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about jetspeed.
Hi.
I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether anyone has
used and has any major constraints.
Can anyone please send me the link which has information about how to
develop using jetspeed. The apache
site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and doesnt have
much examples either. Where
i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet and deploy it
and configure the layout. appreciate
if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Frans Thamura <ft...@yahoo.com>.
No lar..
The latest version, 1.3a2 still unstable enough...
Frans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shan Gopalakrishnan" <sg...@cisco.com>
To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
> Hi.
>
> I downloaded the 1.3.a1. Binary. Are there other stable version that I
> should try.?
>
> At 01:39 AM 11/6/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >For the long and very good answer - see Hugh's mail.
> >
> >For the quick and dirty answer - get the jetspeed distribution
> >running (it does out of the box) - then try changing bits of it - the
> >layouts, the java portlets. The example portlets are documented - I
> >thought you read that? See there configuration in
> >webapp/WEB-INF/conf/demo-portlets.xreg. (Assuming you are using the
> >current CVS version and NOT 1.3a1).
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did
> > > read thru'
> > > the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> > > deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the
> > > following ..
> > >
> > > 1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> > > apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> > >
> > > 2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls
> > > and
> > > templates and how do I deploy those.
> > >
> > > 3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet.
> > > Where do I
> > > deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > > in my html template.
> > >
> > > 4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
> > > jetspeed.
> > >
> > > 5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> > >
> > > Tons of thanks
> > >
> > > - Shan
> > >
> > >
> > > At 02:10 AM 11/5/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether
> > > > > anyone has
> > > > > used and has any major constraints.
> > > >
> > > >Lots of people are using - any constraints will almost definitely
> > > >have been raised on this list - so have a browse ;-)
> > > >
> > > > > Can anyone please send me the link which has information about
> > > how
> > > > > to
> > > > > develop using jetspeed. The apache
> > > > > site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and
> > > > > doesnt have
> > > > > much examples either. Where
> > > > > i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet
> > > and
> > > > > deploy it
> > > > > and configure the layout. appreciate
> > > > > if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >There is documentation on the apache site - try the section headed
> > > >"Documentation".
> > > >
> > > >Good links are
> > > >
> > > >Installation...
> > > >http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/install.html
> > > >
> > > >High level overview:
> > >
> > >http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/application-development.html
> > > >
> > > >This portlet how-to refers to 1.3a1 - but a lot of it is still
> > > valid:
> > > >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/PortletHowTo.htm
> > > >
> > > >This gives a breakdown of the jetspeed distribution
> > > >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
> > > >
> >
> >
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com>.
Hi.
I downloaded the 1.3.a1. Binary. Are there other stable version that I
should try.?
At 01:39 AM 11/6/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
>Hi,
>
>For the long and very good answer - see Hugh's mail.
>
>For the quick and dirty answer - get the jetspeed distribution
>running (it does out of the box) - then try changing bits of it - the
>layouts, the java portlets. The example portlets are documented - I
>thought you read that? See there configuration in
>webapp/WEB-INF/conf/demo-portlets.xreg. (Assuming you are using the
>current CVS version and NOT 1.3a1).
>
>Chris
>
>
>--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> >
> > I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did
> > read thru'
> > the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> > deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the
> > following ..
> >
> > 1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> > apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> >
> > 2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls
> > and
> > templates and how do I deploy those.
> >
> > 3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet.
> > Where do I
> > deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > in my html template.
> >
> > 4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
> > jetspeed.
> >
> > 5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> >
> > Tons of thanks
> >
> > - Shan
> >
> >
> > At 02:10 AM 11/5/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether
> > > > anyone has
> > > > used and has any major constraints.
> > >
> > >Lots of people are using - any constraints will almost definitely
> > >have been raised on this list - so have a browse ;-)
> > >
> > > > Can anyone please send me the link which has information about
> > how
> > > > to
> > > > develop using jetspeed. The apache
> > > > site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and
> > > > doesnt have
> > > > much examples either. Where
> > > > i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet
> > and
> > > > deploy it
> > > > and configure the layout. appreciate
> > > > if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
> > > >
> > >
> > >There is documentation on the apache site - try the section headed
> > >"Documentation".
