Customize Share Dashlet FTL

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jpfi

Hi,
I'm trying to customize a html.ftl of an alfresco share dashlet (Alfresco 4.0.1 Ent):
site-data/extensions/fme-dashlets-extensions.xml:

<extension>
   <modules>
      <module>
         <id>FMEDashlet customizations</id>
         <customizations>
              <customization>
                  <targetPackageRoot>org.alfresco.components.dashlets</targetPackageRoot>
                  <sourcePackageRoot>de.fme.customization.dashlets</sourcePackageRoot>
              </customization>
          </customizations>
          <auto-deploy>true</auto-deploy>
      </module>
   </modules>
</extension>
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webscripts\de\fme\customization\dashlets\my-sites.get.html.ftl:

<div>don't work</div>‍

webscripts\de\fme\customization\dashlets\my-sites.get.properties:

header=This works!‍

–> Customizing the messages is working as expected, but my custom my-sites.get.html.ftl is not used…Any hints?
Cheers,
jan

afaust

Hello Jan,

last I checked you needed a region / markup in the original FTL to hook into with your FTL customization in order for it to be picked up.

I.e. in the original

<div class="dashlet my-sites">
   <div class="title">${msg("header")}</div>
   <div class="toolbar flat-button">
   </div>
   <!– more HTML / FTL –>
   <@markup id="extPoint"></@markup>
</div>
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and in the customization

<@markup id="myExt" target="extPoint" action="after">
   <!– custom HTML / FTL –>
</@markup>
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Unfortunately, the base templates are not yet riddled with markups to hook into, so you usually have to either replace the entire component via sub-component URL evaluation or modify the original code a little bit.

Regards
Axel