[Zope-CMF] CMFPortlets (was Re: [Zope] Re: plone "vs." CMF was ... uPortal??)

[Ausum Studio]

I'll release the code somewhere within this month.
I'm not aware of the implications of checking it into the collective, and I
have a round concept about what CMFPortlets should be. If I can keep it that
way, I don't see any problem. :)


Ausum



----- Original Message -----
From: "alan runyan" <runyaga@runyaga.com>
To: "Ausum Studio" <ausum_studio@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-CMF] CMFPortlets (was Re: [Zope] Re: plone "vs." CMF was
... uPortal??)


> would you be adverse to checking CMFPortlets into collective?
> just sign up for sourceforge account and tell me the user id and
> we will add you.
>
> cmfportlets are very cool stuff.
>
> ~runyaga
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ausum Studio" <ausum_studio@hotmail.com>
> To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: [Zope-CMF] CMFPortlets (was Re: [Zope] Re: plone "vs." CMF was
...
> uPortal??)
>
>
> > I started to write a skin to handle portlets (or channels) a while ago.
> > After this thead I decided to show a preview. It still needs more work
to
> > become a product, although there's a couple of screenshots and a demo
(no
> > released files yet). Any feedback is welcomed:
> >
> > http://www.zope.org/Members/ausum/CMFPortlets/Preview
> >
> >
> >
> > Ausum
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Browning" <paul.browning@bristol.ac.uk>
> > To: "zope" <zope@zope.org>
> > Cc: "Andy McKay" <andy@agmweb.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:26 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Zope] Re: plone "vs." CMF was ... uPortal??
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --On 29 September 2002 08:09 -0700 Andy McKay <andy@agmweb.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> Quite. I don't know much/enough about the CMF but I'm sure this
> > > >> is all do-able. But if uPortal have already invented that wheel
....
> > > >
> > > > This is somewhere in the list of things to do (i've already done it
as
> a
> > > > prototype at aspn.activestate.com), I've never thought it that
useful
> or
> > > > used it myself on sites that do serve it. Do you think its that
> useful?
> > >
> > > Well if "it" is the channel/portlet concept as expressed by
> uPortal/Oracle
> > > Portal then, yes, I think it's essential. See Dario's helpful post
> > > on why he finds the channel concept attractive.
> > >
> > > If Zope +/- CMF had this now then it might be more competitive in
> > > the portal framework space. Funny that the CMF started life as
> > > the PTK .....
> > >
> > > Please don't think I'm jettisoning the CMF as it stands as a portal
> > > framework. I think we're starting to understand that there are
> > > portals and portals.
> > >
> > > The CMF may be perfect for building a portal for a community or
> > > small organisation that has no legacy of back-end information
> > > systems. This sort of portal will host alot of content.
> > >
> > > But, as the recent META Group report
> > > <http://www.zopezen.org/Members/Ausum/1033036454>
> > > notes, for larger organisations the focus is now on "employee
> > > portals" (for universities read "students and staff") as
> > > they try to evolve from the "intranet stage" of their IT
> > > evolution. In "employee portals" all the content may be
> > > elsewhere - back-end information systems - and so the
> > > focus is on semaless integration and application delivery.
> > >
> > > This is where you want the channels; to aggregate (and skin)
> > > remote and heterogeneous applications. The portal framework
> > > also ideally gives the illusion of single-sign on (various trust
> > > relationships being set up between systems).
> > >
> > > To build such a portal framework seems a non-trivial
> > > task. Which is why I'm inclined to say "ok, so uPortal
> > > have done it, it's open source too, it's very
> > > standards centric, so let's run with that".
> > >
> > > As Dario notes, as well as its content management strengths,
> > > Zope seems perfect for building smaller applications quickly,
> > > and so perhaps we should be looking to plug these in to an
> > > overarching (Java-based) portal framework as channels.
> > >
> > > I've done this a proof of concept (using a Zope-hosted
> > > RSS app) which I then pointed at uPortal (RSS is one
> > > the channels that comes out of the box). But we need
> > > to extend this to apps that require authentication and
> > > session information to passed back and forth (and
> > > stored). Which is why I'm trawling for potential
> > > collaborators on this!
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading this far,
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > --
> > >  The Library, Tyndall Avenue, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TJ, UK
> > >    E-mail: paul.browning@bristol.ac.uk  URL: http://www.bris.ac.uk/
> > >
> > >
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