> > >
> > >Good links are
> > >
> > >Installation...
> > >http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/install.html
> > >
> > >High level overview:
> >
> >http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/application-development.html
> > >
> > >This portlet how-to refers to 1.3a1 - but a lot of it is still
> > valid:
> > >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/PortletHowTo.htm
> > >
> > >This gives a breakdown of the jetspeed distribution
> > >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
> > >
>
>
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Frans Thamura <ft...@yahoo.com>.
Honestly,
The problem of open source project is in tips and trick, documentation and
integration issue between projects. or i am not smart enough to learn and
play around with open source project.
but i think most of non microsoft services got this problem also...haha...
Who interest to open Microsoft Press related business?? open like Orielly
??? may be Apache Press or something like that..
Frans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Brien" <hp...@home.com>
To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
> The following is the approach I have taken thus far in my development of
> Jetspeed to additional functions.
>
> YOU NEED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTATION FOR TURBINE, JETSPEED , TORQUE AND
READ
> IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. This will save you a ton of time. !!!!!!!!! Don't
read
> it online, there are to many distractions. (IMO) Jetspeed is
> sophisticated, complex array of component software that will take some
time
> to understand. Turbine alone will take awhile to start to understand.
You
> will not understand Jetspeed in one or two days of "playing around". In
> order to understand Jetspeed, and understanding of the following is
> essential:
> Turbine particularly: Services and Security.
> Turbine : Actions, Screens, Pages.
> Velocity - Just need to understand the syntax at first and the principle
of
> how velocity templates function.
> For new database functions: Torque O-R code generator and Turbine Peers
> As for Jetspeed you will need to understand Portlet configuration, and
> difference between Portlet, Controllers and Controls.
>
> - I use com.novuscg for my package names
>
> - I have created additional database tables and classes using Torque.
These
> classes went into com.novuscg.om and com.novuscg.om.map. These classes
were
> generated by the Torque module and provide and object relational map to
the
> database. In order to understand how these work you need an understanding
> of the Turbine project. After all Jetspeed is built on top of Turbine.
In
> summary: if you need to add database functionality to Jetspeed you need to
> understand Turbine and Torque. The best way to do this is run Turbine in
> standalone mode and make calls to the different services. You must read
the
> documentation on Peers, Torque and Criteria to effectively use these. I
> create addition tables and classes using Torque. It took me 4 days to get
> them functional. I am still figuring out the best way to use the these
> generated classes. You could spend weeks just messing with these peers
> classes.
>
> - Changing the presentation of the Jetspeed pages is done a couple of
ways:
> 1. Modifying templates. the template files are located in the
> WEB-INF/templates directory under jsp or vm. In order to select which
> templates you will use you need to check the following parameter in the
> TurbineResources.properties file:
> services.Template Service.default.extension=vm This will be set to either
> jsp or vm. I recommend vm to start because vm templates provide more
> functionality that jsp. Don't worry about Velocity templates to much yet
> you are still trying to understand Jetspeed as a whole.
>
> 2. When you first enter the Jetspeed portal, the portlets on the default
> default home page (before you login) are controlled by the
> WEB-INF/psml/anon/html/default.psml file. This psml file defines the
> following:
> - The portlets that may appear on the page and appearance of portlet.
> - The pages, navigations are all controled by the template system.
> /WEB-INF/templates/vm
> - You will need to understand difference between portlets and the
> Velocity templates.
> In order to change the appearance of the default page you will need to
> understand portlets. After you login and pat yourself on the back for
> getting it all to work, create and account and login. Logging in will
create
> a folder named for your userid in the WEB-INF/psml/user. In my case it
> create a folder called hbrien. Once you login to the site you are
presented
> with the ability to "Customize" your home page with the "pre-built
portlets"
> You will have to play with this a little to figure it out.
> At first stick to simple pages with just few portlets.
