Well I guess it's a matter of the rebel alliance stepping up and help the HQ add support for XML. If someone makes a pull request that adds the support I don't think it will be a problem...but yes, it's kinda sad :'(
There is (of course) a way to get those slimy JSON bits into a format better suited to XSLT - we have a JsonToXml() (horribly cased, I know :) extension in 7.x, so yes - it's possible - I haven't had the time to experiment yet though, but if it makes sense for me, my _MediaHelper.xslt will definitely try to make use of this...
BUT - the crops in CropUp were stored as JSON too, but there were extensions to get the desired crops without messing with the actual coordinates etc. yourself. So I guess it's really a matter of getting an App_Code .cs file that makes the CropUrl() available to XSLT, right?
I was totally not aware of this :) If this works then I'm ok with things. Hope I can find some time to play around with it. Just got my gun loaded with new ammo...
The Rebel Alliance steps up to the plate! Kenn has just submitted a pull request to automatically convert JSON datatype content to XML when saving to the content cache. Which means that the image cropper is usable from XSLT, as are all other datatypes that save JSON. And the entire content cache is queryable in XSLT (querying blobs of JSON in CDATA is pretty useless).
XSLT and new cropper in 7
Does anybody know if its possible to use the new cropper in xslt or if its razor only?
Hi Claus
Don't think it's possible to use it with XSLT since the data stored is in JSON format. But have not tried it though...but does not seem like it.
/Jan
The beginning of the end for the rebel alliance :|
Well I guess it's a matter of the rebel alliance stepping up and help the HQ add support for XML. If someone makes a pull request that adds the support I don't think it will be a problem...but yes, it's kinda sad :'(
/Jan
Hi guys,
Have a look here
There is (of course) a way to get those slimy JSON bits into a format better suited to XSLT - we have a
JsonToXml()(horribly cased, I know :) extension in 7.x, so yes - it's possible - I haven't had the time to experiment yet though, but if it makes sense for me, my _MediaHelper.xslt will definitely try to make use of this...BUT - the crops in CropUp were stored as JSON too, but there were extensions to get the desired crops without messing with the actual coordinates etc. yourself. So I guess it's really a matter of getting an App_Code .cs file that makes the
CropUrl()available to XSLT, right?/Chriztian
Hi Chriztian
I was totally not aware of this :) If this works then I'm ok with things. Hope I can find some time to play around with it. Just got my gun loaded with new ammo...
Cheers, Jan
:)
Oh by the way - aren't App_Code xslt extensions broken in 7 at the moment?
Hi Claus
Seems like it's still in progress according to this issue http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-3425
/Jan
The Rebel Alliance steps up to the plate! Kenn has just submitted a pull request to automatically convert JSON datatype content to XML when saving to the content cache. Which means that the image cropper is usable from XSLT, as are all other datatypes that save JSON. And the entire content cache is queryable in XSLT (querying blobs of JSON in CDATA is pretty useless).
Rally around the Alliance, cast your votes! :)
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