I like it very much, however I have the requirement of adding a wiki with a wysiwyg interface, any chances on implementing that within cube2py ... maybe using elRTE or is this just not feasible? anyway nice work :)
On Jul 7, 2:27 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > # Preamble > > As you know T2 and T3 are deprecated. Some time ago I started a > reimplementation of T3 called cube9. I got stuck. I now re-factored it > completely > > ----- > http://code.google.com/p/cube9/(requires web2py trunk) > ----- > > It uses markmin: > > ----- > http://web2py.com/examples/static/markmin.html > ----- > > cube9 is not completely finished by it works and it already much much > better than T2/T3. > > # What is cube9? > > Cube 9 is a possible replacement for the welcome app. It is identical > to welcome except that > > - has a different layout > - contains a plugin called plugin_wiki (a plugin on steroids) > - use a JS menu > > ## What is plugin_wiki? > > Plugin_wiki allows a developed (auth.user_id==1 or anybody member of > group 'editor') to create dynamic pages on the fly by visiting > > ``http://127.0.0.1:8000/cube9/plugin_wiki/page/my-new-page-slug`` > > In fact you do not need cube9 to run plugin_wiki, you can use it for > any web2py app. You can use it to add help pages. You can use to allow > your users to edit pages. > > Pages are edited using markmin (via a modified markitup JS editor to > support markmin). > This email is written using markmin syntax. > > ## Why plugin_wiki is a plugin on steroids? > > Because it includes under one name (plugin_wiki) other plugins as > embeddable widgets (mediaplyer, comments, tags, multiselect, and more) > and there is a way to access them using the markmin syntax. > > ## A first example > > For example to include a youtube video in a page you do > > `` > name: youtube > code: x1w8hKTJ2Co > ``:widget > > - The double reversed quotes tell markmin to deal with content in a > special way. > - The :widget tells plugin_wiki to override default behavior and treat > this as an embedded widget > - the content is treated as parameters (youtube being the name of the > widget and x1w8hKTJ2Co being the name of the youtube video you want to > embed). > > There are MANY widgets you can already embed. > > ## More examples > > ### Tagging > > `` > name: tags > ``:widget > > ### jqGrid list users > > `` > name: jqgrid > table: auth_user > ``:widget > > ### Enbedding a form > > `` > name: create > table: auth_user > ``:widget > > ### Embedding template code > > `` > counting... {{for i in range(10):}}{{=i}}{{pass}} > ``:template > > ## Inner workings > > For a list of widgets look into the static methods of > PluginWikiWidgets in models/plugin_wiki.py. The arguments of the > methods translate into variables. For example > > `` > class PluginWikiWidgets: # in models/plugin_wiki > @staticmethod > def abd(x,y=6): .... > ``:code_python > > is called by > > `` > name: abc > x=5 > ``:widget > > (y is optional because y has a default, 6). > > ### List of Widgets > > Here is a list of widgets as of today: > > `` > def read(table,record_id=None): ... > def > create(table,message='',next='',readonly_fields='',hidden_fields='',default_fields=''): > ... > def > update(table,record_id='',message='',next='',readonly_fields='', > hidden_fields='',default_fields=''): ... > def select(table,query_field='',query_value='',fields=''): ... > def search(table,fields=''): ... > def jqgrid(table,fieldname=None,fieldvalue=None,col_widths='', > > _id=None,fields='',col_width=80,width=700,height=300): ... > def pie_chart(data,names,width=300,height=150,align='center'): ... > def bar_chart(data,names,width=300,height=150,align='center'): ... > def youtube(code,width=400,height=250): ... > def vimeo(code,width=400,height=250): ... > def mediaplayer(src,width=400,height=250): ... > def comments(table='None',record_id=None): ... > def tags(table='None',record_id=None): ... > def tag_cloud(): ... > ``:code_python > > ### Global variables > > there are two important globals variables: > > + plugin_wiki_editor = True # or false to disable the wiki > + plugin_wiki_level = 3 # for everything, 2 for wiki+widgets, 1 for > normal wiki (no code, widgets) > > ## Conclusions: > > There is more to this already implemented and there is more to come. > For start you can run everything on GAE. Some pages with slug meta-* > have special meaning and can be used to edit header, footer, menu, > sidebar of cube9 layout. meta-code can be used to define new tables, > procedures and services. > > For security reasons code and widgets can be disabled. > > I will make a video about this as soon as I have the time (and free up > enough memory). > > Please test it and send me comments. Enjoy! > > Massimo > > P.S. I apologize for these names.
