> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rapha�l Luta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:56 PM
>
> Neeme Praks wrote:
> >
> > Just one question about the userconf files: does this
> position attribute
> > have to be a number or could it also be a simple string. I
> would prefer
> > to have names instead of numbers (then I could do a URL
> rewrite, to make
> > the URLs look friendly to outside world also). And, in what
> order are
> > the portlets displayed? In this numerical order or in the order they
> > appear in the file? I would prefer to have something like this:
> > <portlets name="myPage">
> > <entry/>
> > </portlets>
> > So I can reference the set with a normal name and all the
> portlets would
> > be displayed in the order they appear in the file. Makes easier to
> > change the order of portlets, right now I have to change all the
> > following portlet numbers...
>
> Currently we only use the layout position, but I'm +1 for allowing
> the element names to be searched first. The order must be
> defined by the explicit layout position though because
> - I can think of a whole lot of manipulations that may not
> preserve the implicit
> element order of elements
> - once we have user customization the order of input should
> not constraint the order of display.
>
> In any case, if you don't specify explicit layout position,
> the default implicit
> order is used, we just don't guarantee that it will be
> preserved in the engine...
ok, I agree. So I can use all possible combinations:
<portlets name="myPage"/>
<portlets name="myPage" layout="0"/>
<portlets layout="0"/>
Actually, I don't care so much about the usage/non-usage of layout
attribute. Just an idea/question that came up...
I could try to write the code for checking the name attribute before
layout, if you would point me in the right direction...
Neeme
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