Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Tips for Migrating Apps to
Plone 3
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Questions?
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How Do We Get There?
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Zope Won’t Start
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Deprecated Methods and Imports
• Products.CMFCore.CMFPermissions
Products.CMFCore.permissions
• Products.CMFPlone.utils.BrowserView
Products.Five.BrowserView
• toPortalTime finally gone
• toLocalizedTime now in the @@plone view
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Getting Current
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Update your type info
• Remove Sharing Tab
• Remove Properties Tab
• Add Lock Awareness to the Edit Tab
condition_expr=\"not:object/
@@plone_lock_info/
is_locked_for_current_user|python:True\"
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Life Changing Decisions
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Taking Advantage of Zope 3
• View Classes
• Create Utilities instead of Portal Tools
• Use MenuItems to add custom Actions
• Zope 3 Events
manage_afterAdd
manage_beforeDelete
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
ZCML
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
<configure
xmlns=\"http://namespaces.zope.org/zope\">
<subscriber
for=\"Products.OER.interfaces.IOERItem
OFS.interfaces.IObjectWillBeRemovedEvent\"
handler=\".subscribers.deleteSubmissions\"/>
<subscriber
for=\"Products.OER.interfaces.IOERTag
zope.app.event.interfaces.IObjectModifiedEvent\"
handler=\".subscribers.checkTags\"/>
<subscriber
for=\"Products.OER.interfaces.IOERSubmission
OFS.interfaces.IObjectWillBeAddedEvent\"
handler=\".subscribers.changeStateHomeFolder\"/>
</configure>
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def deleteSubmissions(self, event):
\"\"\"
Delete the submissions attached to the object we just come from deleting
\"\"\"
item = event.object
# we delete the tags/ratings/reviews/notes associated with this item
ps = getToolByName(self, 'portal_submissions')
pc = getToolByName(self, 'portal_catalog')
targets = ps.getTargets(item)
...
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
GenericSetup
• Replaces Customization Policies
• Replaces the old Install.py for QuickInstaller
• Upgrade Steps
Versatile One Time Steps
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
<configure
xmlns=\"http://namespaces.zope.org/zope\"
xmlns:genericsetup=\"http://namespaces.zope.org/genericsetup\"
i18n_domain=\"plone\">
<genericsetup:registerProfile
name=\"default\"
title=\"AdvancedDocument Profile\"
directory=\"profiles/default\"
description=\"Extension profile for the AdvancedDocument Product\"
provides=\"Products.GenericSetup.interfaces.EXTENSION\"
/>
<genericsetup:upgradeStep
title=\"Update Catalog\"
description=\"Update the Catalog\"
source=\"0.4\"
destination=\"0.5\"
handler=\"Products.AdvancedDocument.upgrades.updatecatalog.updateCatalog\"
sortkey=\"1\"
profile=\"Products.AdvancedDocument:default\"
/>
</configure>
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Setting up Versioning
• GenericSetup export/import broken
• Setup via a setup handler
• Register via your product
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
<import-steps>
<import-step id=\"versioningsetup\" version=\"20070828-01\"
handler=\"Products.AdvancedDocument.exportimport.versioningsetup.versioningSetup\"
title=\"Versioning Setup\">
<dependency step=\"content\"/>
Add versioning on our selected content types
</import-step>
</import-steps>
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
def versioningSetup(context):
\"\"\"Setup portal_factory
\"\"\"
site = context.getSite()
portal_repository = getToolByName(site, 'portal_repository')
portal_diff = getToolByName(site, 'portal_diff')
versionable_types = list(portal_repository.getVersionableContentTypes())
type_ids = ['AdvancedDocument', ]
for type_id in type_ids:
if type_id not in versionable_types:
versionable_types.append(type_id)
for policy_id in DEFAULT_POLICIES:
portal_repository.addPolicyForContentType(type_id, policy_id)
diff_res = portal_diff.getDiffForPortalType(type_id)
if not diff_res:
portal_diff.manage_addDiffField(type_id, 'any', 'Compound Diff for AT types')
portal_repository.setVersionableContentTypes(versionable_types)
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
People Skills
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
GRUF and PAS
• PAS added as default in 2.5
• GRUF completely removed in 3.0
• User and Group Searching Done via PAS
directly
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New Roles
• Reader
• Editor
• Contributor
Add your custom add permissions to this role
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Portlets
• Viewlets
• Viewlet Manager
• Classic Portlet
Performance Issues
left and right slots properties gone
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
<configure xmlns=\"http://namespaces.zope.org/zope\"
xmlns:plone=\"http://namespaces.plone.org/plone\">
<plone:portlet
name=\"portlets.Ads\"
interface=\".portlets.ads.IAdPortlet\"
assignment=\".portlets.ads.Assignment\"
renderer=\".portlets.ads.Renderer\"
addview=\".portlets.ads.AddForm\"
editview=\".portlets.ads.EditForm\"
/>
</configure>
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Leverage Other New
Features
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Additional Markup and Field
Support
• textile
• markdown
• wiki style linking
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Don’t Forget the Basics
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Catalog Enhancements
• ExtendedPathIndex
• New Date Indexes
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Leverage the Registries
• CSS
• Javascript
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Tips for Migrating Apps to Plone 3 - Calvin Hendryx-Parker 10.11.2007
Questions?
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