Ross Gardler schrieb:
I've built a simple test site that does the first stage of this. If
you could follow along with your test site then we can be sure it
works. As your understanding of the way Forrest works you'll be able
to add functionality to the test site.
In the meantime, please ask questions, add requirements to the list at
the start of the index doc (see below) and do whatever else you think
may help us move this forwards.
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All I've done so far is create a proof of concept, it is a very long
way from complete. Do the following:
cd FORREST_HOME
svn up
cd whiteboard/multipleSites/master
Edit forrest.properties.xml by changing the value of the property
below to reflect your filesystem:
<!-- FIXME: we can't allow absolute locations like this -->
<property name="subsite.xdocs.seed"
value="C:\projects\forrest\whiteboard\multipleSites\subsite-seed\src\documentation\content\xdocs"/>
Now do:
forrest run
http://localhost:8888
The resulting page tells you a bit about what I have done in this
"multipleSites" experiment in whiteboard. If you want quick motivation
then request:
http://localhost:8888/seed/index.html
What you are now looking at is the index page from
multipleSites/subsite-seed - but not you ran forrest in the
multipleSites/master
Now go back and read http://localhost:8888 properly, test it out on
your test site and supply a patch including any
clarifications/additions to the content of the instructions.
Also add any requirements you would like to that page.
Then tell me it works/does not work and identify what we need to work
on next - there are lots of holes in this at present but since you
have the real world use case I'd rather you pointed at which hole to
fill first.
Ross
The whiteboard master/subsite project works and gets content from the
subsites into the master project.
This also works for my testproject, when the locator in the masters
locationmap and the property in forrest.properties.xml are set.
The major things i guess, are theme, navigation, sitemap and locationmap
for the subsites.
It would be nice if there was kind of a 'taskmap', because i have no
idea how these things can be integrated.
It would be easier for me if i knew which tasks require which changes
(and how complex they might get).
That said, i dont know the internals of forrest enough to estimate what
makes sense to start out with.
If i had to choose i would go for theme or navigation first (because i
need that most :) ).
What do you think?
By the way: sorry for the late reply, im off for a couple of days and
will be back next monday.
so long
best regards
llamar
