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["GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing" <>]

Hi Joy,

Comments below.

Gary

--On 28 November 2005 17:17 -0500 Joy Veronneau 
<>
 wrote:

> 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.
You can create a new file and put in only the properties you want to 
change. That way, with a new release, you will automatically pick up any 
new properties.
> 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?
Yes, you only need to add new definitions (if any) and modified 
definitions. Again, this ensures that you pick up any new definitions that 
come with a new release.
> 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.
There is a way of merging your own web.xml fragment, however, it was broken 
in the initial 0.6 release. It should work better for 0.9.
> 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,
Expected that sites would create their own version
> gettingstarted.jsp (actually haven't *changed* it yet but plan to)
Expected that sites would create their own version
> head.jsp (took out those grouper and signet style sheet references.)
0.9 will allow you to turn off these styles by setting a property in 
media.properties
> header.jsp
Expected that sites would create their own version
> template.jsp
For 0.9 I have extracted some content from template.jsp and placed it in a 
new file, body.jsp. I hope that this will remove the need to change 
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
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------
> > GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing



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