Getting All Your Web Apps To Wear The Company Brand Tim Knapp

Introductions Plone developer since 2003 Vice-President of the NZPUG Member of the Plone Foundation

Plone developer since 2003

Vice-President of the NZPUG

Member of the Plone Foundation

The Problem

The Problem Multiple web apps with different theming technologies Wanting to use best-of-breed web apps Migrations Upgrades

Multiple web apps with different theming technologies

Wanting to use best-of-breed web apps

Migrations

Upgrades

The Solution

Deliverance

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How Difficult Was This?

Why Use Deliverance? Web designers don't need to learn a new theming technology Can use an existing theme Works with any web framework Performance and flexibility

Web designers don't need to learn a new theming technology

Can use an existing theme

Works with any web framework

Performance and flexibility

Sites Using Deliverance

plone.org - Before

plone.org - Deliveranced

repoze.org - Deliveranced

blog.repoze.org

bugs.repoze.org

lists.repoze.org

afpy.org - Before

afpy.org - Deliveranced

How Does It Work? Move elements from your content Into placeholders in your theme Without touching either of them

Move elements from your content

Into placeholders in your theme

Without touching either of them

The Nuts and Bolts An XML rules file defines the actions you wish to perform on the content and theme 4 available actions Select the items you wish to operate on via CSS selectors or XPath expressions

An XML rules file defines the actions you wish to perform on the content and theme

4 available actions

Select the items you wish to operate on via CSS selectors or XPath expressions

4 Deliverance Actions replace append/prepend drop

replace

append/prepend

drop

replace “ replaces something in the theme with something in the content ”

“ replaces something in the theme with something in the content ”

append and prepend “ append puts things from the content after things in the theme , and prepend puts things from the content before things in the theme ”

“ append puts things from the content after things in the theme , and prepend puts things from the content before things in the theme ”

drop “ remove problematic elements from a theme or content”

“ remove problematic elements from a theme or content”

More Advanced Usage (PyQuery, etc)

Deployment Options Proxy WSGI middleware using repoze collective.xdv

Proxy

WSGI middleware using repoze

collective.xdv

Q & A

Contact Details e : [email_address] w : www.emergetec.com

e : [email_address]

w : www.emergetec.com

Presentation URLs http://tinyurl.com/deliverance-preso http://tinyurl.com/deliverance-preso-code

http://tinyurl.com/deliverance-preso

http://tinyurl.com/deliverance-preso-code

More info http://www.slideshare.net/Jazkarta/deliverance-plone-theming-without-the-learning-curve-from-plone-symposium-east-2009 http://plone.org/theming http://www.sixfeetup.com/blog/2009/4/27/deploying-plone-and-zine-together-with-deliverance-using-repoze http://www.martinaspeli.net/articles/rolling-out-repoze http://macadames.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/some-deliverance-tips

http://www.slideshare.net/Jazkarta/deliverance-plone-theming-without-the-learning-curve-from-plone-symposium-east-2009

http://plone.org/theming

http://www.sixfeetup.com/blog/2009/4/27/deploying-plone-and-zine-together-with-deliverance-using-repoze

http://www.martinaspeli.net/articles/rolling-out-repoze

http://macadames.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/some-deliverance-tips

Image Credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/aturkus/2557151889 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/3051772438

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aturkus/2557151889

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox_efx/3051772438