Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

Re: Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

by Elena Ivanova -
Number of replies: 4

One indeed has to choose Add a Resource > URL in order to replicate 1.9 behavior and link to the files in the Repositories.
Plus, if you Allow External Links for the installation, then you can use Insert/Edit link or image icons in the text editor - and  can also link directly to some repositories.

However, repositories behave differently: some of them are set to allow linking, others are not; plus not all of them appear all the time in the File Picker. It depends on your starting point.

I do not have all repositories in place, so here is my list based on our local install and on qa.moodle.net.  Moodle 2.0.1+

Please add your experience smile

Add a Resource > File (copying from repositories)

  1. Server files ( I guess it is not really a "repository", but it still stores files) – Shown. Copy.
  2. Legacy Course Files – Shown. Copy.
  3. Private Files - Shown. Copy.
  4. WikiMedia - Shown. Copy.
  5. YouTube  - Not Shown in the File Picker
  6. GoogleDocs  - Shown. Copy.
  7. Picasa web album - Shown. Copy.
  8. Flickr - Shown. Copy.
  9. URL downloader - Shown. Copy.
  10. WebDav - Shown. I see my folders from there, but I do not see any files inside (we are still working on this), thus not sure in the behavior
  11. Merlot.org   - Not Shown in the File Picker
  12. Dropbox – Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  13. Alfresco - ? ?
  14. Equella - ??

Add a Resource > URL (linking to repositories)

  1. Server files - Not Shown
  2. Legacy Course Files - Shown. Link.
  3. Private Files - Not Shown
  4. WikiMedia - Shown. Link.
  5. YouTube – Shown. Link.
  6. GoogleDocs - Not Shown
  7. Picasa web album  - Shown. Link.
  8. Flickr  - Shown. Link.
  9. URL downloader  - Shown. Link.
  10. WebDav -  Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  11. Merlot.org  - Shown. Link.
  12. Dropbox – Not Shown
  13. Alfresco - ? ?
  14. Equella - ??

Insert/Edit LINK in the text editor (both copying and linking)

  1. Server Files -  Shown. Copy only
  2. Legacy Course Files - Shown. Both link and copy
  3. Private Files -  Shown. Copy only
  4. WikiMedia - Shown. Both link and copy
  5. YouTube - Shown. Copy only
  6. GoogleDocs - Shown. Copy only
  7. Picasa web album  - Shown. Both link and copy
  8. Flickr  - Shown. Both link and copy
  9. URL downloader  - Shown. Both link and copy
  10. WebDav – Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  11. Merlot.org – Shown. Copy only
  12. Dropbox - Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  13. Alfresco - ? ?
  14. Equella - ??

Insert/Edit IMAGE in the text editor (both copying and linking)

  1. Server Files -  Shown. Copy only
  2. Legacy Course Files - Shown. Both link and copy.
  3. Private Files -  Shown. Copy only
  4. WikiMedia - Shown, both link and copy
  5. YouTube – Not Shown
  6. GoogleDocs - Not Shown
  7. Picasa web album  - Shown. Both link and copy
  8. Flickr  - Shown. Both link and copy
  9. URL downloader  - Shown. Both link and copy
  10. WebDav – Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  11. Merlot.org - Not Shown
  12. Dropbox - Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  13. Alfresco - ? ?

Moodle Media  in the text editor (both copying and linking)

  1. Server Files -  Shown. Copy only
  2. Legacy Course Files - Shown. Both link and copy.
  3. Private Files -  Shown. Copy only
  4. WikiMedia - Shown, both link and copy
  5. YouTube – Shown. Copy only
  6. GoogleDocs - Not Shown
  7. Picasa web album  - Not Shown
  8. Flickr  - Not Shown
  9. URL downloader  - Shown. Both link and copy
  10. WebDav – Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  11. Merlot.org - Not Shown
  12. Dropbox - Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior
  13. Alfresco - ? ?
  14. Equella - ??

P.s. Back to the original question from Sam - I am not sure why Alfresco is not shown in the File Picker for the URL resource :/

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In reply to Elena Ivanova

Re: Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

by Sam Stegers -

Hi all,

 

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions, after applying the patch it works like a charm.

 

Regards,

Sam

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Re: Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

by Olaf Nöhring -

Hi,,

I took your list and tried to create a matrix from it for a better overlook:

 

S= Shown




Ns = not shown




C = copy




L = link




? = no information available

















Add a Resource > File (copying from repositories) Add a Resource > URL (linking to repositories) Insert/Edit LINK in the text editor (both copying and linking) Insert/Edit IMAGE in the text editor (both copying and linking) Moodle Media in the text editor (both copying and linking)
Server files ( I guess it is not really a "repository", but it still stores files) s,c ns s,c s,c s,c
Legacy Course Files s,c s,l s,c,l s,c,l s,c,l
Private Files s,c ns s,c s,c,l s,c
WikiMedia s,c s,l s,c,l s,c,l s,c,l
YouTube Ns*1 s,l s,c ns s,c,l
GoogleDocs s,c ns s,c ns ns
Picasa web album s,c s,l s,c,l s,c,l ns
Flickr s,c s,l s,c,l s,c,l ns
URL downloader s,c s,l s,c,l s,c,l s,c,l
WebDav S*2 S*2 S*2 S*3 S*3
Merlot.org Ns*1 s,l s,c ns ns
Dropbox S*3 ns S*3 S*3 S*3
Alfresco ? ? ? ? ?
Equella ? ? ? ? ?






*1) not shown in file picker
*2) I see my folders from there, but I do not see any files inside (we are still working on this), thus not sure in the behavior
*3) Shown. I do not see any files there, not sure in the behavior

Olaf

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Re: Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

by Elena Ivanova -

I have the visual chart here wink

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Re: Unable to link to an external file in Alfresco

by Eugene Voevodin -

Greetings Elena,

Don't you find it odd to be unable to link to the file from file system repository? What I need is to upload one file to the server and use it in many courses without the need of copying it, but to link to it. Also I would love to get some directions with resource linking, I would like to create some repository course and use its resources sitewide as links, not duplicates. Please advise

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