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== Basic Usage ==
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Please see http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Transfer_to_many_options
 
 
* This feature helps share Journal/Documents/Mounted-Drives' entries across XOs, via the following two mechanisms ::
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
**Peer-to-Peer mode
 
*** Sharing in this mode is possible, only when the server and client XO(s) are on the same networks. Thus, peer-to-peer sharing would work on
 
**** XOs connected to the same Access Point.
 
**** Adhoc-Network connections.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
**Via-School-Server mode
 
*** In this mode, an XO uploads an entry to the central School Server; from where the client XO(s) may download the entry.
 
*** This mode of sharing works as long as the School-Server is HTTP-pingable between the server and client XOs. Thus, this mode of sharing would work when
 
**** XOs are connected to the same Access Point (as long as school-server is pingable throughout).
 
**** XOs are connected to the different Access Points (as long as school-server is pingable throughout).
 
**** XOs are conencted to Adhoc-Network (as long as school-server is pingable throughout).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Credits ==
 
* '''Ceibal'''
 
** For supporting this feature development.
 
* '''Sascha Silbe''' silbe@activitycentral.com
 
** Initial Proposal for the solution based on WebDAV.
 
* '''Anish Mangal''' anish@activitycentral.com
 
** Showed why simply accessing the webdav shares via "Browse" activity won't work.
 
** The reason is that accessing Sugar-WebDAV shares via "Browse" (or in any browser), would show only the availability of files. But Sugar-entry are more than just the (data) file; it is a combination of
 
*** Metadata-file
 
*** Data-file
 
*** Preview-file (optional)
 
** Also, the current workflow conforms to the sugar look-and-feel too. (Thanks again Anish).
 
* '''Ruben Rodriquez''' ruben@activitycentral.com
 
*** Feedback on the "peer-to-peer" mechanism; now when the user clicks "Access Share", the user is directly taken to the newly mounted remote-share view.
 
* '''Nitika Mangal''' nitika@activitycentral.com
 
** Testing
 
 
 
== Example Workflow for Peer-To-Peer Mode ==
 
 
 
 
 
== NOTES ==
 
** An entry present in "Local Shares", is available to other peers, when the peer(s) mount this XO's shares.
 
** Note that the entries present in "Local Shares", have nothing to do with the entries present in "School Server Shares".
 
** In the following screenshots' example, "PEER 2" mounts the shares of "PEER 1"; and uses that to copy entries onto its own XO. Thus, the entry is copied from XO-of-PEER-1 to XO-of-PEER-2.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== SCREENSHOTS ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] "Journal" - View. ==
 
:[[File:p11.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] Detail view of the journal-entry. Note the preview presence. ==
 
:[[File:p12.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] Initial "Local Shares" View ==
 
:[[File:p13.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] Copy the journal entry to "Local Shares", to make it available for sharing to other peers. ==
 
:[[File:p14.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] "Local Shares" view, after copying the entry. ==
 
:[[File:p15.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 1] The detail view in "Local Shares". NOTE that the preview MUST be present, and it must be same as that of "Journal". ==
 
:[[File:p16.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Initial "Journal" - View. ==
 
:[[File:p20.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Neighborhood View. ==
 
:[[File:p21.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Click on "Access Share" of the peer, whose shares need to be accessed. ==
 
:[[File:p22.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] The peer's shares are mounted. ==
 
:[[File:p23.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Copy the entry to the journal. ==
 
:[[File:p24.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Final "Journal" View. ==
 
:[[File:p25.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [PEER 2] Detail-view of the entry. Note that the preview is the same as was on the remote peer. ==
 
:[[File:p26.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Example Workflow for Via-School-Server Mode ==
 
 
 
 
 
== NOTES ==
 
** An entry present in "School Server Shares", is available to all the XOs. There isn't any mounting or anything required as such.
 
** Note that the entries present in "School Server Shares", have nothing to do with the entries present in "Local Shares".
 
** In the following screenshots' example, an XO uploads an entry to the school-server, and then downloads the same. HOWEVER, NOTE THAT ANY XO WOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY PRESENT ON THE SCHOOL-SERVER, AND NOT ONLY NECESSARILY THE UPLOADER.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== SCREENSHOTS ==
 
 
 
== [UPLOAD] Initially, no entries are present on the school-server. ==
 
:[[File:sss1.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [UPLOAD] Choose an entry to upload to the school-server. ==
 
:[[File:sss2.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [UPLOAD] Enter the pasphrase when prompted. ==
 
:[[File:sss3.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [UPLOAD] After uploading, ensure that the entry has in fact been uploaded to the school-server. ==
 
:[[File:sss4.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Initial "Documents" view. ==
 
:[[File:sss5.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Choose to copy the entry from school-server, to "Documents". ==
 
:[[File:sss6.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Enter (incorrect) password. ==
 
:[[File:sss7.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] 'Passphrase not match' error occurs. ==
 
:[[File:sss8.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Try copying again. ==
 
:[[File:sss9.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Enter (correct) password. ==
 
:[[File:sss10.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Confirm that the entry has been successfully downloaded. ==
 
:[[File:sss11.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [DOWNLOAD] Ensure that in the detail view, the uploader-details are present. ==
 
:[[File:sss12.png|640px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== TEST-CASES THAT NEED TO PASS ==
 
 
 
* Inter-copying an entry between Journal/Documents/Mounted-Drives/Local-Shares/School-Server-Shares should behave in the same way. For eg, in the peer-to-peer mode, it was shown that the source-entry (on PEER-1) had a preview; the same was true when the entry finally arrived on PEER-2. In particular, the preview should "go along" as and when the entry goes, '''intra-XO''' or '''inter-XO'''.
 

Latest revision as of 02:51, 4 September 2012