Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of proposals/WidgetsBasedGui

Timestamp:

06/23/11 00:37:48 (13 years ago)

Author:

fxp

Comment:

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proposals/WidgetsBasedGui

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-This proposal aims to move current GUI for search, view and editing to a new layout based on the work made in the [https://geonetwork.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geonetwork/sandbox/guiwidgets/web-client/ widgets sandbox]. The main application is composed of one page which allows user to search, view and edit metadata records. The administration remains as it was.
+This proposal aims to add an experimental GUI for search, view and editing based on the work made in the [https://geonetwork.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geonetwork/sandbox/guiwidgets/web-client/ widgets sandbox]. The main application is composed of one page which allows user to search, view and edit metadata records. This mode is "experimental" and could be activated in config-gui.xml.
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+[[Image(gn-js-modules.png, 500)]]
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   * WMSTime button to be restored
  
+=== Configuration ===
+
+To turn on the widget client, use the config-gui.xml. Widget UI is hooked to default interface in admin (create new metadata action), and metadata insert result page (open in view or edit mode).
+{{{
+
+  <!-- Client configuration in order to redirect to default UI 
+    (ie. main.home service) or to another custom client.
+  -->
+  <!-- Default main.home client interface -->
+  <client type="redirect" url="main.home"/>
+  <!-- Widget experimental client 
+  <client type="redirect" widget="true" url="../../apps/search/" createParameter="#create"/>
+  -->
+}}}
+
+By default, the redirection point to the main.home service.
+
+
 
 === Backwards Compatibility Issues ===
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 == Risks & improvements ==
 
-Add missing features.
-
-Future improvements: Provide JSON response (from Jeeves services) to reduce the XML parsing on the client side.
+ * To make the 2 interfaces working together:
+  * a set of XSLT has to be duplicated. All metadata layout for the widget client is in the xsl/metadata folder
+  * a new configuration file for jeeves services is added (config-metadata-experimental.xml)
+ * Add missing features.
+ * Future improvements: Provide JSON response (from Jeeves services) to reduce the XML parsing on the client side.
 
 == Participants ==