README.rdoc in fcrepo_admin-0.3.5 vs README.rdoc in fcrepo_admin-0.4.0
- old
+ new
@@ -31,18 +31,31 @@
* Mount the engine
In config/routes.rb add this line:
- mount FcrepoAdmin::Engine => '/admin', :as=> 'fcrepo_admin'
+ mount FcrepoAdmin::Engine => '/', :as=> 'fcrepo_admin'
- You may replace <code>'/admin'</code> with any mount point (except perhaps <code>'/catalog'</code>),
- including <code>'/'</code>. All routes include <code>objects</code> as a subpath.
+ You may use any mount point (except perhaps <code>'/catalog'</code>).
+ All routes include <code>objects</code> as a subpath.
-* Add Javascript
+* Add CanCan action aliases (version >= 0.4.0)
+
+ In your Ability class (app/models/ability.rb) include the FcrepoAdmin::Ability module, for example:
+
+ class Ability
+ include Hydra::Ability
+ include Hydra::PolicyAwareAbility
+ include FcrepoAdmin::Ability
+ end
+
+ FcrepoAdmin::Ability defines action aliases for permissions which are enforced on (ActiveFedora::Base) objects.
+ If your application defines action aliases, please check FcrepoAdmin::Ability for conflicts as aliases are global.
+
+* Add Javascript (not required for version >= 0.4.0)
- In app/assets/javascripts/application.js add this line:
+ In app/assets/javascripts/application.js add:
//= require bootstrap-tab
* Customize catalog search results (optional)
@@ -50,68 +63,77 @@
instead of the catalog show view, create app/helpers/blacklight_helper.rb with this content:
module BlacklightHelper
include Blacklight::BlacklightHelperBehavior # Default Blacklight behaviors
include FcrepoAdmin::Helpers::BlacklightHelperBehavior # fcrepo_admin overrides
+ # additional customizations here, if any
end
* Add audit trail support (optional)
- To enable access to the Fedora audit trail data through the fcrepo_admin UI, add your ActiveFedora models:
+ To enable access to the Fedora audit trail data through the fcrepo_admin UI, include the
+ ActiveFedora::Auditable mixin in your ActiveFedora models:
include ActiveFedora::Auditable
=== Overriding fcrepo_admin behaviors
-* Object views
+The following are examples of possible customizations. This list is not necessarily exhaustive.
- Create app/helpers/fcrepo_admin/objects_helper.rb with this content:
+* Helpers
+ Override objects helpers by creating app/helpers/fcrepo_admin/objects_helper.rb with this content:
+
module FcrepoAdmin::ObjectsHelper
include FcrepoAdmin::Helpers::ObjectsHelperBehavior
# override and/or add methods here
end
In particular you may want to override #object_title.
- The contents of the object context navigation menu can be customized by overriding #object_context_nav_items.
- It should return an array of [label, path] items suitable for use by link_to_unless_current:
+ The contents of the object context navigation menu can be customized by overriding #object_context_nav_items,
+ or by copying and modifying the partial fcrepo_admin/objects/context_nav_items.
- <%= link_to_unless_current label, path %>
+ Override datastreams helpers by creating app/helpers/fcrepo_admin/datastreams_helper.rb with this content:
-* Datastream views
-
- The contents of the datastream context navigation menu can be customized by overriding #datastream_context_nav_items.
- Create app/helpers/fcrepo_admin/datastreams_helper.rb with this content:
-
module FcrepoAdmin::DatastreamsHelper
include FcrepoAdmin::Helpers::DatastreamsHelperBehavior
# override and/or add methods here
end
- datastream_context_nav_items should return an array of [label, path] items suitable for use by link_to_unless_current:
+ The contents of the datastream context navigation menu can be customized by overriding #datastream_context_nav_items,
+ or by copying and modifying the partial fcrepo_admin/datastreams/context_nav_items.
- <%= link_to_unless_current label, path %>
-
* Controllers
To override/extend the objects controller, create app/controllers/fcrepo_admin/objects_controller.rb:
module FcrepoAdmin
- class ObjectsController < ApplicationController
+ class ObjectsController < CatalogController
include FcrepoAdmin::Controller::ObjectsControllerBehavior
# add your customizations
end
end
+ NOTE: This controller subclasses CatalogController, not ApplicationController.
+
To override/extend the datastreams controller, create app/controllers/fcrepo_admin/datastreams_controller.rb:
module FcrepoAdmin
class DatastreamsController < ApplicationController
include FcrepoAdmin::Controller::DatastreamsControllerBehavior
# add your customizations
end
end
+
+=== Contributing
+
+* Consider first posting to hydra-tech@googlegroups.com with a question or bug report, or submit an issue
+ to the Github issue tracker at https://github.com/projecthydra/fcrepo-admin/issues.
+* Fork the git repository, create a feature branch, make your changes, and submit a pull request.
+ It is preferable for all changes to be made in one commit, if possible.
+
+Thanks!
=== License
See the LICENSE file in the root directory of the project for copyright and license information.