[Zope] ANNOUNCE: CMFPortlets 0.5.2 released: Portlets get interactive

[Ausum Studio]

Portlets are dynamic content units, used in corporate, educational and
personalization-aware portals, that allow its users a unique and self-made
experience of a session. CMFPortlets 0.5.2 is a work in progress, and
currently a CMF skinset that takes over the layout of portlets made out of
standard skinned folders and other portal types. Current version bundles
sample portlets and a new exciting feature: the Interactive Layout.

CMFPortlets 0.5.2 features:
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-  Creation of inbound portlets by any member, and inbound and external by
managers, using existing syndication products and standard portal types.
-  Allows to add, delete, rename and set the size properties of any number
of published portlets pages (a.k.a. "workspaces"), independently of the
user folder existence and the file system.
-  Allows to add, delete and set the width of any number of columns per
page
-  Allows to add, delete and select the box skin of any number of portlets
per column.(Box skins created by managers)
-  Interactive layout based on Dan George's Option Chooser 1.0 and DynAPI
2.5.6, that enables the selection and switching of portlet boxes by drag
and drop.

Sample basic portlets features:
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-  Porlets settings showing properties defined by managers (as public or
restricted, changeable only by managers)
-  Default portlet properties allowing to use any portlet content either
embedded within a box or in an iframe window.
-  External content viewable trough iframes using any already deployed
portlet.
-  Configurable Folder viewer (displays the contents of any folder)
-  Sample RSS feed. (Needs EIONET's RDFSummary installed)
-  Interactive RGB color selector, (IE only).
-  "My Stuff" and "Readme" portlets.

For download, more information, screenshots, features discussion, and a
tour please visit:
http://www.zope.org/Members/ausum/CMFPortlets


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