Hi Massimo, mdipierro wrote: > I think this is a great idea. >
Have seen your comments in earlier threads when you state that you don't want to burden web2py with too much stuff by default, and I can see the logic of that. However, the Theme Roller tool is so useful that I want to have the option to use it as simply as possible, and I want to share my solution if I can figure out how to package it. > Right now a web2py w2p always contain an entire app. It does not have > to be that way. > A w2p may contain a subset of an up (plugin?) and be unzipped over an > existing app to change some, its layout for example. > That was what I hoped - better to have a way of dropping the themed version in without changing an existing app if possible. I'm still learning with web2py and don't want to get too far off the beaten track, so my first step will be to build an application that I can use as a staring point. > In my view a layout w2p would look like this: > views/layout.html > static/plugin_name/required_static_files > Makes sense... > It would be easy to modify admin to handle installation and rollback > of plugins. > ...but how to treat an application as a plugin (or the difference between the two) is what I need to understand next. Is there any documentation focussed on plugins as opposed to applications? I haven't found any yet, but am not sure that I've been suing the right terms... > I do not know if modifying web2py_ajax is a good idea or not becase > some users may need web2py_ajax but not ThemeRoller. Perhaps we want > two ajax files. I would want to see which changes are required before > deciding about this. > I agree that it is not wise to modify web2py_ajax - I've created a file called web2py_jquerygui (horrible name - will make it web2py_themeroller!) with my changes. The only file I think I must change/replace is base.css, so that I have the right styles on the menu. I'll mail you my ThemeRoller application once it is presentable - but I suspect that I'll have more questions before that! -- Regards, PhilK 'work as if you lived in the early days of a better nation' - alasdair gray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
