Question on GWT and content based web site.

[mic]

I have a question on how using GWT exclusively to develop a content
based web site would affect search engine ranking and also have affect
on Adsense.

Is it fair to say GWT should be avoided completely for developing
content based web sites.

Thanks
-mic

[ash]

> Is it fair to say GWT should be avoided completely for developing
> content based web sites.

i've changed GWT to enable content to be indexable. admittedly i have
to maintain a modified distribution of gwt but hopefully over the
course of time these mods will come back into the main. And to be
honest there are only a few more features to support.

the key features that i needed were:
- dynamic entry point page creation from server
- user definable base urls
- bootstrapped page properties (very similar to 1.1.0's Dictionary
feature)

therefore i would not write off gwt for such apps. personally, i have
embraced it for developing such a content driven application.

if for a second you are thinking, "thats much more than i bargined
for", then you need to investigate the other ajax alternatives more.
you'll be back - making GWT mods is significantly less pain than other
alternatives.

1. http://juls.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
2. http://ashinw.googlepages.com/gems-lifecycle-architecture.png

good luck.

rgds ash

[mic]

Thanks. I am downloading your code as I write. However, can you post
the filenames to which you have modified GWT. Does Google have any
plans for including these features ?

Thanks,

mic

[mic]

[ash]

C:\usr.local\code.google.com\gems-gwt-user>svn log -vr6
http://gems-gwt-user.googlecode.com/svn/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r6 | ashinw | 2006-08-04 19:38:13 -0700 (Fri, 04 Aug 2006) | 20 lines
Changed paths:
M /branches/gworks-1.0.21/bin/gems-gwt-rpc-1.0.21.jar
M /branches/gworks-1.0.21/bin/gems-gwt-shell-bundle-1.0.21.jar
M /branches/gworks-1.0.21/bin/gems-userlib-1.0.21.jar
M /branches/gworks-1.0.21/bin/gwt-compiler-1.0.21.jar
M /branches/gworks-1.0.21/doc/Gems-Gwt-User.html
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/DOMImplIE6.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/HistoryImplIE6.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/HistoryImplSafari.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/SimplePanel.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java

- changed visibility of
RemoteServiceServlet::isImplementedRemoteServiceInterface()
method from private to protected
- added RemoteServiceServlet::getObjectToInvokeServiceIntfMethodOn()
method to enable
StrutsAction style pluggability
- changed RemoteServiceServlet::processCall() method to get target from
getObjectToInvokeServiceIntfMethodOn()
- added dblclick support to DOMImplIE6::init() to avoid double clicks
from getting lost
- changed visibility of HistoryImplIE6 from packaged to public to
support override of
history implementation
- added configurability of history resource location on HistoryImplIE6
by introducing
$wnd.__gwt_historyResourceLocation variable. change effected the
init() and newItem()
methods
- changed visibility of HistoryImplSafari from packaged to public to
support override of
history implementation
- added configurability of history resource location on
HistoryImplSafari by introducing
$wnd.__gwt_historyResourceLocation variable. change effected the
init() and newItem()
methods
- set widget = null; in SimplePanel::remove() method to avoid a
precondition that can never
be satisfied once the first widget is added (ie. side-effect)
- updated the document to reflect release
------------------------------------------------------------------------

based on the above output. the source mods are to:

M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/DOMImplIE6.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/HistoryImplIE6.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/HistoryImplSafari.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/SimplePanel.java
M
/branches/gworks-1.0.21/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java

i would have given you my recent 1.1.0 port but i forgot to set my svn
autoprops setting on eol-style and every file has a property update
against it now. but its basically the same as a 1.0.21 list above.
note, the above mods include bugs that i encountered in the gwt-user
1.0.21 runtime. i think some are still there in 1.1.0.

> Does Google have any plans for including these features ?

i hope to raise some change proposals soon enough.

hey vivian, where should i raise change proposals?

rgds ash