Re: Creating a brandable or white label type of application
Igor, Thanks! I was already planning to use Brix for CMS purposes, bud didn't realize it had multi-site features like this. Tauren On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Igor Vaynberg igor.vaynb...@gmail.com wrote: if you are just starting to think about building this you might want to consider using brix, or another cms that works well with wicket. in case of brix: each client would get their own jcr workspaces that you can fill in with a template. they are then free to edit their own workspace creating pages, uploading images, etc. it is trivial in brix to map domains to workspaces functionality for your application is then provided using brix tiles which users are free to move around their html, a tile is basically just a [brix:tile tile:id=foo][/brix:tile] anywhere inside the markup. if this sounds too out there you can still use normal wicket code and allow your customers to edit the markup. you can store the markup itself in the database, so all things like styles and variations still work even though markup is not in the war. see IMarkupStreamProvider and IMarkupCacheKeyProvider - these allow you to override where markup comes from per page or per hierarchy of pages. there are more general things like IResourceStreamProvider that will allow you to override where resources are loaded from on a global scale. -igor On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tauren Mills tau...@groovee.com wrote: I'm looking for thoughts on ways to create a site that can be branded by a customer. It should do the following: * run in a single webapp deployed in a WAR file * multiple host names resolve to this same web app domain1.com - myapp.com domain2.com -- myapp.com * based on the host name, the app selects a skin (color scheme, images, maybe even layout changes) * users need to be able to alter colors, images, and layout in real time, so updating the WAR with new skins isn't possible * need to pull alternate CSS content and perhaps HTML markup from a database and images from a location outside of the WAR. This needs to be kind of like blogger.com, where a user can change images and colors, and the application displays their blog that way. But in my case, the content on the page primarily remains the same, just the way it is presented changes. So I'm looking at the localization and style features thinking they might help. But they rely on alternate versions of files to be in the WAR. http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/localization-and-skinning-of-applications.html What methods would you recommend to get the current hostname from the request? Whould this be best done in the RequestCycle, the Session, or? What techniques would be useful for using external CSS, images, and HTML? Will getStyle/setStyle even help since the content is external of the WAR? I realize that I shouldn't allow users to modify HTML markup that contains wicket tags. That could break things very quickly. I'm just starting to think about how to do this, so I'm looking for any suggestions to direct me to the right tools for the job. Thanks, Tauren - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
Re: Creating a brandable or white label type of application
Hi Igor, Is there another CMS (other than brix) that works well with wicket? Igor Vaynberg wrote: if you are just starting to think about building this you might want to consider using brix, or another cms that works well with wicket. in case of brix: each client would get their own jcr workspaces that you can fill in with a template. they are then free to edit their own workspace creating pages, uploading images, etc. it is trivial in brix to map domains to workspaces functionality for your application is then provided using brix tiles which users are free to move around their html, a tile is basically just a [brix:tile tile:id=foo][/brix:tile] anywhere inside the markup. if this sounds too out there you can still use normal wicket code and allow your customers to edit the markup. you can store the markup itself in the database, so all things like styles and variations still work even though markup is not in the war. see IMarkupStreamProvider and IMarkupCacheKeyProvider - these allow you to override where markup comes from per page or per hierarchy of pages. there are more general things like IResourceStreamProvider that will allow you to override where resources are loaded from on a global scale. -igor On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tauren Mills tau...@groovee.com wrote: I'm looking for thoughts on ways to create a site that can be branded by a customer. It should do the following: * run in a single webapp deployed in a WAR file * multiple host names resolve to this same web app domain1.com - myapp.com domain2.com -- myapp.com * based on the host name, the app selects a skin (color scheme, images, maybe even layout changes) * users need to be able to alter colors, images, and layout in real time, so updating the WAR with new skins isn't possible * need to pull alternate CSS content and perhaps HTML markup from a database and images from a location outside of the WAR. This needs to be kind of like blogger.com, where a user can change images and colors, and the application displays their blog that way. But in my case, the content on the page primarily remains the same, just the way it is presented changes. So I'm looking at the localization and style features thinking they might help. But they rely on alternate versions of files to be in the WAR. http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/localization-and-skinning-of-applications.html What methods would you recommend to get the current hostname from the request? Whould this be best done in the RequestCycle, the Session, or? What techniques would be useful for using external CSS, images, and HTML? Will getStyle/setStyle even help since the content is external of the WAR? I realize that I shouldn't allow users to modify HTML markup that contains wicket tags. That could break things very quickly. I'm just starting to think about how to do this, so I'm looking for any suggestions to direct me to the right tools for the job. Thanks, Tauren - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
Re: Creating a brandable or white label type of application
