Category: Developing
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Overriding Solr Configurations in Alfresco SDK 3.0
This post allows the user to override the Alfresco Solr configurations in the Alfresco SDK 3.0 TL;DR Override Tomcat’s Solr context configuration to point to custom Solr4 config dir. Copy default Solr configurations into this directory. Override new configurations as needed. Override Solr Context Configurations First we will add a config element in our main…
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RAD! Alfresco SDK 3.0. Upgrade and enjoy!
Why upgrade SDK 3.0? Support for RAD (Rapid Application Development) and TDD (Test Driven Development) via HotswapAgent and JRebel Simpler SDK layout Jar packaging by default Support for Alfresco version 4.2 to 5.2 Integration testing webscripts TL;DR Update your pom.xml Remove all SDK modules, except for your jar/amp project modules. Update your Integration tests. Add integration-tests project module,…
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Cooking an ECM Solution
IT departments today manage a massive amount of information, via a plethora of interconnected software components to provide businesses with the mission critical results that they need. To ensure the quality of these systems, IT departments are heavily invested in the testing, tuning and validation of these systems. The thought of validating these systems are…
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Alfresco:/Sites/Smart/Document/Structure
Using Alfresco One, it is very simple to extend the document structure that is deployed upon a Site creation. An automatic structure deployment can allow for a group of rules, folder structure and documents and other functionalities to be created within a site, when the site is instantiated. The nice thing about this functionality, is that it…
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Adding an evaluation filter to Alfresco’s form config
The Surf based Alfresco Share web application provides a highly customizable framework that allows you to override and customize the user interface via the share-config-custom.xml file. In this file, an evaluator element <config evaluator=”” condition=””> is used to target the elements for customization. These evaluators are managed by the SpringSurf XmlConfigService. This service is extended by…
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Space Cleanup: Rules, Space Templates and Action!
Sometimes you may want a work space or directory to be deleted when it becomes empty. For instance, you may have a temporary directory to share files for review or collaboration. The workspace or folder will remain available until the reviews and collaborations have been completed and the documents filed or moved into their designated…
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Alfresco Workflow Form with Upload functionality
Alfresco Activiti workflow form control override with upload functionality that makes use of the following concepts: Custom Action Executer Space Templates Modified / Extended Server side javascript webscript OnBootstrap Initializer Surf widget extension Surf components override Surf components widget reuse Alfresco Form Controls Dependencies Alfresco Enterprise 4.2.2 Maven 3.x JDK 7.x Installation git clone [git-repo-url]…