RE:ViewPortlet for a dynamic tree

2004-06-18 Thread Tim Reilly
Oli,

Perhaps you'll find an open source portlet for your needs. I can tell you
how I've done this - but it was for my old employer and I'm not able to
share unfortunately.

- My portlet rendered the markup for flash movie/object tag. The movie
contained the flash tree component and some resizing logic.

- The Macromedia Flash 2004 components now take their data model in xml (at
the time I had to parse the xml and set the flash ui with some
actionscript.) Anyhow, the movie loads and requested the xml/tree data from
the server.

- A servlet returned the xml to the embedded Flash UI component.

Flash is not the only solution (but often my preference over applets);
Applet (as you mention), dHtml, (SVG might be possible?)

Some example links:
Flash: http://www.macromedia.com/flex/samples/blogreader/blogreader.mxml
DHTML: http://www.bindows.net/bindows/samples/apibrowser/
Java-Applet: http://www.jpowered.com/free_java_applet/tree.htm
(open source tree ui are likely out there, but I don't know any off hand)

HTH
-TR


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> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a tree tortlet for navigation purposes. In best case on
> which visualize a TreeNode data structure form the
> javax.swing.tree package.
> Anyone seen this kind of portlet ?
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RE: Other Open Source Portals

2003-10-27 Thread Tim Reilly
Celeste,

I've not evaluated but ran across this some time ago:
http://www.gridsphere.org/

(Site seems to be down at the moment.
When I saw it - JSR compatability was intended or completed?)

May be able to access some information here
http://www.gridlab.org/Software/portal.html#GridSphere

> -Original Message-
> From: Celeste Haseltine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:30 PM
> To: 'Jetspeed Users List'
> Subject: RE: Other Open Source Portals
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>
> Andy,
>
> Thanks for the heads up on PortalImpl.  I will take a look at it.
>
> What I meant to say was that Liferay was based on Hibernator, not
> Hypersonic.  That's what I get for trying to do three things at once while
> typing an email.
>
> Thanks again Andy!
>
> Celeste
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Andy Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 2:54 PM
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> Subject: RE: Other Open Source Portals
>
>
> >
> > I have looked at the current beta version of Jetspeed,  and
> > for a variety of reasons have determine that it is not the
> > open source portal framework that I need to go with for a new
> > project I have been assigned to.  I think 2.0 would be
> > excellent, but I am unable to wait until 1st quarter 2004, as
> > I have to have something out the door by early Jan 2004.  I
> > am in the process of evaluating Liferay, which is a 168
> > compliant open source portal based on Hypersonic and Struts.
> > The down side is that it is almost all EJB based.
>
> Although Liferay is not in fact Hypersonic based, it is also
> not fully 168 compliant.  In particular, it doesn't handle
> portlet applications (deployed as a separate WAR file).  I
> suspect that there are a large number of other
> not-yet-compliant aspects to liferay.
>
>
> >
> > I have to make a decision soon as to which framework we will
> > use on our new project.  So I thought I would ask if there
> > are any other JSR 168 compliant open source portals out there
> > that people are familiar with.  I have not yet looked at
> > Pluto, but I understand it is just a framework by which you
> > can build your own portal from.  I would prefer to utilize an
>
> If you need a light weight portal implementation, that doesn't
> have a lot of services etc, portalImpl (the pluto driver) may
> be worth a look.  You'll be on your own, as it is essentially
> unsupported by the jetspeed/pluto community, but it is a large
> enough piece of portal to save you some time and get you started.
>
>
> > open source portal that already has some implementation built
> > in for logging, roles, groups, users, etc, as we are on a
> > very short time frame.  Is anyone else out there aware of any
> > other 168 compliant open source portals I should look at?  To
> > date, Jetspeed and Liferay are the only two that I have
> > found, and Liferay is the only stable product that I found
> > out there at this time.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice/recommendations offered.
> >
> > Celeste Haseltine, PE
> > J2EE Architect
> > 972-512-5103
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RE: Multiple stylesheets

2003-10-17 Thread Tim Reilly
You could also point to a jsp or servlet to build the stylesheet
dynamically.

