CMFPublicator Configuration

After you have installed the CMFPublicator in Zope and CMF or Plone, with an External Method or QuickInstallerTool, you can configure each box as you wish.

Just click in the portal_publicator object and you will see the overview about this tool, then click the Configuration tab. This page allows you build and configure the boxes. It's similar to the Actions tool features.

Each field is explained below:

• Id: An identification to the box, you must not use spaces or special characters. It's used in the template to refer the box.
• Name: The box name is a string that identifies the box title. It can be viewed in the heading tab of the box interface.
• Number of items: The number of items that are shown in the box.
• Content type: Select the content types that are presented in this box. More than one item can be selected.
• Number of searched items: The number of searched items that are presented in each dropdown box component of the setup page. This is used to improve the search performance in the catalog, the page load and to despollute the dropdown box.
• Search workflow states: They're the worflow states to the searched items in the catalog that will be presented in the dropdown box.
• Icon URL: The relative to portal URL of the icon that identifies the box. It is presented in the same tab with Name property. Use it if necessary.
• Box width: This property defines the box width and can be used in the in-line style to fix the width in em, px and so on. Use it if necessary. The default is auto.
• Box height: This property defines the box height and can be used in the in-line style to fix the height in em, px and so on. Use it if necessary. The default is auto.
• With image?: Check this box if you want store a image URL to each item or one specific box item. The images are presented in a dropdown box.
• Images folder URL: The folder URL, relative to portal (without "/" in the begining), in wich are stored the images or files that will be used by the items. It'll be used only if the With image? option is checked. Leave it blank to search all the images and files in the portal.
• Image workflow states: The workflow state to the images and files that are searched and that are available to each box item. It'll be used only if the With image? option is checked.
• Visible?: An easy and fast way to hide a box.
• Items: The list of items stored in this tool. See Stored Items help page for more information.

The boxes order is not important. Build one Publication box to each portlet that you wish to use.

Now you must create your portlet based on CMFPublicator mechanisms. You can use a example portlet by customizing the portlet_example in the portal_skins/publicator/publicator_examples. This tool can be used to manage banners too. See Example help page for more information.

CMFPublicator provide also more powerfull usage options, as boxes management in other portal nodes and get other metadatas by customizing a Python Script of the File System. See Special Uses help page for more information.

Then you can visit CMF or Plone site and click on the Publications link to manage contents or boxes configuration.

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