> http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/psml.html
> http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
>
> The simplest way to create a new Portlet is to use the VelocityPortlet and
> associated VelocityPortetAction classes. In order to create a Velocity
> portlet you can do the following:
> <portlet-entry name="HelloVelocity" hidden="false" type="ref"
> parent="CustomizerVelocity" application="false">
> <meta-info>
> <title>HelloVelocity</title>
> <description>Simple Velocity Portlet Example</description>
> </meta-info>
> <parameter name="template" value="hello" hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="action" value="portlets.HelloAction"
> hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="text" value="Hello World in Velocity"
> hidden="false"/>
> <media-type ref="html"/>
> </portlet-entry>
> a). Create an entry for your portlet in the WEB-INF/conf/portlets.xreg
> directory. Check out the HelloVelocity portlet.
> b). Create an action class to along with your portlet. You will need to
add
> this to the following entry in the portlets.xreg entry above. This where
you
> will need to create an entry for your action classes in the
> TurbineResources.properties (TR)file.
> Based on my package name I added the following to my TR file.
> # These look like mostly ECS modules
> module.packages=org.apache.jetspeed.modules
> module.packages=org.apache.turbine.modules
> module.packages=com.novuscg.modules
> I put my Action class into the a package called actions in the
> com.novuscg.modules package. As a result I have class named
> com.novuscg.modules.actions.MyAction.
> c). Create a Velocity template to along with your Portlet. This will go
> into the WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlets folder.
> d). Once you create the entry in the Portlets.xreg file you will be able
to
> add the portlet to a psml file. Either your anon default.psml file or a
psml
> file created for your use. You can use the "Customize" function of your
use
> account to add it to one of your pages.
> e) The reason I use this approach is that I believe you get the most "bang
> for your buck", plus you will learn vm templates and Turbine actions
>
> I hope this helps a little for the new folks.
>
> Hugh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shan Gopalakrishnan" <sg...@cisco.com>
> To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
>
>
> > Appreciate if anyone who have already tried jetspeed. Below are my
> > questions. please help me if you have some information.
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > >I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read
> thru'
> > >the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> > >deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
> > >
> > >1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> > >apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> > >
> > >2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
> > >templates and how do I deploy those.
> > >
> > >3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where
do
> > >I deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > > in my html template.
> > >
> > >4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
> jetspeed.
> > >
> > >5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> > >
> > >Tons of thanks
> > >
> > >- Shan
> >
> >
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com>.
Hugh
Thanks a lot. I followed your steps. But I think my default psml is
wrong. I created the entry that you referred below in the portlets.xreg
file. but what is the entry I should add in the psml file.?. I'm trying
the below entry and it didnt work.
<entry type="ref" parent="CustomizerVelocity">
<control
name="org.apache.jetspeed.portal.controls.ClearPortletControl"/>
</entry>
Also for creating a new user. Should i setup the mail server?
At 10:50 PM 11/5/2001 -0800, Hugh Brien wrote:
>The following is the approach I have taken thus far in my development of
>Jetspeed to additional functions.
>
>YOU NEED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTATION FOR TURBINE, JETSPEED , TORQUE AND READ
>IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. This will save you a ton of time. !!!!!!!!! Don't read
>it online, there are to many distractions. (IMO) Jetspeed is
>sophisticated, complex array of component software that will take some time
>to understand. Turbine alone will take awhile to start to understand. You
>will not understand Jetspeed in one or two days of "playing around". In
>order to understand Jetspeed, and understanding of the following is
>essential:
>Turbine particularly: Services and Security.
>Turbine : Actions, Screens, Pages.
>Velocity - Just need to understand the syntax at first and the principle of
>how velocity templates function.
>For new database functions: Torque O-R code generator and Turbine Peers
>As for Jetspeed you will need to understand Portlet configuration, and
>difference between Portlet, Controllers and Controls.
>
>- I use com.novuscg for my package names
>
>- I have created additional database tables and classes using Torque. These
>classes went into com.novuscg.om and com.novuscg.om.map. These classes were
>generated by the Torque module and provide and object relational map to the
>database. In order to understand how these work you need an understanding
>of the Turbine project. After all Jetspeed is built on top of Turbine. In
>summary: if you need to add database functionality to Jetspeed you need to
>understand Turbine and Torque. The best way to do this is run Turbine in
>standalone mode and make calls to the different services. You must read the
>documentation on Peers, Torque and Criteria to effectively use these. I
>create addition tables and classes using Torque. It took me 4 days to get
>them functional. I am still figuring out the best way to use the these
>generated classes. You could spend weeks just messing with these peers
>classes.
