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1. Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction Multi-step Forms / Faceted Search
Forms
Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
Sven Werlen
Search
Liferay Search
Alternatives Savoir-faire Linux
Faceted Search
Conclusions
February 16, 2011 10:00:00 PST

2. Agenda
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen 1 Introduction
Introduction
2 Multi-step Forms
Forms
Liferay WCM Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms Alternatives
Search Multi-step forms
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
3 Faceted Search
Conclusions
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
4 Conclusions

3. Introduction
Environment
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Liferay Community Edition 6.0.5
Introduction Portlets :
Forms
Liferay WCM
spring-forms-example-portlet
Alternatives search
Multi-step forms
Search
Hooks
Liferay Search
Alternatives
community-support
Faceted Search spring-forms-edit-hook
Conclusions spring-forms-sample-data-hook
Development tools
Eclipse
Liferay SDK
Apache Maven

4. Multi-step forms
Liferay WCM
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Liferay WCM
Introduction Generic (structures, templates, tags, categories, . . . )
Forms Flexible (asset publishers, web content display, etc. . . )
Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Re-usable
Multi-step forms Sharable
Search Easy (WYSIWYG Editor)
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
Issues
Conclusions
Sometimes confusing (too many steps required)
No validation
No tooltip
Could be more user-friendly
One simple form

5. Multi-step forms
Alternatives
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Existing forms builders
Forms
Orbeon Forms
Liferay WCM http://www.orbeon.com
Alternatives
Multi-step forms TIBCO General Interface
Search http://www.generalinterface.org
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Alphinat SmartGuide
Faceted Search http://www.alphinat.com
Conclusions
Issues
External WCM
Liferay integration

6. Multi-step forms
Our solution
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Multi-step forms portlet
Forms
Liferay WCM Based on Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
Transparent integration
Search
Layer on top of Liferay web content forms
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search Issues
Conclusions Not a form builder !
Requires development skills
Internationalization to be implemented

7. Multi-step forms
Features
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction Features
Forms
Multi-step
Liferay WCM
Alternatives Validations
Multi-step forms
Auto-completion
Search
Liferay Search
Friendly-URLs
Alternatives Intermediate saves
Faceted Search
Versioning
Conclusions
Summary page
Starting page
Asset publisher hook (optional)

8. Multi-step forms
Demo
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Forms
Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
Search
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
Conclusions

9. Faceted Search
Liferay Search
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Liferay Search
Forms
Liferay WCM Specific search (on a given portlet)
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
General search
Search
Liferay Search Issues
Alternatives
Faceted Search Not very intuitive
Conclusions Displays full content without context
Tag/category search still very basic
...

10. Faceted Search
Alternatives
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search Existing search engines
Sven Werlen Google Custom Search
Introduction http://www.google.com/cse/
Forms
Google Search Appliance
Liferay WCM http://www.google.com/enterprise/search/
Alternatives
Multi-step forms gsa.html
Search Apache Solr
Liferay Search
Alternatives
http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
Faceted Search Constellio
Conclusions http://www.constellio.com/
...
Issues
Not very well integrated
Maintenance
Efficiency

11. Faceted Search
Our solution
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Search portlet
Forms
Based on Liferay lucene
Liferay WCM Supports faceted search
Alternatives
Multi-step forms Flexible / customizable
Search Transparent integration
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Mainly based on AssetEntry
Faceted Search
Conclusions Issues
Only categories as facets
No pagination yet
No advanced faceted search (ranges, min-max, . . . )

12. Faceted search
Features
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction Features
Forms
Liferay WCM
Faceted search based on Liferay Folksonomies
Alternatives See Jonas Yuan Blog
Multi-step forms
Different modes
Search
Liferay Search
Generic search
Alternatives Pre-defined search
Faceted Search
Conclusions
Customizable
Types
Vocabularies
Full screen mode

13. Faceted Search
Demo
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Introduction
Forms
Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
Search
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
Conclusions

14. Conclusions
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen
Provides additional features to Liferay
Introduction
Custom forms for entering data (web contents)
Forms
Liferay WCM
Faceted search
Alternatives
Multi-step forms Doesn’t replace Liferay functionalities but extend them
Search
Liferay Search
Still place for improvements. . . don’t hesitate to contribute ;-)
Alternatives
Faceted Search
Conclusions

15. Thank you !
Multi-step
Forms / Faceted
Search
Sven Werlen Thank you !
Introduction
Sven Werlen
Forms
Liferay WCM
Alternatives
Multi-step forms
(contact@savoirfairelinux.com)
Search (Project wiki page)
Liferay Search
Alternatives
Faceted Search
Conclusions