How many times have you clicked impatiently on "Show Tasks" while the publishing queue was still loading??? I am not sure about you developers, but Tridion users... thousands! And I understand it! The world around us moves at a high pace... and so does our clicking finger! :)
Every hit on the button is making a call to the database; in a system with many publishing transactions and many concurrent users, this can have an impact on the system performance and stability.
How to solve this neatly? A GUI Extension!!!!
This post will show you the "what", "how" and "why" around the solution.
When the publishing queue finishes loading, the following actions are executed:
Every hit on the button is making a call to the database; in a system with many publishing transactions and many concurrent users, this can have an impact on the system performance and stability.
How to solve this neatly? A GUI Extension!!!!
This post will show you the "what", "how" and "why" around the solution.
Functionality provided
While the publishing queue is being loaded, the following actions are executed:- Disable the Show Tasks button
- Disable the Reload button icon
- Show a progress message
When the publishing queue finishes loading, the following actions are executed:
- Enable the Show Tasks button
- Enable the Reload button icon
- Archive the progress message