I've done this elsewhere (caveat:I have not tried in Jetspeed though.)

FWIW

-TR

> -Original Message-
> From: Pernoud Aurelien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:04 AM
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> Subject: RE: Multiple stylesheets
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>
>
> use this in your css :
>
> @import "myothercss.css";
>
> See current cvs for sample of using this for skinning.
>
> Aurelien
>
> yael malka a écrit :
>
> > Hello !
> >
> > Is it possible to have mutliple stylesheets for a jestpeed portal ?
> >
> > In the past, I had only one stylesheet for the sie and I defined it
> > in the JetspeedResources.properties' file like this :
> > #
> >
> > # Stylesheet. #
> >
> > #
> >
> > #Use this to specify the HTML stylesheet
> >
> > site.stylesheet=css/PortailStyle.css
> >
> > But now I have multiple stylesheets. How to do ?
> >
> > Thank you by advance.
> >
> > Yaël.
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RE: Problems with portlet parameter customization (bug?)

2003-10-15 Thread Tim Reilly
FWIW

I have the same firewall issue at work. 
I just saw this tonight and plan to try it out. 
http://cvsgrab.sourceforge.net/


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> > -Original Message-
> > From: Mark Orciuch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:36 PM
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> > Subject: RE: Problems with portlet parameter customization (bug?)
> > 
> > 
> > Please pull down the latest sources from CVS and try it 
> > again. If it's still a problem, please log a Bugzilla bug. Thanks!
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> the problem is that I am sitting behind a firewall and cannot access the
> CVS server directly. And the latest packaged version is from 9. Sept.
> 2003. Is that really up-to-date? If not so, how can I get the current
> version?
> 
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RE: How do I Scroll to the top of portlet?

2003-10-05 Thread Tim Reilly
What browser(s) does it happen in?

If you control the jsp(s) and html(s) you might try making the links go to a
named anchor.
For example in your jsp's have a pagetop anchor

then link to each page using the http://somedomain.org/next.jsp#pagetop

you could also use script in each of those pages (this should work in most
cases);
for example:


function scrollUp(){
  if(window.scrollTo){
 window.scrollTo(0,0);
  } else {
 document.location.hash = "pagetop";
  }
   }
  document.onload = setScrollUp();

  function setScrollUp(){
  setTimeout("scrollUp()",100);
  }





HTH
-Tim

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> Subject: How do I Scroll to the top of portlet?
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>
> I have a number of JSPs and HTML in IFramePortlets
> that are fairly long and do not fit on to one screen.
> When I have scrolled down on one portlet, and navigate
> to a new page, the portlet remains at it's scroll
> point, so that I have to scroll up each time I
> navigate to a new page.
>
> Is there a piece of code I can put into each JSP or
> HTML to cause the page to scroll to the top when the
> page is loaded within a an IFramePortlet?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
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RE: Jetspeed2 planning

2003-09-26 Thread Tim Reilly
True but...

In defense of these fellows who are dedicating their time to J2...
I have to say - first realize that until the JSR is finalized there are
legal implications; in particular the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to
consider.

I'd suggest anyone that really wanted earliest access could have joined the
JCP as an individual and self-nominated to themselves to the JSR-168.

The Pluto code base is under IBM's determination as to who can have access
as well as I suppose the JSR member organizations. So we can not beat-up on
the Jetspeed team for this since they have no control over the issue.

I'm not super familiar with the Apache PMO process, however I have been able
to find various information on the proposal in the J2 CVS and on the main
apache site - proposals, etc.

That said - I agree with the certain overtones of "closed'ness". Let's say
that if I donated enormous resources to Apache I might try to throw my
weight around a bit. I can't guess what the "behind the scenes" issues are -
but if you look at the voting minutes for the JCP there are political /
legal considerations it seems. The SCO/Linux pharse I'm sure also has every
company that contributes to open initiatives on their toes - double-checking
their "i"'s and crossing their "t"'s.

So I'd rather /thank/ those working the Pluto proposal and project, and the
jetspeed 2 project
- I'm sure they are frustrated in not being able to share what they got yet
as well.

It seems every week or so someone expresses these same frustrations (which I
share), but I don't see anything constructive by doing that.




