Matrix Quick Start Guide

(Avi Miller) #21

[quote]If I access the admin site under http://localhost/_admin - the asset finder does not turn purple.
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Correct. This is due to browser + JavaScript security kicking in for a non fully-qualified domain name. If you used localhost.localdomain instead, it should work again, though on a Windows client, you’d probably have to edit your hosts file to add an entry for this.

(Jeff Lyall) #22

[quote]Quick Start Guide to working with MySource Matrix


3. Create the Design asset

In the Administration Interface, click "Add" in the Asset Map (on the left-hand side) and select "Design." If you intend having multiple designs, you might find it easier to create a folder to contain all your designs, but for now, we'll just create the design in the root. Target the Design by moving your mouse underneath "System Management", to create a dashed red line. This line indicates the new asset will be created at the same level as the asset above.[/quote]



Hi there, my gui looks as it should to me, except I have no trees under "Asset map" on the left?

No ADD button either? Also no icons to the right. All the icons on the panel on the right look correct.



Do I need to make my parse file first?



Where is my parse file supposed to live?



Cheers

jeff



DOH.

ubuntu gutsy gibbon.

PHP 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.3 (cli) (built: Jan 10 2008 09:38:37)

Postgres 8.2

Apache2

MSM 3-18-0rc1

(Avi Miller) #23

[quote]Hi there, my gui looks as it should to me, except I have no trees under "Asset map" on the left?
No ADD button either? Also no icons to the right. All the icons on the panel on the right look correct.[/quote]



Sounds like your Asset Map isn't loading. Do you have the Sun Java JVM installed? I'm not sure if it'll work with IcedTea – you may need to install the JVM from Sun themselves. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 as well, and I had to get the proper JVM installed.



Can you post or link to a screenshot so we can see what you're seeing?

(Jeff Lyall) #24

[quote]Sounds like your Asset Map isn't loading. Do you have the Sun Java JVM installed? I'm not sure if it'll work with IcedTea – you may need to install the JVM from Sun themselves. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 as well, and I had to get the proper JVM installed.


Can you post or link to a screenshot so we can see what you're seeing?[/quote]







Hmmm, the only jvm I can see in there relates to icedtea.

I will try to install the Sun JVM.

Thanks Avi.

jeff

(Avi Miller) #25

[quote]Hmmm, the only jvm I can see in there relates to icedtea.
I will try to install the Sun JVM.[/quote]



Yeah, I could never get the asset map to work with IcedTea myself either. Installing the proper Sun JVM fixed that.

(Jeff Lyall) #26

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with Mysource Matrix

Yep, the asset map tabs wouldnt load without the sun JVM.
I had to delete icedtea java and make links from the firefox plugins dir to the sun java directory,
I then uninstalled icedtea, which was taking precendence over the sun JVM.

Typing "about:plugins" in the browser was something I didnt know about and helped a lot.

I found some good tutorials one of which worked well for me with Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10).

http://aleks.bochniak.net/postbox/mysource-matrix/installing-mysource-matrix-on-ubun?

Where do I put my parse file again?

Cheers
jeff
(Avi Miller) #27

You need to create a Design asset (usually as a child of the Design Folder) and then upload the Parsefile on the Details screen of the Design asset.
(Jeff Lyall) #28

Hi there, I think I have been going alright here with your getting started guide Avi, It was a massive help.

There is one problem that I have noticed.
I can upload a new parse file and it does not seem to be being encorporated into my pages?

I have done three designs, the simple one you gave at the start of the guide, and the other one mentioned elsewhere, that referenced the text-only.css file

When I go to edit the parse file inside MSM it looks good.

When I preview the page, ( here: http://127.0.0.1 - for the index page ) the code is completely different, and the links to the css are gone?

What have I missed out on here?

I am using http://127.0.0.1 everywhere, eg in my default file:
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

This is purely an install to evaluate the software, not a full production working version as such.

Cheers Jeff
ubuntu 7.10
PHP 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.3 (cli) (built: Jan 10 2008 09:38:37)
Postgres 8.2
Apache2
MSM 3-18-0rc1
(Avi Miller) #29

Have you applied the Design to your site? It is difficult to troubleshoot this without seeing screenshots or sample output.

(Jeff Lyall) #30

Yep I have. Will start again with my own design with some externally referenced files.

Gonna have to reboot, its ground to a halt.

Jeff

(Jeff Lyall) #31

Its going like a rocket now. Must have been youthful exuberance.

It looks great.

Cheers

jeff