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SDL Tridion Community Webinar
Introduction and demonstration of the Page Publisher
A very little bit about me
• I’m John, I’ve worked with SDL Tridion for years and years.
• I’m based in Brussels, Belgium.• I help run Content Bloom a CMS
development agency.• I really enjoy working with SDL
Tridion.• You can reach me via:
– [email protected]– twitter.com/wntr
About this presentation
• I’m going to go through the following:– An introduction to the power tools– A demonstration of the page publisher power tool– Explain a little bit about the architecture of a power tool
• A ton of great SDL Tridion GUI development links are found at the end of this presentation• There is a great ‘how to’ here:
– http://code.google.com/p/tridion-2011-power-tools/wiki/nononsenseguide
– I hope it provides a good insight into how easy and fun it is to build SDL Tridion GUI extensions
– Interrupt me at any point if you want to talk about something or I’m not explaining very well!
History of the Power Tools
• Original power tools existed pre v2011
• Documented and downloadable from SDL’s Tridion world website:– http
://www.sdltridionworld.com/community/extension_overview/powertools.aspx
• Still a fantastic set of tools to help you do some SDL ‘power moves’ post SDL Tridion 2011
SDL Tridion 2011 Power Tools
• An SDL Tridion community driven project• Open source and available now via:
– http://code.google.com/p/tridion-2011-power-tools/
• Already contains a number of useful completed tools.
• Final completion of tools expected to launched officially released early Q2.
• SDL Tridion 2011 allows full customisation of the GUI.
Page Publisher
• Publishes pages individually, opposed to grouped– Main ‘benefit’ is that only incorrect content will fail,
rather than the whole publish transaction– Makes it easier to spot where templates issues exist
• Includes additional functionality to include component links and workflow
• Still under-going some final tweaks in current form.
Page Publisher - Demo
*Crosses fingers & toes*
Page Publisher – future development
• V2 will likely integrate directly with the default publish dialog
Page publisher – how it works
• There are roughly 4 parts to a power tool:– XML to provide configuration
• Where it ‘appears’ in the CME• The resources used (css, js)
– JavaScript: To handle the logic of the item in the CME• A command script to handle the tool launching and visibility• A file that deals with the display and functionality within the tool interface
– Aspx page: The power tool interface– Web service/Model: Provides processing and feedback to the power
tool using the SDL Tridion core service
Page publisher: VS project
2 x XML Config:- For CME- Power tools editors
Client application- ASPX for dialog- Javascript for dialog- Javascript ‘command’
Model- Web & SDL Core service
Modelconfig
Power tools architecture
SDL Tridion - Editor and model enabled (System.config XML)
Power tools Editor (XML & JS)
Power tools Model(.Net Webservice /
Tridion Core service)PagePublisher.svc
Select to use a power toolCommand opens
power tool
PagePublisher.jsPagePublisher.aspx
ExecuteRequest
ProcessedRequest
Editor.config & PagePublisherCommand.js
Want to know more?
• Get the power tools:– http://code.google.com/p/tridion-2011-power-tools/
• Come and join the group – http://groups.google.com/group/tridion-powertools
• Chat with the group on flow dock– https://powertools.flowdock.com
Some great GUI extension references
• Yoav Nirvan’s GUI extension walkthrough:– http://yoavniran.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/setting-up-a-tridion-
gui-2011-extension-in-8-steps/
• Nuno’s ‘no nonsense guide’:– http://code.google.com/p/tridion-2011-power-tools/wiki/
nononsenseguide• Julian’s ‘hello world’ example:
– http://www.julianwraith.com/2010/10/helloworld-extension-for-tridion-2011/
• More Nuno – great power tool introduction:– http://nunolinhares.blogspot.com/2011/10/powertools-2011.html
• LMGTFY: Tridion GUI extensions :– http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SDL+Tridion+gui+extensions
Thank you for joining this presentation