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> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:57 AM
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> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Weaver, Scott wrote:
>
> | From what I have heard, it's very close now.  I know, I know I have
> | said that before, but I have seen correspondence in Apache lately that
> | seem to point things actually being finalized.  What you might also find
> | interesting is that Pluto and Jetspeed may have a new home at
> | portals.apache.org, nothing is set in stone on that though.
>
> -Where- are these things going on?
>
> How much "behind the scenes" is to be expected from an -OPEN SOURCE-
> organization like Apache?
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FW: Struts as a JSR-168 Portlet Framework

2003-09-17 Thread Tim Reilly
Excellent!
I just spent the afternoon "lobbying" for Struts use at the portlet level...
I'm not sure I did very well.

In the end it came down to:

* Each advocate of methodologies will present our representative
use-case:"Add Client Site" developed in their respective methodology this
coming Monday (So for me that means using IBM portlet revision of
Struts1.1-b2 to develop this functionality for Mon.)

The main alternate contenter is using the MVC portlet. This implies coding
the if..else if..else if..else in the controller; however the point was made
that since the responsibilities of a portlet should not be as large as that
of a "normal"  struts application this is acceptible.

* Someone estimated a factor of 4 as the time required to develop in Struts
versus not developing with Struts. This is also the person in our group with
the most Struts experience, so I can't really argue against... except
perhaps to capture my time and present that as well on Monday.

* Others in the group expressed apprehension to the fact that we are using a
modified version of Struts. I mentioned based on a previous post on this
list, that the Struts community is behind supporting portlets as well as
servlets. Your posting here reaffirms this for us so .. thank you.

* I mentioned that although Struts adds complexity it provides; a) a
well-known framework for application development. b) Would ease certain
development and maintainence. c) Provide a proven framework for validation.
d) Allow new team members to "get up to speed" faster since the framework is
so well known.

* I added to the discussion ... that development time may not be a factor of
4 - if solid tools are used to generate certain elements; for example - the
struts-config.xml? Stubs for our Actions and Forms. Does anyone have any
favorite tools that may help here? I've seen EasyStruts on
eclipse-plugins.2y.net but have not used.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this topic.

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> Subject: Re: Struts as a JSR-168 Portlet Framework
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> On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 09:25  AM, Mete Kural wrote:
>
> > You are right, David, Struts 2.0 does not claim to be working at the
> > portal layer. That is, as you say, the portal server's concern such as
> > Jetspeed. Struts 2.0 aims to be a framework for building portlet
> > applications (JSR-168 compliant).
> >
> > Right now, Struts committers are re-designing the RequestProcessor to
> > make it flexible for portlet environments as well as plain servlet
> > environments. They need feedback from the portal community in order to
> > make sure that the re-design is done in a way that effectively
> > satisfies the needs of portlet environments. Please take a look at the
> > code in the Struts CVS at contrib/struts-chain. I would recommend you
> > to ask any questions to the Struts committers in the struts-dev
> > mailing list.
> >
> Sounds great!
> I will have a look at the code in contrib/struts-chain
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From: David Sean Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date:  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:45:50 -0700

>
>On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 05:23  AM, Mete Kural wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> The topic of adapting Struts to be a portlet framework compliant with
>> JSR-168 was discussed earlier. I remember that some of you were
>> interested in contributing to such a project. Now is the opportunity.
>> One of the goals of the next generation of Struts, Struts 2.0, is
>> "Transparent support for a portlet environment (JSR 168)". Development
>> for Struts 2.0 has already begun little by little. Here is the roadmap
>> page for Struts:
>> http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/status.html
>> Please scroll down for the part that is titled "Struts 2.0.x" and then
>> the part under it that is titled "Portlet (JSR-168) Whiteboard".
>> Struts committers are seeking out the help of others to make
>> suggestions and improvements to these initial development stages of
>> Struts 2.0. Jetspeed developers and users can be especially useful in
>> making sure that Struts 2.0 addresses the needs of portlet developers.
>> You can do this by sending your feedback to the Struts committers.
>> Here is what Craig McClanahan wrote about building portlet su