Using metadata in scroll templates
As it seems from Scroll Wiki on placeholders (http://www.k15t.com/display/OFCE/Placeholders+Reference), Scroll supports addition of meta-data in Word templates by using Confluence Metadata plug-in (https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/5295).
The problem though is that this plug-in is not supported by Confluence v3.5 . Is there any other way to add meta-data to Scroll Word templates (or override this behaviour)?
Thanks
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Hi Panos,
thanks for the heads up. I have opened an issue to build a {scroll-metadata} plugin: http://k15t.jira.com/browse/OFCE-273
As a workaround: Have you tried installing the metadata2 plugin on Confluence 3.5. I think you have a good chance that is will just work. (Trying this on a test installation is highly recommended!)
-Stefan
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Hi again. It seems that the workaround performs as expected. Still, I cannot tell right now if using the metadata2 plugin is completely stable but up to now my experience is positive.
Please also keep in mind that the solution you propose for overriding page titles (found under http://k15t.com/display/OFCE/Overwriting+Confluence+Page+Title) is also affected by the Metadata plug-in and perhaps it would be interesting to update it accordingly (or open a new JIRA for that?)
In any case, thank you for the swift reply.
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Hi all !
I'm writting documentation templates for my company, both for content (Confluence) & export (Scroll-Office).
The goal is to define all the content within the Confluence pages in order to avoid modifying the Word files after exportation.
I've planned to use the $scroll.metadata.(YOUR_METADATA_KEY) placeholder, but the metadata plugin doesn't seem to be maintained.
Since I have to provide a sustainable solution for the hundreds of users, would you have please an advice on the best strategy ?
Thank you in advance,
Pascal
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Hi Pascal,
we've already started on developing an own solution based on the Page Properties Macro (see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Properties+Macro): https://k15t.jira.com/browse/EXP-522
Once the feature is merged (in the next version of our Scroll Exporters), it will be possible to define page properties and use those page properties in your template. So there will be no need for the metadata plugin.
I hope that information helps.
Best,Nils
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Hi Nils,
I come back to you to know if you have a date for the next version of the Scroll Exporter delivery including the 'Page properties' plugin support ?
Indeed, I have to provide my developers with a Word export solution using properties within the 4 next weeks.
It's simply to know if I have to manage with the metadata plugin first.
Thanks a lot for your anwser.
Pascal
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Hi Steve,
We've shipped the mentioned functionality a while ago and have documented it in our Scroll Office documentation.
Please have a look at the following page to find further information about how to use page properties as placeholder in your template: https://help.k15t.com/scroll-office/using-page-properties-as-placeholder-101157272.html
I hope that helps. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
Best,
Nils
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