Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: uwosh.northstar
Version: 1.0
Summary: Workflow management and application generation tool for Plone.
Home-page: https://141.233.238.172/svn/plone/Projects/uwosh.northstar
Author: Nathan Van Gheem
Author-email: vangheem@gmail.com
License: GPL
Description: Introduction
        ============
        
        Our vision for uwosh.northstar is as a complete through-the-web (TTW)
        tool for generating workflow applications, ie. a custom content type
        combined with an assigned custom workflow.
        
        Right now it adds a control panel entry ``Workflow Manager`` where you
        can access the workflow tool. It also adds a ``Workflow App Generator``
        control panel entry where you can generate your workflow app products.
        
        Creating content types is easily done by using Dexterity. The tool will
        simply dump your dexterity content type. If you can not use dexterity,
        the tool also supports using PloneFormGen as your modeling tool in which
        it'll create a corresponding Archetype for the PloneFormGen form you've
        created.
        
        uwosh.northstar is strictly for add-on product workflows and content types.
        By design, the tool cannot be used to edit default Plone workflows.
        
        It provides all the functionality you need to manipulate workflows
        easily through the web, using an AJAX-powered interface and to generate the
        products of the content types and workflows you've created TTW.
        
        
        You can take a look at the new video demonstrating the workflow editor
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO8RhPo9YNc
        
        
        Tested with
        -----------
        * Firefox
        * Google Chrome
        * Safari
        * Opera
        * IE8
        
        
        Installation
        ============
        
        Just add `uwosh.northstar` to your buildout eggs sections and then
        install the "North* " product in the add/remove products control
        panel.
        
        In older versions of Plone, you might need to add
        plone.app.jquerytools to your zcml slug section of your buildout also.
        
        
        Workflow App Generation with PloneFormGen
        -----------------------------------------
        
        >>> eggs =
        >>>   ...
        >>>   Products.PloneFormGen
        >>>   ZopeSkel
        >>>   Paste
        
        
        Workflow App Generation with Dexterity
        ---------------------------------------
        
        >>> eggs =
        >>>   ...
        >>>   plone.app.dexterity
        >>>   ZopeSkel
        >>>   zopeskel.dexterity
        >>>   Paste
        
        
        Graphing
        --------
        
        One feature of North* is that it can create a Diagram of the workflows
        you create TTW.
        
        The inspiration for this piece was pretty much taken from DCWorkflowGraph.
        
        In order to enable this feature, you'll need to install the Graphviz library.
        Information can be found at http://www.graphviz.org
        
        Once you've built Graphviz and have installed it, make sure the "dot"
        executable it creates is in your PATH, e.g.
        
        export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
        
        assuming "make install" placed the Graphviz executables into
        /usr/local/bin. You can test that your PATH is set correctly if "which
        dot" finds the "dot" executable.
        
        Then restart your Zope or ZEO client. The next time you are looking at
        a custom workflow in Workflow Manager, you should see a new "Diagram"
        button. When you click on it, it generates a GIF depicting the
        workflow's states and transitions.
        
        
        Windows Compatibility
        ---------------------
        
        We have encountered a problem on Windows in which the Workflow App
        Generator creates a tar file but it doesn't contain everything
        expected.  We suspect either a Python or paster problem.
        
        
        
        Produced by Secret Laboratory Number 1 at UW Oshkosh.
        
        
        Changelog
        =========
        
        1.0 (2011-01-06)
        ----------------
        
        * Just bumping the version number.  We serve no wine before its time,
        and it's time!
        
        
        0.9rc6 (2011-01-06)
        -------------------
        
        * Fix for http://plone.org/products/uwosh.northstar/issues/3 in which
        an old version of jquery was being used for Plone 3.3
        
        
        0.9rc5 (2010-12-22)
        -------------------
        
        * got rid of the whole zip thing... problem was that the generated
        file was an ungzipped tar and the inline filename was fooling
        Windows and *nix but not OS X; fixed now
        
        
        0.9rc4 (2010-11-29)
        -------------------
        
        * on Windows will generate a zip file instead of a gzipped tar file
        
        * can force creation of a zip file by adding a boolean property
        "uwosh.northstar.useZip" in portal_properties/site_properties and
        checking the box
        
        * displays more detailed information about what products might be
        missing when you try to use the Workflow App Generator
        
        
        0.9rc3 (T. Kim Nguyen, 2010-11-01)
        ----------------------------------
        
        * fix in generator.py for handling fieldsets, which do not have a __name__ attribute
        
        * fix in generator.py to ensure filename for content type Python file
        is lowercased, otherwise can get a file not found error when
        generating a file system product
        
        0.9rc2 (T. Kim Nguyen, 2010-09-02)
        ----------------------------------
        
        * fixed 'archetype' paster create command for Workflow App Generator
        used with PloneFormGen
        
        * in case there is no FormFolder or custom Dexterity type or if
        ZopeSkel and Paste are not installed, displays a message saying so
        in the Workflow App Generator
        
        0.9rc1 (2010-07027)
        -------------------
        
        * fixed the close button on form pop ups not being style properly with newer
        versions of plone.app.jquerytools
        
        0.9b1
        -----
        
        * move to using content rules for actions instead of python scripts. Gives
        us more action types and the extensibility of content rules.
        
