Mlango (2.0)
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Released on 2008-05-13 by Goldmund, Wyldebeast & Wunderliebe for Plone 3.0 under GPL - GNU General Public License available for All platforms.
Software development stage: alpha
- Mlango download link: http://www.goldmund-wyldebeast-wunderliebe.com/products/mlango/releases
- Homepage of Mlango: http://www.goldmund-wyldebeast-wunderliebe.com/products/mlango
- Mlango repository: http://dev.plone.org/collective/browser/Mlango/trunk
- Description source: http://www.goldmund-wyldebeast-wunderliebe.com/products/mlango
Mlango is a desktop dashboard implementation similar to the Google dashboard (or iGoogle as it is called these days). (Plone) users can now compose their personal dashboard using Mlango Viewlets. Users can also manage and drag viewlets within their own Plone desktop and create their own with only minimal programming skills.
Introduction
Mlango is a desktop implementation where users can manage 'viewlets' on their own desktop, dragging those to different places, setting properties, removing, etc. Desktop settings are saved when adding/changing/removing viewlets or leaving the desktop. 'Mlango' is Swahili for 'gate', 'door', etc. Mlango intends to provide a modern user experience for Plone users.This latest alpha release (2.0.1) uses KSS and JQuery functions to enhance it's visual effects and overall speed.
Installation
Un-tar it into your Products folder, restart your instance and you can install it via ZMI or site-setup!Viewlets
Viewlets are simply configuration items to a viewlet registry. Viewlets are stored in the MlangoViewlets product. The registry is held by the mlango tool.A viewlet configuration consists of the following fields used by the rendering framework:
| Name |
Required |
Description |
| id | y | Unique id for this viewlet. The id should contain no
spaces! |
| title | y |
Title to show in top bar |
| icon | n | Icon to show in viewlet toolbox |
| macro | y | Macro needed to render the viewlet |
| help | n | Help text. If given, a help icon will be rendered in the viewlet's toolbar. |
| properties | n | A map of properties. If provided an edit icon will be rendered in the viewlet's toolbar. |
| properties_form | n | Required in combination with properties. Defines the
form used for changing properties. |
| fixed | n | Defaults to -1. If set to a number larger than that, it will be placed in that column. No drag and no remove will be allowed. |
Known bugs
- When a Mlanglo viewlet is added/removed/changed follow the
instructions below to see the change in Manglo dashboard.
- Restart the Zope instance
- Delete the 'mlango_tool' from the ZMI
- Reinstall Mlango and Mlangoviewlet products
- RSS feeds may or may not work (not tested)
- Full screen (mlango_dashboard_bare_view) does not work yet in Plone 3.0.
- Site Setup -> Configuration Page does not work
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