Forum OpenACS Q&A: File Storage in dotLRN

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1: File Storage in dotLRN
Posted by Michael Feldstein on 05/02/02 10:10 PM

In dotLRN, is it possible (using the admin interface, not programming) to...

  • Delete the default folders in a particular class instance?
  • Change the names on the default folders?
  • Change the default folders that are created for new classes, communities, or subgroups?
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2: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Ben Adida on 05/02/02 10:15 PM
yes, you can delete/change folders. The default list of folders is a parameter of the dotlrn-fs package, so at installation time you can change it.
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3: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Feldstein on 05/02/02 10:21 PM
It would be nice to allow admins to do this from a web interface.
At the very least, professors ought to be able to delete (or hide)
folders that they don't want in their own class file storage.

When it comes to setting up usable online classes, being able
to get rid of extra stuff is at least as important as being able to
add whizzy new features.

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4: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Ben Adida on 05/02/02 10:24 PM
I'm sorry if I didn't make things clear:

- yes, a professor for a class can manage the folders for that class using the web interface

- a site wide admin can use the APM web interface to change the parameter for default folders created at class creation time. This can be changed after installation, too, it just won't affect the classes that have already been created.

- the goal is definitely to make this as flexible as possible. Our focus has been a lean, mean, massively configurable basic framework.

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5: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Feldstein on 05/02/02 10:34 PM
OK, I must be dense then, because I can't find any way for a
professor to delete the default folders from a particular class
instance. What am I missing?
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6: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Ben Adida on 05/02/02 10:41 PM
if you click on the folder and end up in the file-storage package, you should have the "delete folder" link. Yon just told me that there was a bug in file-storage that was preventing this link from appearing. Interestingly enough, he also informs me that he *just* fixed this bug in file-storage and committed it... You should be able to update file-storage and be all set :)
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7: Response to File Storage in dotLRN (response to 1)
Posted by Deirdre Kane on 05/03/02 03:30 PM
It would also be useful and important to allow group admins to edit folder names on new folders (say they misspell a folder name when creating it) or change the names of the default folders (rather than deleting them and creating new ones.