http://openacs.org/blog/ OpenACS Blog OpenACS 5.0 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:39:51 GMT http://openacs.org/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://openacs.org/blog/ 126 48 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=975340 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=975340 dsfsdf Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:39:51 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=975338 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=975338 Esto es una Prueba Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:37:25 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=907364 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=907364 Sub-totalling with List Builder is a great feature and I would definitely recommend using it over hand-coding your sub-totals but isn't fully documented, and there are a few gotchas, so I've put a few notes together to help you use it. Let's just take a simple list with 2 columns: stage_description and financial_amount. We want to aggregate financial_amount for each stage_description. So in the beginning the elements section of our list looks like this: -elements { sta... Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:48:05 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=493983 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=493983 Goal: Add an autosuggest textbox similar to Google's autosuggest. Assumptions: You have installed the ajaxhelper package. You do not want to fetch the data everytime and just fetch it once. This is somewhat similar to Ryan Gallimore's smart search widget. The differences are: Doesn't hit the database everytime a key is pressed Support for search term and description in the results like Google's autosuggest Doesn't need an additional page for the ajaxupdater to load as it already... Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:53:54 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=404190 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=404190 a way to create/handle big dumps (by Steve): pg_dump yourdb | split -b 1024m - yourdb_ which will create 1Gb files called yourdb_aa, yourdb_ab, yourdb_ac etc. Then you can import them using cat: cat yourdb_* | psql yourdb Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:51:25 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=399548 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=399548 I am using dotfolio to create user friendly point of entry to the toolkit. My index page is the startingpoint, and I provide my customers with their owm dotfolio, to further expand the functionality to their site. The layout control is not yet perfect, but I just wanted to share this approach with you. I realise it's a dummies approach but It shows what you can do with the default toolkit, without digging into the code. The current forced info fields need some tweaking, and the hard co... Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:37:31 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=396186 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=396186 Goal: Use OpenACS Shell to access the OpenACS API Assumptions: 1. Email is correctly configured on your server 2. OpenACS is configured to send email 3. You have installed OpenACS Developer Support (which includes the OpenACS shell) using the OpenACS Package Manager OpenACS Developer Support (DS) is a set of tools that can help you develop your web applications, debug problems, test code, and explore the OpenACS API. Take a look at the following procedure, which we will be using fo... Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:25:32 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=396148 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=396148 Great, you've managed to get your system up and running. Chances are you're considering what the next step should be. In that case, tell us what you are trying to create, and we'll help you get started. Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:29:29 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=355180 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=355180 Sometime small changes can have major implications. Features you may have been looking for could be deeply hidden in the admin functions of openacs. This blog is set up to try and get the most usefull features to the surface. Tip 1: Create one section with all links relevant to features and modules, and make it as simple as possible for the end user/admin to install them. From this discussion it seems that both developers and endusers have different perspectives in this respect. Solving ... Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:46:00 GMT http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=354977 http://openacs.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=354977 There are more packages & enhancements available form CVS. See also and in the file-storage. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:18:38 GMT