Created projects:

PROJECT_A => resource = /sites/APPLICATION_A - manager & user group = GROUP_A

PROJECT_B => resource = /sites/APPLICATION_B - manager & user group = GROUP_B

 

That way, a user in GROUP_A will only see project "PROJECT_A" in the combo list and only APPLICATION_A directory. When he publishes, he only publishes on that directory, which is fine!

Also, another important thing is that if he is in GROUP_A and GROUP_B, he would still publish only in one directory at a time.

 

The only drawback I see now, is that in the later case (affected to multiple groups), the user will have to switch BOTH project AND directory to "activate" a different site. Since PROJECT_A has only directory /sites/APPLICATION_A as a resource, I would like /sites/APPLICATION_B to be invisible when you select PROJECT_A. Today, the directory is greyed and even though you cannot upload or modify a file (fortunately), it is still error-prone and users might get a bit confused. Not a major thing, though.

 

Any idea on how I could solve that *last* issue?

 

By the way, adding a project is much simpler than adding a site, which is great

 

Thanks

 

Olivier

Olivier CHIROUZE
I&0 Infrastructure
Volvo Information Technology

From: opencms-dev-bounces <at> opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces <at> opencms.org] On Behalf Of Schliemann, Kai
Sent: 25 July 2008 11:43
To: The OpenCms mailing list
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Publish on a specific site?

Hi Olivier,

the publish button publishes resources which belong to the selected project / organizational unit. So what you need is either a project for each site or an OU (organizational unit) for each site.

 

HTH

Regards

Kai

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Von: opencms-dev-bounces <at> opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces <at> opencms.org] Im Auftrag von Chirouze Olivier
Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Juli 2008 11:18
An: The OpenCms mailing list
Betreff: [opencms-dev] Publish on a specific site?

Hi list,

There's something I just discovered on OpenCms (these things happen everyday, which is great . That thing surprises me and annoys me!

It seems if you click the nice "publish" button, that will publish resources for ** all sites your have permissions on **.

I don't understand then what's the point to have multiple sites if you won't publish only the site you are working on.

If I'm not clear, let me give you a small scenario:
- I created sites A & B (added directory, added to opencms-system.xml, restarted)
- created groups G_A & G_B
- each directory is only allowed for its group (permissions)
=> so you need to be affected to group G_A to have rights on site A, same for B.
- if the user is in group A only, he selects site A, click publish => only site A is published (that's perfect)
- but if the user is in both groups, selects site A, click publish => resources from site A & B are published.

That's not the behaviour I would like to have. I think whenever you choose a specific site, that should become the scope you work on. A click on publish should publish resources for that scope only, even though you have the rigths to work on other projects.

Am I missing a configuration parameter? Does it seem logical to you?

The goal is to have a list of "sites" with associated groups. Publisher work only on their sites. A publisher can be allowed on multiple sites but will work on one site at a time. I thought sites + groups was the perfect solution but I had this bad surprise. Am I choosing a wrong solution?

Thanks!

Olivier