>
>- Changing the presentation of the Jetspeed pages is done a couple of ways:
>1. Modifying templates. the template files are located in the
>WEB-INF/templates directory under jsp or vm. In order to select which
>templates you will use you need to check the following parameter in the
>TurbineResources.properties file:
>services.Template Service.default.extension=vm This will be set to either
>jsp or vm. I recommend vm to start because vm templates provide more
>functionality that jsp. Don't worry about Velocity templates to much yet
>you are still trying to understand Jetspeed as a whole.
>
>2. When you first enter the Jetspeed portal, the portlets on the default
>default home page (before you login) are controlled by the
>WEB-INF/psml/anon/html/default.psml file. This psml file defines the
>following:
> - The portlets that may appear on the page and appearance of portlet.
> - The pages, navigations are all controled by the template system.
>/WEB-INF/templates/vm
> - You will need to understand difference between portlets and the
>Velocity templates.
>In order to change the appearance of the default page you will need to
>understand portlets. After you login and pat yourself on the back for
>getting it all to work, create and account and login. Logging in will create
>a folder named for your userid in the WEB-INF/psml/user. In my case it
>create a folder called hbrien. Once you login to the site you are presented
>with the ability to "Customize" your home page with the "pre-built portlets"
>You will have to play with this a little to figure it out.
>At first stick to simple pages with just few portlets.
>http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/psml.html
>http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
>
>The simplest way to create a new Portlet is to use the VelocityPortlet and
>associated VelocityPortetAction classes. In order to create a Velocity
>portlet you can do the following:
><portlet-entry name="HelloVelocity" hidden="false" type="ref"
>parent="CustomizerVelocity" application="false">
> <meta-info>
> <title>HelloVelocity</title>
> <description>Simple Velocity Portlet Example</description>
> </meta-info>
> <parameter name="template" value="hello" hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="action" value="portlets.HelloAction"
>hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="text" value="Hello World in Velocity"
>hidden="false"/>
> <media-type ref="html"/>
> </portlet-entry>
>a). Create an entry for your portlet in the WEB-INF/conf/portlets.xreg
>directory. Check out the HelloVelocity portlet.
>b). Create an action class to along with your portlet. You will need to add
>this to the following entry in the portlets.xreg entry above. This where you
>will need to create an entry for your action classes in the
>TurbineResources.properties (TR)file.
>Based on my package name I added the following to my TR file.
># These look like mostly ECS modules
>module.packages=org.apache.jetspeed.modules
>module.packages=org.apache.turbine.modules
>module.packages=com.novuscg.modules
>I put my Action class into the a package called actions in the
>com.novuscg.modules package. As a result I have class named
>com.novuscg.modules.actions.MyAction.
>c). Create a Velocity template to along with your Portlet. This will go
>into the WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlets folder.
>d). Once you create the entry in the Portlets.xreg file you will be able to
>add the portlet to a psml file. Either your anon default.psml file or a psml
>file created for your use. You can use the "Customize" function of your use
>account to add it to one of your pages.
>e) The reason I use this approach is that I believe you get the most "bang
>for your buck", plus you will learn vm templates and Turbine actions
>
>I hope this helps a little for the new folks.
>
>Hugh
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shan Gopalakrishnan" <sg...@cisco.com>
>To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:34 PM
>Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
>
>
> > Appreciate if anyone who have already tried jetspeed. Below are my
> > questions. please help me if you have some information.
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > >I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read
>thru'
> > >the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> > >deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
> > >
> > >1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> > >apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> > >
> > >2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
> > >templates and how do I deploy those.
> > >
> > >3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where do
> > >I deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > > in my html template.
> > >
> > >4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
>jetspeed.
> > >
> > >5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> > >
> > >Tons of thanks
> > >
> > >- Shan
> >
> >
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com>.
