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matching up fixed-area-layout to custom page type

PaulW

Is there anyway to match up a fixed area layout created in the iw\config\fixed-layout workarea folder, with a custom page type for using a custom xsl file?

I have tried creating an entry in the pagetype-config.xml and mapping this to the Fixedlayout class, but when selecting this, I can't get my custom canvas to display.

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PaulW

So it's not possible?

rexstaples

You must override the existing fixed layout configuration by creating a new layout in pagetype-config.xml.

To properly override the default out of the box layout configuration, use the value "fixed-layout" as your overriding layout element's id.

Here are explicit steps:

Edit the page type configuration file:

IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml

Add the new layout configuration. Remember the layout id must be "fixed-layout". For example:[php]

Fixed
com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
com.interwoven.livesite.layout.impl.FixedLayout

[/php]

Verify your custom XSL stylesheet is at the location you configured above:

IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl

Navigate into the livesite_customer_src folder:

IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src

Run the build script appropriate for your OS (build.bat or build.sh).

After this step is complete your custom pagetype-config.xml file and your custom-fixed-layout.xsl stylesheet should have been deployed to both the content_center webapp as well as the iw-preview webapp in their respective folders:

IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl

IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl

For runtime, you will need to manually copy these files into their respective folders beneath your runtime environment's WEB-INF folder.

PaulW

Thanks Rex. I was trying to match the custom page type to the fixed layout xsl in the fixed-layout folder in my workarea. but looks like I'll just have to do as you said and move it under livesite_customer_src

sanoboy

You must override the existing fixed layout configuration by creating a new layout in pagetype-config.xml.

To properly override the default out of the box layout configuration, use the value "fixed-layout" as your overriding layout element's id.

Here are explicit steps:
Edit the page type configuration file:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
Add the new layout configuration. Remember the layout id must be "fixed-layout". For example:[php]

Fixed
com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
com.interwoven.livesite.layout.impl.FixedLayout

[/php]
Verify your custom XSL stylesheet is at the location you configured above:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
Navigate into the livesite_customer_src folder:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src
Run the build script appropriate for your OS (build.bat or build.sh).
After this step is complete your custom pagetype-config.xml file and your custom-fixed-layout.xsl stylesheet should have been deployed to both the content_center webapp as well as the iw-preview webapp in their respective folders:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl

IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
For runtime, you will need to manually copy these files into their respective folders beneath your runtime environment's WEB-INF folder.

After these steps, i can get the custom page type and layout type, but when i preview page, display error something: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to access template (CS), anything else i need to do?

another question, if i want to customize custom-fixed-layout style, then i should create custom-fixed-layout.css under fixed-layout folder, but how these styles be applied? for example, if i want to set background style for second colum area(ls-row-1-area-2), how should i write in css file?

vpatel

After these steps, i can get the custom page type and layout type, but when i preview page, display error something: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to access template (CS), anything else i need to do?

another question, if i want to customize custom-fixed-layout style, then i should create custom-fixed-layout.css under fixed-layout folder, but how these styles be applied? for example, if i want to set background style for second colum area(ls-row-1-area-2), how should i write in css file?

What errors are you seeing in your servletd?

CSS file gets included automatically for you. It should reside in the same directory as the FAL.

sanoboy

What errors are you seeing in your servletd?

CSS file gets included automatically for you. It should reside in the same directory as the FAL.

error:java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to access template (CS) is from servlet.out.

when inline-css="false" then in the css file, i should write something like #ls-row-1-area-2 {...}, it will be apply automatically, right?

vpatel

error:java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to access template (CS) is from servlet.out.

when inline-css="false" then in the css file, i should write something like #ls-row-1-area-2 {...}, it will be apply automatically, right?

Yeah when inline-css is off, create/update a CSS file with the same name as your FAL (just .css extension) and write whatever CSS classes/IDs that you have defined in your FALs. It gets included automatically.

sanoboy

Yes, i saw the custom css was include in head automatically, but the style havn't apply to the layout, also i find the css was not what i define use firebug. It seems something default.

my custom-fixed-layout config xml
[html]

[/html]

what i define in custom css
#ls-row-1-area-2.ls-area
{ background-color:#DDD1BF;}

i use ls-row-1-area-2 but not row-1-area-2 is because i saw from the source file when preview the page

Is there anything i lost?

vpatel

Yes, i saw the custom css was include in head automatically, but the style havn't apply to the layout, also i find the css was not what i define use firebug. It seems something default.

my custom-fixed-layout config xml
[html]

Standard 3 Column Fixed Layout

Left Column

Center Column

Right Column

[/html]

what i define in custom css
#ls-row-1-area-2.ls-area
{ background-color:#DDD1BF;}

i use ls-row-1-area-2 but not row-1-area-2 is because i saw from the source file when preview the page

Is there anything i lost?

That doesn't sound right -- why your IDs are showing up as ls-row-1-area-2 when your row id is row-1-area-2. Are you sure you are looking at the right ID? Are you sure that there aren't multiple HTML elements with the same ID?

