Creating a webscript dashlet in Alfresco

To develop a custom dashlet in Alfresco we need 3 things:

- A Webscript.
- A Jsp.
- A Freemarker template.

1.- Firstly, create a webscript with the actions that you want to show in Alfresco Dashboard. WebScripts WikiPage.

For example:
\tomcat\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\templates\my_webscript.ftl

2.- Create a Jsp for the dashlet in: \tomcat\webapps\alfresco\jsp\extension\dashboards\dashlets\my_webscript.jsp with this content:

3.- Add to web-client-config-custom.xml the next config:

Finally restart Alfresco and configure the dashboard to show your new dashlet.

Changing the LifeRay context

In LifeRay we can found different types of urls, such as /c, /d, /theme, etc. It would be useful that all urls began by the same string, for example /portal. In that case we´ll have:

/portal/c../
/portal/d../
/portal/theme../

This allows Apache to handle easily the Liferay urls. To do that:

1.- Firstly, shutdown LifeRay.

2.- Edit portal-ext.properties, and add:

portal.ctx=/portal
portlet.virtual.path=/portal

3.- Rename the /ROOT folder to /portal in TOMCAT_HOME/webapps.

4.- Rename "tomcat-6.0.18/conf/Catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml"  to "tomcat-6.0.18/conf/Catalina/localhost/portal.xml".

5.- Delete the content of the folders /temp and /work in TOMCAT_HOME (delete the tomcat cache).

6.- Restart LifeRay.

Probably we must redo the Lucene Index in LifeRay control panel. Finally we can go to the LifeRay home page at:

http://localhost/portal

Api JavaScript samples in Alfresco

Alfresco allows us to perform actions when an event occurs, such as content creation, modification, and so on. Here are some examples of use:

Js that sent mails:

  // create mail action
  var mail = actions.create("mail");
  mail.parameters.to = "user@mail.com";
  mail.parameters.subject = "News Letter Title";
  mail.parameters.from = "alfresco@society.com";
  mail.parameters.template = search.findNode("workspace://SpacesStore/9c74d256-ff43-4437-rio5-3098c54fbc7a");
  mail.parameters.text = "Sorry, but the news letter is not available this week due to maintenance needs. Please apologize for disturbance";
  // execute action against a document
  mail.execute(document);

Js that start and advanced pooled workflow:

  var workflow = actions.create("start-workflow");
  workflow.parameters.workflowName = "jbpm$wf:reviewpooled";
  workflow.parameters["bpm:workflowDescription"] = document.name;
  workflow.parameters["bpm:groupAssignee"] = people.getGroup("GROUP_myGroup");
  var futureDate = new Date();
  futureDate.setDate(futureDate.getDate() + 7);
  workflow.parameters["bpm:workflowDueDate"] = futureDate;
  workflow.execute(document);

Js that change the name of an inbound document:

  // change the name of this document
  document.properties.name = "Backup of " + document.properties.name;
  // add a new property string
  document.properties["cm:locale"] = mylocalenode;
  // save the property modifications
  document.save();

More examples here:
Alfresco Js Api