Creating content of custom type in Share

Question

I am trying to have Share let the user create new documents based on a custom type I implemented (see the excellent documentation here )

I had the type implemented and defined aspects, but I can't see a clear way to configure Share in order to propose in the interface my type for a new document.

I guess it should be added to the Create content menu option that lists available types.

Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 06 '14 at 13:33

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You should just modify the share-config-custom.xml file in your tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension folder (if there is no such file, search for a similar sample file and rename it). There, you should put something like this in the <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocumentLibrary" replace="true"> tag:

<types>
 <type name="custom:myType" />
</types>

Just remember if the replace parameter is true, you will override every type visible, so maybe it's better to turn it to false. Hope it helps

edited Jun 06 '14 at 13:33

vegemite4me

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answered Jun 28 '13 at 17:38

Teqnology

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this won't help. I'm using a file called `share-config-custom.xml` placed under `\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\web-extension` – Horia Toma Jul 01 '13 at 14:53
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You shouldn't modify files inside webapps folder. Everything you change should be placed in the shared folder path. even the share config custom file. – Teqnology Jul 02 '13 at 14:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 15:34

I managed to have it working by adding the following section to the share-custom-config.xml file:

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocumentLibrary">
    <create-content>
        <content id="plain-text" mimetype="text/plain" label="Brand new content type" itemid="sc:doc"/>
    </create-content>
</config>

Creating content of custom type in Share

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