Plugin Layout

[mdipierro]

We had so much talk about plugins. Here is an example of a plug-and-
play plugin that ley you change the layout of your apps.

NO CODING NECESSARY

1) make sure you run 1.71.1 and run it it with web2py.py --upgrade=yes

2) Download:

http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py.plugin.layout.w2p

(this is not a web2py app, this is only a plugin!)

3) Choose any of your existing apps (backup first just in case, but
should work fine)

4) Go to the bottom of the [admin][Design] page for your app and
insert the plugin.

5) Now use your app. You will see an additional menu item that says:

"change layout"

Give it a try, should be intuitive.

6) Once you choose a layout you like, edit the plugin and remove its
models and controllers. The layout will stay.

7) It would be very easy to add more layouts to this plugin.

[JorgeRpo]

> 4) Go to the bottom of the [admin][Design] page for your app and
> insert the plugin.

at the bottom, you mean as a 'module'?

[mdipierro]

No. You have not upgraded the admin interface.
Do that with

web2py.py --upgrade=yes

or manually

cd applications/admin
tar zxvf ../../admin.w2p

Since 1.70.1 there is a new plugin thing at the bottom.

[JorgeRpo]

I use windows and just downloaded and unzipped over the previous
version.. Shouldn't that work?
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[mdipierro]

No. web2py does not automatically upgrades any of the applications
(not even admin, examples, welcome) because you may have edited them.

Massimo

[JorgeRpo]

Ok. now i see it. after execute

web2py --upgrade=yes
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[JorgeRpo]

ok. I installed the plugin and see the 'change layout' link

when I click on it, i see:

Apply a layout to your app

barebone
emporium
golf
hotel
...revert to original

But when I click on any of these options, there is no CSS, so there is
no any layout.

[mdipierro]

barebone has no css. The others do. Don't you have these files:

static/plugin_layout/hotel/
static/plugin_layout/hotel/examples.html
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/content-bg-left.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/content-bg-right.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/footerbg.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/nav-bg-left.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/nav-bg-right.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/nav-bg.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/images/titlebg.png
static/plugin_layout/hotel/readme and license.txt
static/plugin_layout/hotel/styles.css

[btj]

Nice. Thanks for your efforts.

[Wiiboy]

I just noticed: if you hit "change layout" and you're not logged in as
an Admin, it doesn't redirect you to the "change layout" page after
you log in. The isn't a ?_next= in the url.

[David]

Massimo,

I just got this installed and working and it's given me a few ideas
about different layouts for users.

Thank you for making this plugin.

It's very nice.

- David

On Nov 10, 9:55 pm, Wiiboy <jordon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just noticed: if you hit "changelayout" and you're not logged in as
> an Admin, it doesn't redirect you to the "changelayout" page after