Thanks a lot Hugh. I will try and ping you if I ran into any issues.
thanks once again.
At 10:50 PM 11/5/2001 -0800, Hugh Brien wrote:
>The following is the approach I have taken thus far in my development of
>Jetspeed to additional functions.
>
>YOU NEED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTATION FOR TURBINE, JETSPEED , TORQUE AND READ
>IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. This will save you a ton of time. !!!!!!!!! Don't read
>it online, there are to many distractions. (IMO) Jetspeed is
>sophisticated, complex array of component software that will take some time
>to understand. Turbine alone will take awhile to start to understand. You
>will not understand Jetspeed in one or two days of "playing around". In
>order to understand Jetspeed, and understanding of the following is
>essential:
>Turbine particularly: Services and Security.
>Turbine : Actions, Screens, Pages.
>Velocity - Just need to understand the syntax at first and the principle of
>how velocity templates function.
>For new database functions: Torque O-R code generator and Turbine Peers
>As for Jetspeed you will need to understand Portlet configuration, and
>difference between Portlet, Controllers and Controls.
>
>- I use com.novuscg for my package names
>
>- I have created additional database tables and classes using Torque. These
>classes went into com.novuscg.om and com.novuscg.om.map. These classes were
>generated by the Torque module and provide and object relational map to the
>database. In order to understand how these work you need an understanding
>of the Turbine project. After all Jetspeed is built on top of Turbine. In
>summary: if you need to add database functionality to Jetspeed you need to
>understand Turbine and Torque. The best way to do this is run Turbine in
>standalone mode and make calls to the different services. You must read the
>documentation on Peers, Torque and Criteria to effectively use these. I
>create addition tables and classes using Torque. It took me 4 days to get
>them functional. I am still figuring out the best way to use the these
>generated classes. You could spend weeks just messing with these peers
>classes.
>
>- Changing the presentation of the Jetspeed pages is done a couple of ways:
>1. Modifying templates. the template files are located in the
>WEB-INF/templates directory under jsp or vm. In order to select which
>templates you will use you need to check the following parameter in the
>TurbineResources.properties file:
>services.Template Service.default.extension=vm This will be set to either
>jsp or vm. I recommend vm to start because vm templates provide more
>functionality that jsp. Don't worry about Velocity templates to much yet
>you are still trying to understand Jetspeed as a whole.
>
>2. When you first enter the Jetspeed portal, the portlets on the default
>default home page (before you login) are controlled by the
>WEB-INF/psml/anon/html/default.psml file. This psml file defines the
>following:
> - The portlets that may appear on the page and appearance of portlet.
> - The pages, navigations are all controled by the template system.
>/WEB-INF/templates/vm
> - You will need to understand difference between portlets and the
>Velocity templates.
>In order to change the appearance of the default page you will need to
>understand portlets. After you login and pat yourself on the back for
>getting it all to work, create and account and login. Logging in will create
>a folder named for your userid in the WEB-INF/psml/user. In my case it
>create a folder called hbrien. Once you login to the site you are presented
>with the ability to "Customize" your home page with the "pre-built portlets"
>You will have to play with this a little to figure it out.
>At first stick to simple pages with just few portlets.
>http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/psml.html
>http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
>
>The simplest way to create a new Portlet is to use the VelocityPortlet and
>associated VelocityPortetAction classes. In order to create a Velocity
>portlet you can do the following:
><portlet-entry name="HelloVelocity" hidden="false" type="ref"
>parent="CustomizerVelocity" application="false">
> <meta-info>
> <title>HelloVelocity</title>
> <description>Simple Velocity Portlet Example</description>
> </meta-info>
> <parameter name="template" value="hello" hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="action" value="portlets.HelloAction"
>hidden="false"/>
> <parameter name="text" value="Hello World in Velocity"
>hidden="false"/>
> <media-type ref="html"/>
> </portlet-entry>
>a). Create an entry for your portlet in the WEB-INF/conf/portlets.xreg
>directory. Check out the HelloVelocity portlet.
