Hi, As you all know, the new portal engine, while powerful in functionality has been somewhat :-) lacking in tool support. So, because we know this is an itch many people would like scratched, we've developed a basic tool-framework for the cocoon portal-engine. The idea behind the framework is that it should be easy to extend given and plug-in new management tools for the portal engine. This could be tools e.g. for user or coplet/layout management etc.
The portal tools framework offers a plugin architecture which allows you easily to add new or remove unnecessary tools. By using this architecture a developer can build step by step many small tools (plugins). The framework provides easy access to all necessary portal components and adds additional helpers e.g. for layout modifications. The tools use current Cocoon technologies like Flow, CForms and JXTemplates. As examples we've built a plugin to configure the portal layout for the user (add/remove/move/configure Tabs/Rows/Cols/Coplets) and change the skin and a plugin for some basic user management (gui prototype). We have some documentation for the framework and the examples, too. Yes really :-) The initial version was submitted via a patch (a patch for changes in the current portal and new files bundled as a zip, see http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33287). Documentation can be found on the Cocoon Wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/PortalTools. Freundliche Gr��e / With kind regards Jens Maukisch -- S&N AG Competence Center Open Source Klingenderstr. 5 D 33100 Paderborn http://www.s-und-n.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
