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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mark Foley wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Interesting question -- we are trying to do this as well, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> if anybody</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> knows what to do we'd be interested in hearing it. Is this </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> an incomplete</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> area of JSP Template support in OpenCms 5???</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Noel Gelineau wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I've been trying to define multiple content areas using JSP </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> templates but I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> can't seem to quite get there. I've enabled the multiple </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> content view for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the WYSIWYG editor which is fine. Can somebody give me a very simple</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> example on how the XML and JSP template files would look like </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> for 2 content</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> areas.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>First, Noel, what is the "multiple content view" you've enabled in the WYSIWYG editor?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Second, I think what you guys are trying to accomplish is basically edit just one page, but have two WYSIWYG editors pop up on the edit page, for two different areas of the page, right? I think the basic JSP template scheme in OpenCMS is built only to deal with a single field of content (ie. one block of content edited by one WYSIWYG).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>In order to build something that had two or more WYSIWYG editors (plus other regular text fields if you wanted), you'd have to build your own Content Definitions and Back Office Module to handle those Definitions (if my research is correct). This also means setting up your own tables to deal with this extra content.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Right now, the documentation for making your own Content Definitions and Back Office Modules is pretty sparse, so I guess until the source code for v5.0 of the fabled "News Module" is released, we're probably out of luck. (I could be wrong, but so far I haven't seen evidence to the contrary)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Any veterans of the list care to correct me? I've only been here for bit, but that's what I've gathered so far about the product.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen Scholtz</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> www.bluespark.com</FONT>
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