>b). Create an action class to along with your portlet. You will need to add
>this to the following entry in the portlets.xreg entry above. This where you
>will need to create an entry for your action classes in the
>TurbineResources.properties (TR)file.
>Based on my package name I added the following to my TR file.
># These look like mostly ECS modules
>module.packages=org.apache.jetspeed.modules
>module.packages=org.apache.turbine.modules
>module.packages=com.novuscg.modules
>I put my Action class into the a package called actions in the
>com.novuscg.modules package. As a result I have class named
>com.novuscg.modules.actions.MyAction.
>c). Create a Velocity template to along with your Portlet. This will go
>into the WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlets folder.
>d). Once you create the entry in the Portlets.xreg file you will be able to
>add the portlet to a psml file. Either your anon default.psml file or a psml
>file created for your use. You can use the "Customize" function of your use
>account to add it to one of your pages.
>e) The reason I use this approach is that I believe you get the most "bang
>for your buck", plus you will learn vm templates and Turbine actions
>
>I hope this helps a little for the new folks.
>
>Hugh
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shan Gopalakrishnan" <sg...@cisco.com>
>To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:34 PM
>Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
>
>
> > Appreciate if anyone who have already tried jetspeed. Below are my
> > questions. please help me if you have some information.
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > >I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read
>thru'
> > >the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> > >deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
> > >
> > >1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> > >apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> > >
> > >2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
> > >templates and how do I deploy those.
> > >
> > >3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where do
> > >I deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > > in my html template.
> > >
> > >4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
>jetspeed.
> > >
> > >5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> > >
> > >Tons of thanks
> > >
> > >- Shan
> >
> >
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Hugh Brien <hp...@home.com>.
The following is the approach I have taken thus far in my development of
Jetspeed to additional functions.
YOU NEED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTATION FOR TURBINE, JETSPEED , TORQUE AND READ
IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. This will save you a ton of time. !!!!!!!!! Don't read
it online, there are to many distractions. (IMO) Jetspeed is
sophisticated, complex array of component software that will take some time
to understand. Turbine alone will take awhile to start to understand. You
will not understand Jetspeed in one or two days of "playing around". In
order to understand Jetspeed, and understanding of the following is
essential:
Turbine particularly: Services and Security.
Turbine : Actions, Screens, Pages.
Velocity - Just need to understand the syntax at first and the principle of
how velocity templates function.
For new database functions: Torque O-R code generator and Turbine Peers
As for Jetspeed you will need to understand Portlet configuration, and
difference between Portlet, Controllers and Controls.
- I use com.novuscg for my package names
- I have created additional database tables and classes using Torque. These
classes went into com.novuscg.om and com.novuscg.om.map. These classes were
generated by the Torque module and provide and object relational map to the
database. In order to understand how these work you need an understanding
of the Turbine project. After all Jetspeed is built on top of Turbine. In
summary: if you need to add database functionality to Jetspeed you need to
understand Turbine and Torque. The best way to do this is run Turbine in
standalone mode and make calls to the different services. You must read the
documentation on Peers, Torque and Criteria to effectively use these. I
create addition tables and classes using Torque. It took me 4 days to get
them functional. I am still figuring out the best way to use the these
generated classes. You could spend weeks just messing with these peers
classes.
- Changing the presentation of the Jetspeed pages is done a couple of ways:
1. Modifying templates. the template files are located in the
WEB-INF/templates directory under jsp or vm. In order to select which
templates you will use you need to check the following parameter in the
TurbineResources.properties file:
services.Template Service.default.extension=vm This will be set to either
jsp or vm. I recommend vm to start because vm templates provide more
functionality that jsp. Don't worry about Velocity templates to much yet
you are still trying to understand Jetspeed as a whole.
2. When you first enter the Jetspeed portal, the portlets on the default
default home page (before you login) are controlled by the
WEB-INF/psml/anon/html/default.psml file. This psml file defines the
following:
- The portlets that may appear on the page and appearance of portlet.
- The pages, navigations are all controled by the template system.
/WEB-INF/templates/vm
- You will need to understand difference between portlets and the
Velocity templates.
