[ckan-dev] Hello-word-type theme extension

[Rufus Pollock]

BTW I started a helloworld extension here (back in Feb):

<http://bitbucket.org/okfn/ckanext-helloworld>

Associated (incomplete) tutorial here:

<http://wiki.ckan.net/Extensions_Tutorial>

Prepared for the tutorial at Dev8D:

<http://ckan.org/2011/02/17/dev8d-ckan-workshop/>

Rufus

On 8 April 2011 16:07, Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at okfn.org> wrote:
> Looks right to me.
>
> Once we've iterated it a bit more, it strikes me that the extension
> route could *possibly* become the recommended route to customising --
> we could make a paster template etc.
>
> Not sure, just a thought.
>
> SEb
>
> On 8 April 2011 15:47, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Seb,
>>
>> I added a section to our theming wiki about your example extension here:
>>
>> http://wiki.okfn.org/ckan/doc/theme
>>
>> Do correct it if I've missed anything.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 1 April 2011 19:42, Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Done.
>>>
>>> On 29 March 2011 13:26, James Gardner <james at 3aims.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Seb,
>>>>
>>>> Good stuff. I've noticed the Debian packaging (see
>>>> https://bitbucket.org/okfn/ckan/src/default/doc/deb.rst) doesn't always like
>>>> extension points in __init__.py files. Haven't been able to work out why,
>>>> but to solve the issue I've been moving all such code to a "plugin.py" file
>>>> instead and I think this should now be considered best practice instead. For
>>>> example:
>>>>
>>>> https://bitbucket.org/okfn/ckanext-harvest/changeset/784c90306f4b
>>>>
>>>> Could you please apply this change to your example too?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On 29/03/11 12:58, Seb Bacon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just created a new CKAN extension to demonstrate some evolving
>>>>> best-practices regarding encapsulating all your customisations and
>>>>> changes to core CKAN in a single package.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I say, it's evolving, so perhaps some people have other / better
>>>>> ideas about how to structure it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, a first version is at
>>>>> https://bitbucket.org/okfn/ckanext-exampletheme; the README should
>>>>> provide some basic orientation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Seb
>>>>>
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