[sakai2-tcc] direct urls (including short urls) to tools in the portal

[Aaron Zeckoski]

I think the idea is solid. Just want to make sure it is not confusing to admins.
One thing to note, are the links visible to everyone or just people
with a specific permission?
-AZ



On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Correct. So I can rename the property but I'm by doing that unnecessarily ( ie if the idea sucks and it's not going in).
>
> So, overall ( and looking past the property name), any other feedback.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 01/03/2012, at 0:56, Aaron Zeckoski <aaronz at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so this confuses me. It sounds like you are saying that the link
>> can be shortened but it might not be, so I would have thought the name
>> would be something like:
>> "tool.help.direct.url.enabled=true"
>>
>> If it is called "shortenedurl.portal.enabled" then I would expect the
>> url will always be shortened. However, it sounds like you are saying
>> that is not the case.
>>
>> Am I misunderstanding here or what?
>> -AZ
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Steve Swinsburg
>> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's in the ticket already :)
>>>
>>> shortenedurl.portal.enabled=true
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> s
>>>
>>> On 01/03/2012, at 12:06 AM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> A new feature for your perusal and comment:
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-21865
>>>
>>> This adds a link next to help so a user can click on it and get the direct
>>> URL to that tool, as well as a short URL if they want.
>>>
>>> Full details and screenshots in the Jira.
>>>
>>> Disabled by default, can be enabled globally but then disabled on a per tool
>>> basis if required.
>>>
>>> Trunk worthy?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
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