You know what just occurred to me that would be an awesome addition to Umbraco? Private/custom Package Repositories!
If you build a lot of websites with Umbraco like I do, you must have the experience of reusing a lot of document types, macros, etc. I find myself creating, exporting and importing packages from one Umbraco install to another. What would be awesome is if my company could have our own private package repository hosted on our own servers where we could store commonly used packages just like Umbraco's package repository, with categories and all the rest.
Does this make sense to anyone else? It would make my life a whole lot easier... It would have to be configurable in umbracosettings.config or elsewhere... Maybe add as many package repository URL's as you'd like. Oh, and when you create a package, choose the repository you want to submit it to and have it automatically added.
"From the Developer section you can access packages. From here you have access to the umbraco package repository from where you can download packages. It is however also possible to add other repositories to this list. If you or your company have a private repository, it can be added to this list."
I think there's support for that. Check your umbracoSettings.config:
<!-- Configuration for repositories -->
<!-- Add or remove repositories here. You will need the repository's unique key to be able to connect to it.-->
<repositories>
<repository name="Umbraco package Repository" guid="65194810-1f85-11dd-bd0b-0800200c9a66" />
</repositories>
I don't know how new ones are added though, and where you put the URL and so forth., but there's a place to start anyway.
As memory serves, you could get a private package repository by contacting umbraco corp. It is all hosted on the same servers as the public repository. Very easy to administer as well.
I don't know if it comes as part of "Pro" or not or if the idea ever really took off.
I'm pretty sure it's reverse-engineer-able, everything is.
However we would very much appreciate people became a certified solution provider instead to get a hosted repo for free, but thats just us and our greedy ways I guess ;-)
I've satisfied my curiosity now, look through the code, monitored HTTP/web-service requests (via Fiddler2), I know that it can be done... but doesn't mean that it should be done.
I think it's great that Umbraco corp offer this service for Certified Solution Providers, seems the best option for it!
Private Package Repository
You know what just occurred to me that would be an awesome addition to Umbraco? Private/custom Package Repositories!
If you build a lot of websites with Umbraco like I do, you must have the experience of reusing a lot of document types, macros, etc. I find myself creating, exporting and importing packages from one Umbraco install to another. What would be awesome is if my company could have our own private package repository hosted on our own servers where we could store commonly used packages just like Umbraco's package repository, with categories and all the rest.
Does this make sense to anyone else? It would make my life a whole lot easier... It would have to be configurable in umbracosettings.config or elsewhere... Maybe add as many package repository URL's as you'd like. Oh, and when you create a package, choose the repository you want to submit it to and have it automatically added.
Wait, what, huh?
"From the Developer section you can access packages. From here you have access to the umbraco package repository from where you can download packages. It is however also possible to add other repositories to this list. If you or your company have a private repository, it can be added to this list."
Never saw this. How does it work?
I think there's support for that. Check your umbracoSettings.config:
I don't know how new ones are added though, and where you put the URL and so forth., but there's a place to start anyway.
Looking through the code now, curious how this works too. Anyone from the core team care to share?
Seems that there are 2 extra attributes called "repositoryurl" and "webserviceurl" which would point at your repository.
When you browse the repository, via the Developer/Packages section, an iframe is used, like so:
<iframe id="repoFrame" src=" + url + "?repoGuid=" + repoGuid + category + "&callback=" + base.Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"] + ":" + base.Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_PORT"] + GlobalSettings.Path + "/developer/packages/proxy.htm?/" + GlobalSettings.Path.Trim(new char[] { '/' }) + "/developer/packages/installer.aspx?repoGuid=" + repoGuid + "&version=v31"></iframe>I have no idea what's involved in the server-side of the repository ... I guess as long as it returns the correct values - all would be good?
Looking forward to discovering more about this.
Cheers, Lee.
As memory serves, you could get a private package repository by contacting umbraco corp. It is all hosted on the same servers as the public repository. Very easy to administer as well.
I don't know if it comes as part of "Pro" or not or if the idea ever really took off.
cheers,
doug.
Umbraco offers package repositories to Certified Solution Providers. If that's you, get in touch and we can arrange specifics.
-Paul
Thanks Paul and Doug, makes sense now. Was thinking it was a secret un-tapped feature of Umbraco for a minute then.
Still curious if it's reverse-engineer-able? (Thats just the hacker in me), or should I do better things with my time? ;-) haha
Cheers, Lee.
I'm pretty sure it's reverse-engineer-able, everything is.
However we would very much appreciate people became a certified solution provider instead to get a hosted repo for free, but thats just us and our greedy ways I guess ;-)
I've satisfied my curiosity now, look through the code, monitored HTTP/web-service requests (via Fiddler2), I know that it can be done... but doesn't mean that it should be done.
I think it's great that Umbraco corp offer this service for Certified Solution Providers, seems the best option for it!
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