[giapeto] Giapeto usage - who relies on it?

[Roel Gloudemans]

Just my thoughts on Giapeto. I think now is the time to spill'em... :-) 
(and hoping to start a discussion on what the final product should look 
like)

** Blocks **
 From the Wiki:

* Rely on Horde_Template blocks integration, instead of "main" content 
area with confusing block splitting?

I actually quite like the block splitting. It is quite an easy way to 
create page layouts. However:
1) The splitting should be more intelligent. e.g. if you split the top 
block of 2 vertical aligned blocks the content of the bottom block ends 
up in the top-right block
2) Some kind of block level templates (in addition to pagelevel 
templates) should be nice (e.g. when you give the block a title at the 
moment you get another block layout). However we should make it in such 
a way that CSS from one block doesn't spillover into another
3) Versioning for the templates would be nice, but not a requirement 
(versioning for the contents is more important)

** Workflow **
On the workflow; There are several possibilities:
1) The same as in Jonah; set a release date for the page/block
2) Require signoff from another Horde user
3) Both. This would be best. The designer/pagebuilder creates the page 
and e.g. marketing signs off the page and sets the release date.

** Templates **
I don't know if we should include a template editor. Mine are actually 
quite complex, you wouldn't want to build an editor for those ;-). And 
editor for block level templates would be quite handy though. Same goes 
for storage in VFS. I would prefer the global page templates to be on 
disk (this is handier for development; if you really need access to it 
you can always use gollem) and the block level templates to be in VFS 
(I think the latter would also be more dynamic)


Cheers,
Roel.

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Roel Gloudemans <roel at gloudemans.info>:
>
>> I haven't done much development work lately (moved to another house,
>> very busy at work etc. etc.), but I'm willing to participate in the
>> effort of creating a better Giapeto (one of the things I sorely miss is
>> a kind of embedded workflow so changes aren't live a soon as you press
>> submit)
>
> Cool. I just put up http://wiki.horde.org/GiapetoRoadMap to track ideas
> for where Giapeto should go. Please feel free to expand on them, add
> your own, etc.
>
> -chuck
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