Also what is that .ls-area after ls-row-1-area-2? Alternatively, if CSS ID selector doesn't work for you then you can use CSS class instead.

sanoboy

yes, it's very strange,
but the source is really like this when preview
[html]

[/html]

even if i use class instead, it still no use

vpatel

yes, it's very strange,
but the source is really like this when preview

even if i use class instead, it still no use

What version of LS are you on? I am not sure if ls- prefix is done by default -- I can't remember but I'll look into it.

sanoboy

hi vpatel,
i find actually it won't use the css i define under iw/config/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css but iwov-resources/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css, it will regenerate a css file under iwov-resources/fixed-layout to apply, inside i saw somthing add prefix ls.
i should modify this generated css under iwov-resources directly. Then it will be apply. my verson is ls3.1, is it different from previous verson?

sanoboy

hi vpatel,
i find actually it won't use the css i define under iw/config/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css but iwov-resources/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css, it will regenerate a css file under iwov-resources/fixed-layout to apply, inside i saw somthing add prefix ls.
i should modify this generated css under iwov-resources directly. Then it will be apply. my verson is ls3.1, is it different from previous verson?

hi vpatel,
for this custom-fixed-layout css, i still want to ask you a question,
the background(sencond column background) for every page of my website are different, so is it possible to let this custom-fixed-layout css dynamic?

vpatel

hi vpatel,
for this custom-fixed-layout css, i still want to ask you a question,
the background(sencond column background) for every page of my website are different, so is it possible to let this custom-fixed-layout css dynamic?

I wouldn't address it that way. Is that image user selected or selected dynamically based on some criteria or is it randomly selected?

vpatel

hi vpatel,
i find actually it won't use the css i define under iw/config/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css but iwov-resources/fixed-layout/custom-fixed-layout.css, it will regenerate a css file under iwov-resources/fixed-layout to apply, inside i saw somthing add prefix ls.
i should modify this generated css under iwov-resources directly. Then it will be apply. my verson is ls3.1, is it different from previous verson?

1. I was looking at your FAL and I just realized that you are using Id="row-1-area-1". If you do that then the HTML output that you'll get will have a "ls-" prefix. So your option could be to prefix your CSS class/style names with a "ls-" prefix.

2. Alternatively, you can use html-id="row-1-area-1" and it'll output precisely that ID in the HTML. In this case, no "ls-" prefix needed for your CSS class/style names.

3. You may have to tinker around with your CSS so that it is able to handle nested HTML elements -- this may be causing issues.

sanoboy

I wouldn't address it that way. Is that image user selected or selected dynamically based on some criteria or is it randomly selected?

yes, it's better user selected, something like background image and color under page settings.

vpatel

yes, it's better user selected, something like background image and color under page settings.

In the current state there is no such mechanism for page settings. However you can have a component on a page where you can select that -- ideally within the area (assuming FAL) where you want that background image.

sanoboy

In the current state there is no such mechanism for page settings. However you can have a component on a page where you can select that -- ideally within the area (assuming FAL) where you want that background image.

i am not so understand this.

yes, we can let user select from one component in that area, but how these value can be apply to the ls-row1-area2 style?

vpatel

i am not so understand this.

Hence you need to hire an expert.

There are few different ways to do this:

1. You can either have a CSS per page -- with necessary image referenced in there.
2. You can select the image in the component and then "absolute position" that image somewhere on the page with necessary width & height to meet your requirement. This could be a bit tricky and there may be some limitations.

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Rob76

How can this be done for multiple Page Layouts? This works great if you want to configure one custom "fixed-layout", how can I have more than one?

The reason I ask is b/c this will need to be done for multiple branches.

Thanks!

You must override the existing fixed layout configuration by creating a new layout in pagetype-config.xml.

To properly override the default out of the box layout configuration, use the value "fixed-layout" as your overriding layout element's id.

Here are explicit steps:
Edit the page type configuration file:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
Add the new layout configuration. Remember the layout id must be "fixed-layout". For example:[php]

Fixed
com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
com.interwoven.livesite.layout.impl.FixedLayout

[/php]
Verify your custom XSL stylesheet is at the location you configured above:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src/etc/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
Navigate into the livesite_customer_src folder:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/local/config/lib/content_center/livesite_customer_src
Run the build script appropriate for your OS (build.bat or build.sh).
After this step is complete your custom pagetype-config.xml file and your custom-fixed-layout.xsl stylesheet should have been deployed to both the content_center webapp as well as the iw-preview webapp in their respective folders:
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/iw-preview/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl

IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/conf/livesite_customer/pagetype-config.xml
IW-HOME/TeamSite/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/classes/com/my-company/xsl/custom-fixed-layout.xsl
For runtime, you will need to manually copy these files into their respective folders beneath your runtime environment's WEB-INF folder.

Rob76

Nevermind, the answer was staring me right in the face.

You can have multiple page types for that fixed-layout

Thanks