18 Jan
2017
18 Jan
'17
10:16 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Paul Pinkerton (ACLCO) <pinkerp(a)lao.on.ca>
wrote:
I am interested in creating an easy to navigate
document library. I was
thinking of using the File Manager Extension (as this is what it's built
for) - but the documentation is light on some specifics.
-I am wondering if I can copy this to a new space
(currently
xwiki/bin/view/FileManager) and run multiple file libraries on the site,
each with their own permissions (space based)? When I copy the FileManager
space to a new space, I get the warning that I need to migrate to the new
structure. Will this affect anything other than the specific space it is
in?
No, it should affect only the current space. See
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src…
.
-Also wondering if I can add a metadata field somehow? One of the things
I liked about using a file library in SP is the ability to list additional
fields (ie. notes about why the file is important, contents, etc...) in the
grid. Is this easy to do?
Adding meta data is fairly easy, by adding new properties to the FileClass
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src…
. Displaying and editing this meta data directly from the File Manager UI
is more complex, but you can do it relatively easy from the "file view"
(what you see when you click on a file from the files live table), by
editing FileSheet
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/src…
.
Hope this helps,
Marius
Paul Pinkerton
ACLCO/ KnowledgeNow