Hi Thibaut,
On 10 Apr 2016, at 10:41, Thibaut DEVERAUX <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear,
I'm looking in a way to display a Masonry style page in XWiki for blog or application.
The masonry style (often called "grid") is something like this : http://mariustheme.tumblr.com/
Looks a bit similar to what the Totem application does: http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/TotemApplication
// Why ?
In termes of ergonomics it show it full potential when images speak better than text. This is why Google images and Pinterest use it.
Typical applications for XWiki could be : - Physicial products database : the image help finding the product quicly when not sure of the name. - Designs database : not just an image, a design goes with some description and data so it is usefull to link to a page. - Physicial defects database : in industry, to quicly caracterise a defect that appears visually on a part. - ...
My need is for a nice looking collaborative product designs database. This database would be one app in a Wiki that has other uses.
// The question :
What would be a simple way to make it in XWiki with a minimum coding ?
The way I’d approach it: 1) Try the totem app and see if it matches your need 2) If not, see if would make sense to include a masonry style option in the totem app 3) if not, investigate using a library like http://masonry.desandro.com/. Use a JSX to enable it for a page. That shouldn’t take longer than 1 hour of work 4) If you want to go further, consider creation a masonry app for XWiki that would allow creating masonry-style pages similar to what the totem app does. You could do this using AWM as a starter place. Thanks -Vincent
// My current search state and ideas :
I already searched the plugin database and couldn't find someting already build. But I could have missed something.
Then, I thinked in making an app with App Within Minuts and modifing LiveTable.
First step would be to edit the code to display only the first attachement as a bigguer image.
It could be a quick fix waiting for the second step, more complex, to display the LiveTable as a masonry view. There is already existing code that could be adapted. However this would be at the limit of my few programming skills and then taking a lot of time.
Also I'm not sure if LiveTable can be modified on the context of one application only (not modifiing the others applications). - If yes, would it still be possible to use Apps Within Minutes to modify other parts of the app, not reversing the handmade code modifications ? - If not I gess this mean I need a more complex plugin to add a "massonery view" option to LiveTable and another option to Apps Within Minuts to display it by default ?
This is only a XWiki beginner ideas so maybe someone has an idea of a simpler way to do it ?
Regards -- Thibaut DEVERAUX +33 (0)6 75 51 20 80