[MAGNOLIA-1818] Make usage of sub templates more flexible Created: 07/Nov/07  Updated: 04/Nov/15  Resolved: 04/Nov/15

Status: Closed
Project: Magnolia
Component/s: core
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement Priority: Major
Reporter: Giancarlo Berner Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 0
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Environment:

Magnolia EE & CE 3.0x


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 Description   

We have the possibility to select an image from disk (using "File" control) and from DMS (using "uuidLink") control.

In most cases we would like to do some image processing (e.g. image scaling). For that purpose the image has to be loaded in it's own JSP/Servlet. Currently there are three possibilities to run a sub script:

  • virtualURL
  • SubTemplates
  • NodeDataTemplate

The best solution WOULD be "nodeDataTemplate", because it calls the sub script on content within paragraphs, which SubTemplate does not (path has to be EXACTLY the same, with different extensions). The virtualURL is tricky, because you will have to know in advance which pages will use images which need their own processing.

Unfortunately the "nodeDataTemplate" works only for control "File"!

Well, to be competitive with other CMS we need to have a way to run sub scripts in an "independent" way. This could be achieved as follows:
1) Define a content node with a property "selector" (the part between handle and extension) and a property "path". The idea is to map a selector to a JSP or Servlet. This could be e.g. selector="jpg.640.480" (or with wild cards: "jpg.." and path "/templates/global/image_scaling.jsp".
2) Extend the "nodeDataTemplate" functionality to additional controls, especially "uuidLink".



 Comments   
Comment by Boris Kraft [ 07/Nov/07 ]

Not critical. Magnolia runs just fine without this feature

Comment by Michael Mühlebach [ 04/Nov/15 ]

Given the thousands of other issues we have open that are more highly requested, we won't be able to address this issue in the foreseeable future. Instead we will focus on issues with a higher impact, and more votes.
Thanks for taking the time to raise this issue. As you are no doubt aware this issue has been on our backlog for some time now with very little movement.
I'm going to close this to set expectations so the issue doesn't stay open for years with few updates. If the issue is still relevant please feel free to reopen it or create a new issue.

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