        * reorganized code
        
        * some css polishing
        
        * stop using action icons...
        
        * move jquery tool graphics into product since newer version of plone.app.jquerytools
        do not bring the graphics along with.
        
        * update product generation to also update content schema classes and also
        now exports content rules since workflow actions use it.
        
        
        0.8rc1
        ------
        
        * added Manage Workflows permission and Generate Applications permissions
        for granted access to the tool without manager permissions
        
        * added update security settings button
        
        * Even if there are supposed to be portlets, make sure workflow manager uses
        entire screen area for sunburst theme
        
        * Make sure tooltips work even after ajax updates
        
        * added more tool tips
        
        * adding diagram dumping
        
        * some significant refactoring--overdue...
        
        * using more of the standard plone look for the overlays
        
        
        0.7rc3
        ------
        
        * fixed uninstall profile to also remove control panel entries.
        
        
        0.7rc2
        ------
        
        * missed error with permissions table on previous release
        
        0.7rc1
        ------
        
        * fixed `add new workflow` not working all the time with
        the popup on the workflow selection screen.
        
        * better display of column headers for groups and roles permissions tables
        
        * added tooltip for permissions table
        
        * fixed transition guard permissions weren't getting updated properly
        
        
        0.7b2
        -----
        
        * fixed menu not doing fixed position correctly in safari and chrome
        
        
        0.7b1
        -----
        
        * moved delete button to header of transition and state and removed "Save all" button
        from states and transitions
        
        * Changed toolbar "Save all" button to read "Save"
        
        * Made the arrow in the header of state and transitions be where you choose to make
        it slide down--direct the user.
        
        * moved "Add new state" and "Add new transition" buttons to toolbar
        
        * have a workflow selection screen now.
        
        * asks you to save unsaved changes before doing certain actions.
        
        * added checkboxes for site owner and authenticated user in email setup.
        
        * groups guard is moved to advanced mode
        
        * more substitution values for email actions--such as time.
        
        * moved menus into form tabs list and restyled it a bit -- much
        easier for the user to see and understand.
        
        
        0.6b1 ~ May 4, 2010
        -------------------
        
        * Sanity check now takes initial state into account and checks if transition
        is used by state, not just if it has a new_state_id. Also, it now checks
        for an initial state being set.
        [vangheem]
        
        * added go to state/transition links for the definitions of the states and
        transitions so it is much easier to go to and from transitions that are
        connected to states and visa versa.
        [vangheem]
        
        * when adding a state from a transitions or a transition from a state, it'll
        automatically set the related values respectively since it'll assume you
        want to activate it for that item.
        [vangheem]
        
        * unsaved info text doesn't show up after adding a mail action anymore.
        [vangheem]
        
        
        0.5b3
        -----
        
        * added jquery 1.4.2 source to include if older version of plone.
        [vangheem]
        
        * fixed issues for Plone 3.2 and lower
        [vangheem]
        
        * removed logo--messes up on some skins.
        [vangheem]
        
        * fixed some json parsing issues
        [vangheem]
        
        * cloning workflows now handles CopyErrors that can occur from
        reserved ids trying to be used.
        [vangheem]
        
        
        0.5b2 ~ April 15, 2010
        ----------------------
        
        * fixed zopeskel being imported when it shouldn't be
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * table row was omitted from workflow application generator
        table so it showed up in one row.
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * generated product now generates a bit more correctly according
        to the archetype zopeskel template
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * remove locales declaration from generated product configure.zcml
        since it doesn't actually include a locales directory
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * better documentation about enabled the workflow application
        generator functionality.
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        0.5b1 ~ April 14, 2010
        ----------------------
        
        * can now export products with content types generated TTW
        using PloneFormGen or Dexterity
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        
        0.4 ~ March 30, 2010
        --------------------
        
        * tightened up everything
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        * fixed Plone 4 support
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        * better toolbar and layout
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        
        0.3 ~ March 25, 2010
        --------------------
        
        * fixed bug for firefox where you'd get a
        "script stack space quota is exhausted" error
        if you had a lot of transitions and states.
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * now slides to newly created transition or state
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * added icon for control panel
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * reorganization and a little better styles
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * more transition properties
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * added advanced mode checkbox
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * js wasn't working correctly for everything in non-firefox browsers
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * added ability to assign workflows to a type
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * improved uninstall profile
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        0.2 ~ March 22, 2010 r1942
        --------------------------
        
        * fixed error message showing up in two places
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * better testing
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * Now have mail actions
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * various html output improvements
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * added sanity check button
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        * handles deleting states, transitions and workflows
        in a smarter way
        [Nathan Van Gheem]
        
        
        0.1 ~ March 17, 2010
        --------------------
        
        * Initial Release
        
Keywords: workflow uwosh plone manager ajax product generation
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Framework :: Plone
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