In order to change the appearance of the default page you will need to
understand portlets. After you login and pat yourself on the back for
getting it all to work, create and account and login. Logging in will create
a folder named for your userid in the WEB-INF/psml/user. In my case it
create a folder called hbrien. Once you login to the site you are presented
with the ability to "Customize" your home page with the "pre-built portlets"
You will have to play with this a little to figure it out.
At first stick to simple pages with just few portlets.
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/psml.html
http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
The simplest way to create a new Portlet is to use the VelocityPortlet and
associated VelocityPortetAction classes. In order to create a Velocity
portlet you can do the following:
<portlet-entry name="HelloVelocity" hidden="false" type="ref"
parent="CustomizerVelocity" application="false">
<meta-info>
<title>HelloVelocity</title>
<description>Simple Velocity Portlet Example</description>
</meta-info>
<parameter name="template" value="hello" hidden="false"/>
<parameter name="action" value="portlets.HelloAction"
hidden="false"/>
<parameter name="text" value="Hello World in Velocity"
hidden="false"/>
<media-type ref="html"/>
</portlet-entry>
a). Create an entry for your portlet in the WEB-INF/conf/portlets.xreg
directory. Check out the HelloVelocity portlet.
b). Create an action class to along with your portlet. You will need to add
this to the following entry in the portlets.xreg entry above. This where you
will need to create an entry for your action classes in the
TurbineResources.properties (TR)file.
Based on my package name I added the following to my TR file.
# These look like mostly ECS modules
module.packages=org.apache.jetspeed.modules
module.packages=org.apache.turbine.modules
module.packages=com.novuscg.modules
I put my Action class into the a package called actions in the
com.novuscg.modules package. As a result I have class named
com.novuscg.modules.actions.MyAction.
c). Create a Velocity template to along with your Portlet. This will go
into the WEB-INF/templates/vm/portlets folder.
d). Once you create the entry in the Portlets.xreg file you will be able to
add the portlet to a psml file. Either your anon default.psml file or a psml
file created for your use. You can use the "Customize" function of your use
account to add it to one of your pages.
e) The reason I use this approach is that I believe you get the most "bang
for your buck", plus you will learn vm templates and Turbine actions
I hope this helps a little for the new folks.
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shan Gopalakrishnan" <sg...@cisco.com>
To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: about jetspeed.
> Appreciate if anyone who have already tried jetspeed. Below are my
> questions. please help me if you have some information.
> thanks
>
>
>
> >I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read
thru'
> >the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> >deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
> >
> >1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> >apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
> >
> >2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
> >templates and how do I deploy those.
> >
> >3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where do
> >I deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> > in my html template.
> >
> >4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
jetspeed.
> >
> >5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
> >
> >Tons of thanks
> >
> >- Shan
>
>
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com>.
Appreciate if anyone who have already tried jetspeed. Below are my
questions. please help me if you have some information.
thanks
>I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read thru'
>the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
>deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
>
>1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
>apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
>
>2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
>templates and how do I deploy those.
>
>3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where do
>I deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> in my html template.
>
>4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by jetspeed.
>
>5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
>
>Tons of thanks
>
>- Shan
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Chris Kimpton <ki...@yahoo.com>.
Hi,
For the long and very good answer - see Hugh's mail.
For the quick and dirty answer - get the jetspeed distribution
running (it does out of the box) - then try changing bits of it - the
layouts, the java portlets. The example portlets are documented - I
thought you read that? See there configuration in
webapp/WEB-INF/conf/demo-portlets.xreg. (Assuming you are using the
current CVS version and NOT 1.3a1).
Chris
--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
>
> I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did
> read thru'
> the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
> deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the
> following ..
>
> 1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
> apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
>
> 2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls
> and
> templates and how do I deploy those.
>
> 3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet.
> Where do I
> deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
> in my html template.
>
> 4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by
> jetspeed.
>
> 5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
>
> Tons of thanks
>
> - Shan
>
>
> At 02:10 AM 11/5/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether
> > > anyone has
> > > used and has any major constraints.
