is the formatters declaration.

<formatters>
    <formatter maxwidth="450"
uri="/system/modules/my.module.poll/formatters/detail.jsp"
searchcontent="true" />
</formatters>

I set the maxwidth="450", then the newly-created content type should be
added to the one of the containers defined in the template.jsp. However,
the content type still cannot be added to the containers.

Actually, I read the wiki "Creating Plug and Play Modules for OpenCms8" (
http://www.opencms-wiki.org/wiki/Creating_Plug_and_Play_Modules_for_OpenCms_8
)
Also, I tried to add an attribute type="*" in the formatter tag. It doesn't
work to add the customized content type into the containers.

Thanks for your kind attention.

Best Regards,
Connie Lam


2012/7/12 Michael Emmerich <m.emmerich at alkacon.com>

> Hi,
>
> you should check the following:
>
> 1) If your formatter jsp would cause an error, it could not be dropped
> into a container. You might some more info in the opencms.log.
> You could try to remove everything from the formatter except the formatter
> tag to see if this works.
>
> 2) How did you define the formatters in the XSD? Maybe the width/name
> information does not fit to any of the containers on your page.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Michael.
>
>
>  Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am an OpenCms beginner. I am currently using OpenCms 8.0.4. I wanna
>> create a new Content type for users to drag and drop.
>>
>> I successfully created my new resource type via the following steps.
>>
>> 1. Create a module named my.module.poll under /system/modules/
>>
>> 2. Get into /system/modules/my.module.**poll/schemas, create an XSD file
>> to define the schema named as poll.xsd
>>
>> 3. Add my formatter (.jsp file with formatter tag) under
>> /system/modules/my.module.**poll/formatters
>>
>> 4. Go to opencms_modules.xml file to add two more elements (e.g.
>> resourecetypes and exploretype)
>>
>> 5. Create a workplace.propertes file to name the label under
>> /system/modules/my.module.**poll/my/module/poll
>>
>> 6. Export the module and publish the module
>>
>> 7. Re-start the tomcat.
>>
>> Actually, the new resource type is created. I have no problem up to now.
>>
>> I tried to make the resource type as the content type.
>>
>> That mean I can use the drag and drop feature to create a new Poll
>> content in container
>>
>> 2. Go to /system/modules/my.module.poll
>>
>> 2. Create a module config file named as .config and set the Resource
>> Type information such as Type name, Folder and Name Pattern
>>
>> 3. Go the the folder e.g. /site/default/flower_en/.**content
>>
>> 4. Edit the .config file (adding the newly-created resource type)
>>
>> Now, I went to flower_en webpage and I can find the Poll content shown
>> in the content list after clicking "Add Content" icon.
>>
>> However, no container support the newly-created content type.
>>
>> That mean, no container is highlighted to let me drag and drop
>> newly-created Poll content.
>>
>> Please kindly tell me what I am missing.
>>
>> Is my concept correct to create a new content type?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your kind attention.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Connie Lam
>>
>>
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>
> --
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> Michael.
>
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Best Wishes,
Connie Lam
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