Hi Richard, hosting widgets is something we definitely need. We had this discussion earlier (last summer) but haven't had the time to actually build the functionality. There is already an issue for it: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAVE-251 Any input is welcome!
Jasha Joachimsthal Europe - Amsterdam - Oosteinde 11, 1017 WT Amsterdam - +31(0)20 522 4466 US - Boston - 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 - +1 877 414 4776 (toll free) www.onehippo.com On 9 March 2012 00:15, Richard Kettelerij <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm working with Rave for a few months now and was thinking about the > following new feature: ability to uploading widgets to the portal. > Currently widgets can only be added by URL. This raises the question, where > do you host your widgets? One can think of various solutions but having a > simple upload function available might come in handy. > > Some thoughts: > - W3C widget can be uploaded as .wgt file > - OpenSocial widget can be uploaded as plain XML file, or as a zip file in > case additional resources (CSS, JS) are required. > - Rave contains a controller/servlet to serve the widget files, optionally > allow placeholder replacements. > - Rave treats uploaded widgets like any other widget, meaning a reference > (e.g. http://localhost:8080/widget-repo/mywidget.xml) to the uploaded > widget is stored in the widget database table. > > What do you think? > > PS: I noticed a recent discussion about widget catalogs. While > interesting, I expect a catalog to be a more heavy-weight solution. To be > clear I'm proposing a simple upload / widget hosting solution. > > Regards, > Richard
