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MIE Toolbox, a Case for Drupal as an Application Framework
The document discusses the MIE Toolbox, which is a CMS built using Drupal that allows distributing "viral widgets" on websites. It provides components like the Toolbox, themes, basic items, and feed items. Originally built with CakePHP, it was rebuilt from scratch in Drupal. Drupal provided benefits like reusable content, security, and image handling through contrib modules. However, there were some aspects that were not ideal fits for Drupal. The document is asking for any questions about using Drupal to build the MIE Toolbox application framework.
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- 1. The MIE Toolbox,a Case for Drupal as an Application Framework
- 2. What is theToolbox? • CMS for distributing viral widgets around the web • distributed by inserting a javascript tag on a web page • returns javascript which manipulates the DOM adding the toolbox content, CSS, images, scripts, etc
- 3. Components • Toolbox • ToolboxTheme • Basic Item • Feed Item • Resource Locator Item
- 4. Backstory • First versiondeveloped using CakePHP • Decision to start from scratch and switch to Drupal • Concerns
- 5. How Drupal wasUsed • Keeping the footprint light (go small core!) • Contrib modules: admin_menu, CCK, Views, colorpicker, feedapi, imageapi, imagecache, node_clone, wyisiwyg • Custom modules: feedapi_toolbox, toolbox, toolbox_reports, toolbox_rl, toolbox_widget
- 6. Host Website submit zip code Resorce Locator API return results via http Categories and CSS, images, and domains via http javascript via HTTP Custom Modules Drupal LAMP Toolbox CMS
- 7. “Out of Box”Benefits • Reuse of items and themes across toolboxes via node reference • Role based security model • Basic information architecture, Zen • Fields via CCK • Administrative views • Image upload and manipulation
- 8. Drawbacks • Some squarepeg / round hole scenarios • We were an experienced Drupal team, not advised for newbies • ????
- 9. Questions? Lev Tsypin levelos.com drupal.org/user/54135 .com/loubabe