Can we get this posted to the site?
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Paul Sharples <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. Here is some additional information on the > edukapp functionality in rave. > > Configuration > ============ > (1) First locate the portal.properties file (rave-portal-resources/src/ > main/resources/portal.properties) > locate the following entries... > > provider.wookie.adminUsername= > provider.wookie.adminPassword= > > Add in the wookie credentials. If you are using a standard war using > the default credentials, these values are both 'java'. (for live > deployment, you would have probably changed these) > > (2) Build/Start rave and login as canonical. > > (3) Go to the admin interface -> preferences -> Initial status to use for > new widgets > > Change this value to published if it isn't already (This makes > downloaded widgets from the remote repo available automatically, rather > than waiting for admin approval) > > (4) Go to the admin interface -> preferences -> Location (URL) of external > widget marketplace. > > In this input box, enter the url of where your edukapp server > resides... > > i.e. http://my-educkapp-server.com/components/views/widgets/ > > Note: Rave will use the url above to construct json requests to > Edukapp. It automatically appends the relevant syntax to the end of your > specified URL. So for example when rave queries the edukapp server for > available widgets it would append the following type of syntax... > > search?q=${SEARCHTERM}&start=${OFFSET}&rows=${LIMIT} > > ...making the complete request as... > > http://my-educkapp-server.com/components/views/widgets/ > search?q=&start=1&rows=10 > > (4) Next go to the 'widget store' ->' add new widget' -> click the > 'marketplace' tab > > You should now see a view similar to the normal local rave widget > store, although this is actually a view onto your edukapp repository. In > the background rave has made the edukapp API call shown above to obtain > this view. (If it is not showing, recheck the URL you entered above and > make sure it points to the correct location) > > (5) Click the 'add widget to store' button next to your chosen widget. > This should make the widget available in Rave (If it's a W3C widget, > then it should be downloaded and installed to wookie automatically) > > (6) Click 'back to store'. Find the widget you just downloaded in the > list (you may have to scroll through a couple of pages to find it). > > (7) When you have found it, Click the 'add to page' button next to the > widget you just installed. > > (8) Click 'back to rave'. The widget should now be added to your page. > > Hope this helps. > > Paul > > > On 04/12/2013 14:49, Scott Wilson wrote: > >> >> On 4 Dec 2013, at 13:54, Matt Franklin wrote: >> >> Rave does support external widget stores. I believe that Edukapp is one >>> of the external stores that it supports. Maybe someone who worked on more >>> of the external gadget store integration can post detailed instructions on >>> integration with Edukapp. >>> >> >> Yes, thats correct - Paul contributed the integration with external >> marketplaces for Rave, and based it on the Edukapp web API. We've tested it >> out with a few projects and it seems to work well. >> >> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Kirsten Veelo <[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We are interested in setting up an cross-university gadget store >>> based on Edukapp: http://code.google.com/p/edukapp/ >>> >>> The idea is to manage widgets within this central store and have >>> them published in a variety of portals automatically. We would >>> like to know if Rave supports using Edukapp as an external >>> gadgetstore to publish gadgets within the portal. >>> >>> Kind regards Kirsten Veelo & Bas Zoetekouw - SURFnet >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Kirsten Veelo >>> Communitymanager Hoger Onderwijs >>> SURFnet B.V. >>> +31 30 2305 358 <tel:%2B31%2030%202305%20358> >>> +31 6 13 909 504 <tel:%2B31%206%2013%20909%20504> >>> >>> >>> >> >
