On 09/04/2010 12:53, Scott Wilson wrote:
On 9 Apr 2010, at 11:44, REID Ray wrote:
Hi All,
Hi Ray,
I was wondering if anyone knew of a widget which I could use which
would jointly work in two different applications (such as elgg&
moodle), in order for us to demo to our managers the potential of
using a Wookie server, so we can spend time developing our own
widgets.
All widgets served from one Wookie install can be delivered to all
applications with an API key for it; I'm guessing that may be what
you're looking for is a widget that operates across both Elgg and
Moodle with a shared context? For example, a chat widget for a course
that has the same conversation in the relevant spaces in Elgg and
Moodle?
In which case there is some info here under "sharing widgets across
applications":
http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/embedding-wookie-widgets-in-other-applications.html
As Scott says all widgets will work in multiple supported platforms.
You can see them in action at [1] by clicking on the "demo" link on each
widget.
There are a few demo widgets that will show updates across those
platforms too, that is, an update on one widget instance will display on
the other, regardless of hosting platform.
Interesting multi-user widgets include "natter" (a chat widget) and
ShareDraw (a very simple drawing app). The demo page shows you how they
would work if implemented in different platforms.
We've written up instructions on how to install a Wookie server on
Glassfish, if this is of any use to you, let me know, as well as
where would be best to put it.
That would be a great resource to put on the wiki. I reckon the best
place to add a link would be here:
http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/downloading-and-installing-wookie.html#DownloadingandInstallingWookie-RunningWookiewithotherconfigurations
Or even better still, add your documenttion to a new page in the wiki
where we can encourage others to maintain it with you.
Ross
