I recently attended a marketing seminar for NewType Portal Builder (http://www.newtype.com.tw/ENG/WebARENA_portal.asp)
It is an interested website development software with some good ideas. As I watched the demo I kept thinking how much better the program could be if it was written in Python/Webware. The core of the idea is very solid and I've seen it before, but this interface was very slick and easy to use. Basically you pick a main component from a menu, such as a BBS list, database listing, email form etc. Then you customize it and name it. So you can select a database form, and then put in the db connection info and select what fields to display and in what order. You have basic control of fonts/colors - but only through a style sheet. The third step is neat - you pick a template from a list. A template is basically an html page chopped up into table cells. You can fill as many cells as you want and then save it (So you can have a static header and top menu on all of the pages) This is a lot like the SitePage.py concept or SkeletonPage.tmpl To use the component you just drag it into the table cell you want to fill. Pretty much like overriding sideBar or writeContent. I thought that it was just technical enough to confuse non-technical people, and too restrictive for developers. Has anyone seen any open source product like this? <-- The question in this email Zope comes close by allowing you to plug in products and customize them, but the use of a thick client and gratuitous drag 'n drop really made it easy. -Aaron _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
