Hi Anca, Here are some rough mockups I did for Ana-Maria: http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/GadgetsDirectory http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/GadgetsDashboard
Then lots of things were uncertain. It would be great to have some clear requirements for the macros (types, level of customization, etc) and provide also some feedback on those two proposals. Thanks, Caty On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 19:04, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 16:10, Anca Luca <[email protected]> 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, > > * 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) > > +1 > > > * 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 > > 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 > > 3/ have a nice macros directory where a user can navigate through > > existing gadgets and add one to a dashboard > > 4/ have a "dashboard template", integrated with the document templates > > system to easily allow a user to create a dashboard > > 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 > > 6/ be able to publish the gadgets in the wiki such that other apps can > > integrate this in their content > > Not sure what you mean in 6/ > > > > > WDYT about the order above? (B) with the mention that points 5 and 6 > > could eventually be infinitely postponed. > > +1 sounds good > > > > > 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 > > > > > my +1 for (A), (B) and (C). > > > > Happy hacking, > > Anca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