> >
> >Lots of people are using - any constraints will almost definitely
> >have been raised on this list - so have a browse ;-)
> >
> > > Can anyone please send me the link which has information about
> how
> > > to
> > > develop using jetspeed. The apache
> > > site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and
> > > doesnt have
> > > much examples either. Where
> > > i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet
> and
> > > deploy it
> > > and configure the layout. appreciate
> > > if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
> > >
> >
> >There is documentation on the apache site - try the section headed
> >"Documentation".
> >
> >Good links are
> >
> >Installation...
> >http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/install.html
> >
> >High level overview:
>
>http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/application-development.html
> >
> >This portlet how-to refers to 1.3a1 - but a lot of it is still
> valid:
> >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/PortletHowTo.htm
> >
> >This gives a breakdown of the jetspeed distribution
> >http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
> >
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com>.
Chris,
I already started to browse thru' the mail archive list. I did read thru'
the documentation links, but I still didnt get where to
deploy those classes which I created. I'm looking for the following ..
1) How do I create my own application under jetspeed. ie,
apache/webapps/jetspeed...??
2) How do I create my own application User Interface, like htmls and
templates and how do I deploy those.
3) I created a portlet extending the standard AbstractPortlet. Where do I
deploy this now?. and how do I plug this
in my html template.
4) How do I change the standard html interface default provided by jetspeed.
5) Are there any example portals and sources which I can refer.?
Tons of thanks
- Shan
At 02:10 AM 11/5/2001 -0800, Chris Kimpton wrote:
>Hi,
>
>--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether
> > anyone has
> > used and has any major constraints.
>
>Lots of people are using - any constraints will almost definitely
>have been raised on this list - so have a browse ;-)
>
> > Can anyone please send me the link which has information about how
> > to
> > develop using jetspeed. The apache
> > site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and
> > doesnt have
> > much examples either. Where
> > i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet and
> > deploy it
> > and configure the layout. appreciate
> > if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
> >
>
>There is documentation on the apache site - try the section headed
>"Documentation".
>
>Good links are
>
>Installation...
>http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/install.html
>
>High level overview:
>http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/application-development.html
>
>This portlet how-to refers to 1.3a1 - but a lot of it is still valid:
>http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/PortletHowTo.htm
>
>This gives a breakdown of the jetspeed distribution
>http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
>
>HTH,
>Chris
>
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Re: JSP and Customizer
Posted by Paul Spencer <pa...@mikon.com>.
Marco,
This is a know problem. The work on the customizer is in VM. Once that
is complete,
the JSP implementation should follow. PSML files created using the VM
customizer should work with the JSP layout.
Paul Spencer
Marco Fabbri wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> why if I change the template from vm to jsp
> (services.TemplateService.default.extension=jsp on TR.P), the Customizer
> doesn't work?
>
> Is it something I miss?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marco Fabbri
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JSP and Customizer
Posted by Marco Fabbri <mf...@libero.it>.
Hi all,
why if I change the template from vm to jsp
(services.TemplateService.default.extension=jsp on TR.P), the Customizer
doesn't work?
Is it something I miss?
Thanks in advance
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Re: about jetspeed.
Posted by Chris Kimpton <ki...@yahoo.com>.
Hi,
--- Shan Gopalakrishnan <sg...@cisco.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm seriously thinking of trying jetspeed. Want to know whether
> anyone has
> used and has any major constraints.
Lots of people are using - any constraints will almost definitely
have been raised on this list - so have a browse ;-)
> Can anyone please send me the link which has information about how
> to
> develop using jetspeed. The apache
> site java.apache.org/jetspeed has very less documentation and
> doesnt have
> much examples either. Where
> i can refer to the examples or the steps to develop a portlet and
> deploy it
> and configure the layout. appreciate
> if anyone can tell me. thanks - Shan
>
There is documentation on the apache site - try the section headed
"Documentation".
Good links are
Installation...
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/install.html
High level overview:
http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/application-development.html
This portlet how-to refers to 1.3a1 - but a lot of it is still valid:
http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/PortletHowTo.htm
This gives a breakdown of the jetspeed distribution
http://www.bluesunrise.com/jetspeed-docs/jetspeed.htm
HTH,
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