no first hand experience, but this one should be: http://www.hippocms.org/ -igor On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Serkan Camurcuoglu serkan.camurcuo...@telenity.com wrote: Hi Igor, Is there another CMS (other than brix) that works well with wicket? Igor Vaynberg wrote: if you are just starting to think about building this you might want to consider using brix, or another cms that works well with wicket. in case of brix: each client would get their own jcr workspaces that you can fill in with a template. they are then free to edit their own workspace creating pages, uploading images, etc. it is trivial in brix to map domains to workspaces functionality for your application is then provided using brix tiles which users are free to move around their html, a tile is basically just a [brix:tile tile:id=foo][/brix:tile] anywhere inside the markup. if this sounds too out there you can still use normal wicket code and allow your customers to edit the markup. you can store the markup itself in the database, so all things like styles and variations still work even though markup is not in the war. see IMarkupStreamProvider and IMarkupCacheKeyProvider - these allow you to override where markup comes from per page or per hierarchy of pages. there are more general things like IResourceStreamProvider that will allow you to override where resources are loaded from on a global scale. -igor On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tauren Mills tau...@groovee.com wrote: I'm looking for thoughts on ways to create a site that can be branded by a customer. It should do the following: * run in a single webapp deployed in a WAR file * multiple host names resolve to this same web app domain1.com - myapp.com domain2.com -- myapp.com * based on the host name, the app selects a skin (color scheme, images, maybe even layout changes) * users need to be able to alter colors, images, and layout in real time, so updating the WAR with new skins isn't possible * need to pull alternate CSS content and perhaps HTML markup from a database and images from a location outside of the WAR. This needs to be kind of like blogger.com, where a user can change images and colors, and the application displays their blog that way. But in my case, the content on the page primarily remains the same, just the way it is presented changes. So I'm looking at the localization and style features thinking they might help. But they rely on alternate versions of files to be in the WAR. http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/localization-and-skinning-of-applications.html What methods would you recommend to get the current hostname from the request? Whould this be best done in the RequestCycle, the Session, or? What techniques would be useful for using external CSS, images, and HTML? Will getStyle/setStyle even help since the content is external of the WAR? I realize that I shouldn't allow users to modify HTML markup that contains wicket tags. That could break things very quickly. I'm just starting to think about how to do this, so I'm looking for any suggestions to direct me to the right tools for the job. Thanks, Tauren - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
Re: Creating a brandable or white label type of application
if you are just starting to think about building this you might want to consider using brix, or another cms that works well with wicket. in case of brix: each client would get their own jcr workspaces that you can fill in with a template. they are then free to edit their own workspace creating pages, uploading images, etc. it is trivial in brix to map domains to workspaces functionality for your application is then provided using brix tiles which users are free to move around their html, a tile is basically just a [brix:tile tile:id=foo][/brix:tile] anywhere inside the markup. if this sounds too out there you can still use normal wicket code and allow your customers to edit the markup. you can store the markup itself in the database, so all things like styles and variations still work even though markup is not in the war. see IMarkupStreamProvider and IMarkupCacheKeyProvider - these allow you to override where markup comes from per page or per hierarchy of pages. there are more general things like IResourceStreamProvider that will allow you to override where resources are loaded from on a global scale. -igor On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tauren Mills tau...@groovee.com wrote: I'm looking for thoughts on ways to create a site that can be branded by a customer. It should do the following: * run in a single webapp deployed in a WAR file * multiple host names resolve to this same web app domain1.com - myapp.com domain2.com -- myapp.com * based on the host name, the app selects a skin (color scheme, images, maybe even layout changes) * users need to be able to alter colors, images, and layout in real time, so updating the WAR with new skins isn't possible * need to pull alternate CSS content and perhaps HTML markup from a database and images from a location outside of the WAR. This needs to be kind of like blogger.com, where a user can change images and colors, and the application displays their blog that way. But in my case, the content on the page primarily remains the same, just the way it is presented changes. So I'm looking at the localization and style features thinking they might help. But they rely on alternate versions of files to be in the WAR. http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/localization-and-skinning-of-applications.html What methods would you recommend to get the current hostname from the request? Whould this be best done in the RequestCycle, the Session, or? What techniques would be useful for using external CSS, images, and HTML? Will getStyle/setStyle even help since the content is external of the WAR? I realize that I shouldn't allow users to modify HTML markup that contains wicket tags. That could break things very quickly. I'm just starting to think about how to do this, so I'm looking for any suggestions to direct me to the right tools for the job. Thanks, Tauren - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
Creating a brandable or white label type of application
I'm looking for thoughts on ways to create a site that can be branded by a customer. It should do the following: * run in a single webapp deployed in a WAR file * multiple host names resolve to this same web app domain1.com - myapp.com domain2.com -- myapp.com * based on the host name, the app selects a skin (color scheme, images, maybe even layout changes) * users need to be able to alter colors, images, and layout in real time, so updating the WAR with new skins isn't possible * need to pull alternate CSS content and perhaps HTML markup from a database and images from a location outside of the WAR. This needs to be kind of like blogger.com, where a user can change images and colors, and the application displays their blog that way. But in my case, the content on the page primarily remains the same, just the way it is presented changes. So I'm looking at the localization and style features thinking they might help. But they rely on alternate versions of files to be in the WAR. http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/localization-and-skinning-of-applications.html What methods would you recommend to get the current hostname from the request? Whould this be best done in the RequestCycle, the Session, or? What techniques would be useful for using external CSS, images, and HTML? Will getStyle/setStyle even help since the content is external of the WAR? I realize that I shouldn't allow users to modify HTML markup that contains wicket tags. That could break things very quickly. I'm just starting to think about how to do this, so I'm looking for any suggestions to direct me to the right tools for the job. Thanks, Tauren - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
