David Leal wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I finally managed to install jetspeed (though not fully; cocoon and
> user administration aren't working yet). I don't know what will happen,
> but it seems that jetspeed will be an important part of my work in the
> near future. However, I find the installation part unnecessarily
> difficult, due to the fact that there isn't enough documentation and
> some confusion in the configuration files. So, I have a few doubts:
1.0 or 1.1? If you don't like something then post a .diff.
> Is there any project to improve the documentation? It seems to me
> that one of the things that could be done shortly is a kind of
> "templating" of the config files. Some
>
> file://<your_docroot_path>/content/etc
>
> strategically placed would help a little, so people would know what
> to change more easily. If no one is doing that, I can, with some help,
> do it. A good thing would be providing examples and commenting on the
> effects each documentation parameter would have (ex: increasing
> this_par to 20 will cause things to be faster but more memory will be
> used).
Example?
> Another thing (better) would be a servlet to get the parameters and
> write the files instead of making people actually go through them to
> configure the application. Again, my knowledge of java is somewhat
> limited, but, hey, it will help me learn the servlet api anyway, and
> with enough time and patience I think I can do it too.
Stay tuned. I am about to submit a proposal for this.
> The other problem is actualy developing for and customizing it to suit
> each other's needs. For example, it may be my fault, but the only way I
> found to customize the navigation bars would be to actually rewrite the
> build () functions in
>
> jetspeed/turbine/navigation/Jetspeed*Navigation.java
>
> ... Which seems a little strange.
Yup. Hopefully Cocoon XSP integration will help. Soon ...
> So, my questions are: Can I help? What can I do to help? Where do I
> start?
See ./docs/misc/TODO within CVS.
(http://www.working-dogs.com/jetspeed/cvsweb/index.cgi/jetspeed/docs/misc/TODO)
Also if you notice any problems with documentation just send a diff.
Kevin
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