Hi Anca, On Jun 21, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
> Hi all, > > I am now restarting the work on the gadgets & dashboard project, > documented here > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/GadgetIntegration (however > documentation needs to be slightly revised). > > What is done already can be summarized as: > * gadgets are implemented as macros and there is a script to import > google gadgets as xwiki macros, WDYM by script? Isn't there's simple a {{gadget url="..."}} macro with a URL pointing to the gadget xml URL? > * also, right now, gadgets are implemented as xwiki macros and can be > used anywhere just like a regular wiki macro, and any wiki macro can be > seen/used as a gadget so **there is no difference between macros and > gadgets** . WDYT about this? should we keep it like that? (A) I think there are differences. One of them is the preferred size (width, height). IMO the {{dashboard}} macro should only accept {{gadget}} macros (real open social gadgets) and {{gadgetwrapper}} macros (wrapper around any wiki syntax), and for {{gadgetwrapper}} you could specify additional metadata such as preferred width, height and whatever the opensocial spec offers for gadgets. Something like: {{dashboard layout="..." ....}} {{gadget.../}} {{gadgetwrapper.../}} ... {{/dashboard}} As for transforming a given wiki page into an open social gadget we could have a Gadget object you would add to a page and have a sheet that will generate the XML based on the content + the metadata from that object. Then you could use it directly inside the {{dashboard}} macro using a {{gadget url="url to the xwiki page which generates the xml"}}. If we think it's too much work to have both, then I would be for dropping the {{gadgetwrapper}} macro and have only one {{gadget}} macro and force code to be put in separate pages with a Gadget object attached. We would need to migrate Panels to gadgets for this to work though, so introducing a {{gadgetwrapper}} is a nicer transition path IMO. > * there is a dashboard macro responsible with layouting a gadgets > dashboard, which also provides specific editing features in inline mode > (gadgets can be dragged around, toolboxes for gadgets in the top right) > * there is a minimal macros directory, where one can see all the > existing macros, descriptions, details about the parameters. > * there is an PanelMacro macro, that displays an xwiki panel inside a > document, which can be used to display xwiki panels as gadgets in a > dashboard. > > The big picture of the roadmap is that we should: > > 1/ have a fully working dashboard, that is implement add gadget and edit > gadget settings +1 > 2/ implement the main dashboard (Main.Dashboard) as a dashboard and fill > it with the appropriate gadgets by default, and also to add a user > specific dashboard ("My dashboard") where each user can configure > his/her dashboard, and is available to a user from his / her profile or > the user menu +1 with the ability for a user to decide if the home page displays the default dashboard or his personal dashboard. > 3/ have a nice macros directory where a user can navigate through > existing gadgets and add one to a dashboard +1 > 4/ have a "dashboard template", integrated with the document templates > system to easily allow a user to create a dashboard +1, and also add a Add Gadget template provider. > 5/ also, since the xwiki panels can be seen as gadgets / macros, and can > be implemented as such, somewhere in the future a refactoring should be > made to integrate the 2 notions +1 > 6/ be able to publish the gadgets in the wiki such that other apps can > integrate this in their content That's the solution I've proposed above. > WDYT about the order above? (B) with the mention that points 5 and 6 > could eventually be infinitely postponed. Whatever solution we choose we have to take 5 and 6 into account right now. > Also, after points 1 and 2 are implemented, the feature could be > available with xwiki platform and integrated in XE by default. WDYT? (C) +1 but provided we have a sound architecture that allows for 5 and 6. Thanks -Vincent > > my +1 for (A), (B) and (C). > > Happy hacking, > Anca _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
