Grouper Developers Forum

[Joy Veronneau <>]

Hi,

Here is a description of the files I had to change that I think will  
need to be revisited with a new release.  I think that all of these  
mods were in the instructions for grouper-ui customization.  (I just  
want to mention again that I was *not* working with the qs release.)

1.  Copied media.properties into my custom directory and added my  
style sheet reference.

2.  Made a custom version of tiles-def.xml and struts-config.xml.  I  
copied the entire files into my Cornell directory and then edited  
them, but it looks like I can pare these down to Cornell mods only  
which would overwrite the grouper defined ones so I don't think these  
files are of concern wrt new versions.  Is that correct?

3.  Made my own additional-build.xml file - This lives in my cornell  
specific directory and I don't expect to have to make changes when  
the new version comes out.

4.  web.core.xml - added the definition for my custom struts-config- 
cornell.xml file.

5.  I made copies of and changed the following jsps... I'll probably  
customize more jsps after the next release.  These should be fine  
with the new version but I'll probably check to see what's changed in  
the grouper version:

footer.jsp,
gettingstarted.jsp (actually haven't *changed* it yet but plan to)
head.jsp (took out those grouper and signet style sheet references.)
header.jsp
template.jsp

I think that's all wrt the UI customization.  I haven't got the web  
service working yet but it looks like I can add it into the project  
by just adding to my cornell directory and my additional-build.xml file.

Joy

> > One question is how easy it will be to port the customization from
> > release to release.  It seems that there are less than five files   
> > that
> > need to be edited outside of the "cornell" directory  (web.core.xml,
> > build.properties, etc.)
> There is a mechanism for merging web.xml fragments designed to make  
> changes to web.core.xml unnecessary, however, the first release was  
> buggy and I doubt it will work in all cases, however, if you send  
> me the modifications I'll have a go at getting them to work by  
> merging.
>
> If you can let me know all the changes you had to make to files  
> outside of your cornell directory. I'll try and figure out if the  
> changes could have been accommodated a different way or if there  
> are other changes I can make so that the files do not need to be  
> modified in future.
>
> > and then I will want to  compare the jsp
> > templates I have copied for Cornell with the new  versions to  
> > check for
> > any new functionality that I might want to  incorporate.  So I'm  
> > thinking
> > it's not too much trouble.  Any other  comments/ideas on this?
> >
> > Hopefully, this is the information you were looking for when you   
> > asked
> > for my comments :)  Feel free to write with questions etc.
> This is all very useful. I'm sure that taking account of your  
> feedback and that of others will help us fine tune the UI  
> architecture and implementation so that it is easier for future  
> adopters of Grouper.
> > Joy
>
>
>
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> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing