[PloneDavis-Discuss] UCD Plone Skin Tweak

A couple of questions to specifically to Charles and generally to 
everyone else.

I just received a request from our publicity department about a couple 
of things.  As you can see here: music.ucdavis.edu; we used a banner 
image in place of the the department name and logo.  I think some others 
on campus have done this as well.  The question presented to me is that 
is there a way to have a different banner appear for a specific page.  
My people want to have a page that somewhat has it's own identity but 
still have navigation and feel of our site.  In other words, a page that 
has it's own banner but not a completely different plone site.  Also, 
they would want to turn off the left nav column for certain pages as 
well.  How would I do this?  Thanks ahead of time for help.

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Programmer II
Department of Music
Department of Theatre and Dance
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
hqttran@...

(530) 752-4716 - Music
(530) 752-5804 - Theatre & Dance
(530) 752-0983 - Fax

Subject: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

I could use opinions on the following:

1)  Shall we set a "regular" meeting date, rather than the floating  
one we currently have?  That way we could all plan on say the 3rd  
Wednesday or Thursday of the month at lunchtime?  Let me know your  
preferences.

2)  The UCDPloneSkin doesn't run under Plone 3 (unless Jason pulled a  
rabbit out of his hat and forgot to tell me).  How about we do a mini- 
sprint to upgrade the skin, instead of our regular meeting for June?   
A lot of people are on vacation, etc. so I'm not sure how much  
interest we'll have in the regular meeting anyway.  All are invited,  
since skinning for Plone 3 is, ummm, different.  If we have  
Sacramento folks, maybe you've got something you need to skin?  If  
this is okay with everyone, I was thinking June 25 or 26.  We can use  
Sproul or the Center for Mind and Brain.

3)  Joel Burton seems to be back in email contact.  Is there any  
interest in a Plone 3 three-day workshop?  These are always a pain  
for the organizers, but invaluable for the attendees.  I'm guessing  
that cost will be in the $400 per/person range.   Please be aware  
that the first 3 people to RSVP are the organizing  
committee . . .   Just kidding!

So let me know what you'd like to do.

If the sprint doesn't work for this month, we can delay that until a  
better time.  In which case we need a speaker for the regular  
meeting.  Please let me know if you'd like to present.

Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

Carol McMasters-Stone wrote:
> I could use opinions on the following:
> 
> 1)  Shall we set a "regular" meeting date, rather than the floating  
> one we currently have?  That way we could all plan on say the 3rd  
> Wednesday or Thursday of the month at lunchtime?  Let me know your  
> preferences.
> 
> 2)  The UCDPloneSkin doesn't run under Plone 3 (unless Jason pulled a  
> rabbit out of his hat and forgot to tell me).  How about we do a mini- 
> sprint to upgrade the skin, instead of our regular meeting for June?   
> A lot of people are on vacation, etc. so I'm not sure how much  
> interest we'll have in the regular meeting anyway.  All are invited,  
> since skinning for Plone 3 is, ummm, different.  If we have  
> Sacramento folks, maybe you've got something you need to skin?  If  
> this is okay with everyone, I was thinking June 25 or 26.  We can use  
> Sproul or the Center for Mind and Brain.
> 
> 3)  Joel Burton seems to be back in email contact.  Is there any  
> interest in a Plone 3 three-day workshop?  These are always a pain  
> for the organizers, but invaluable for the attendees.  I'm guessing  
> that cost will be in the $400 per/person range.   Please be aware  
> that the first 3 people to RSVP are the organizing  
> committee . . .   Just kidding!
> 
> So let me know what you'd like to do.
> 
> If the sprint doesn't work for this month, we can delay that until a  
> better time.  In which case we need a speaker for the regular  
> meeting.  Please let me know if you'd like to present.

Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

1)  I am easy, it is summer.
2)  Sounds cool, I am happy to help, but it doesn't do anything specific for
my needs.
3)  I'd like to find someone to pay for me too ;)

mcl

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>1) It's probably a good idea.
>2) I'm interested but June is no good for me.
>3) Also interested, assuming I can get my employer to pay the bill.

Carol McMasters-Stone wrote:
> I could use opinions on the following:
> 
> 1)  Shall we set a "regular" meeting date, rather than the floating
> one we currently have?  That way we could all plan on say the 3rd  
> Wednesday or Thursday of the month at lunchtime?  Let me know your  
> preferences.
> 
> 2)  The UCDPloneSkin doesn't run under Plone 3 (unless Jason pulled a

[PloneDavis-Discuss] [Fwd: Re: UCD Plone Skin Tweak]

Charles' reply:

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Huy Tran
Programmer II
Department of Music
Department of Theatre and Dance
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
hqttran@...

(530) 752-4716 - Music
(530) 752-5804 - Theatre & Dance
(530) 752-0983 - Fax

From: Charles McLaughlin <mclaughlinct@...>
Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] UCD Plone Skin Tweak
Date: 2008-06-17 21:16:21 GMT

Hi Huy,

You could dive into the code and add a tal condition.  But here's an 
easier way which should work assuming you want to change the image on a 

Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

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Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] [Fwd: Re: UCD Plone Skin Tweak]

Charles' suggestion for the banner worked.  I placed a modified version 
of "dept_name.pt" that overrode the one from UCDPloneSkin in the 
appropriate folder.  As for removing the the left nav, I found, on 
plone.org, that to do what I  needed, I just had to add a left_slots of 
type lines to the properties of a folder and left the contents empty.  
This will trickle down to the child folders but that works for me.

-Huy

Huy Tran wrote:
> Charles' reply:
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] UCD Plone Skin Tweak
> From:
> Charles McLaughlin <mclaughlinct@...>
> Date:
> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:16:21 -0700
> To:
> hqttran@...
>
> To:
> hqttran@...
>
>
> Hi Huy,
>
> You could dive into the code and add a tal condition.  But here's an 
> easier way which should work assuming you want to change the image on 
> a folder-by-folder basis.
>
> In the ZMI, go to the folder where you want a different image and add 
> a custom_dept.pt that displays the desired image.  That should 
> override the one in UCDPloneSkin on a per folder basis.  You can 
> override the left nav that way too (see portlet_navigation.pt).
>
> I don't work for UC Davis any more and my email account there has 
> closed (although it forwards to my gmail).  I'm too lazy to 
> resubscribe to the list right now.  You can forward this if you want.  
> I'll do my best to answer questions about UCDPloneSkin when I have time.
>
> btw, There is a newer version of the skin available which will make 
> your site look a little better.
>
> Regards,
> Charles
>
> Huy Tran wrote:
>> A couple of questions to specifically to Charles and generally to 
>> everyone else.
>>
>> I just received a request from our publicity department about a 
>> couple of things.  As you can see here: music.ucdavis.edu; we used a 
>> banner image in place of the the department name and logo.  I think 
>> some others on campus have done this as well.  The question presented 
>> to me is that is there a way to have a different banner appear for a 
>> specific page.  My people want to have a page that somewhat has it's 
>> own identity but still have navigation and feel of our site.  In 
>> other words, a page that has it's own banner but not a completely 
>> different plone site.  Also, they would want to turn off the left nav 
>> column for certain pages as well.  How would I do this?  Thanks ahead 
>> of time for help.
>>
>
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>
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Huy Tran
Programmer II
Department of Music
Department of Theatre and Dance
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
hqttran@...

(530) 752-4716 - Music
(530) 752-5804 - Theatre & Dance
(530) 752-0983 - Fax

Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

Regular meetings would be great. Wednesdays would be fine with me.
Thursday noons would (ironically) sometimes conflict with the Plone
board.

I'd love to participate in a Plone 3 skin sprint. Veda Williams and a
theming crew have been developing a set of sample Plone 3 skins and
best practices that we can scavenge ideas from, so this is getting to
be ground well-trodden.

I'd be unlikely to take Joel's course, but I know he'd do a great job.
I'd nearly certainly want to hold another party if he's in town.

Steve

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Carol McMasters-Stone
<cbeck@...> wrote:
> I could use opinions on the following:
>
> 1)  Shall we set a "regular" meeting date, rather than the floating
> one we currently have?  That way we could all plan on say the 3rd
> Wednesday or Thursday of the month at lunchtime?  Let me know your
> preferences.
>
> 2)  The UCDPloneSkin doesn't run under Plone 3 (unless Jason pulled a
> rabbit out of his hat and forgot to tell me).  How about we do a mini-
> sprint to upgrade the skin, instead of our regular meeting for June?
> A lot of people are on vacation, etc. so I'm not sure how much
> interest we'll have in the regular meeting anyway.  All are invited,
> since skinning for Plone 3 is, ummm, different.  If we have
> Sacramento folks, maybe you've got something you need to skin?  If
> this is okay with everyone, I was thinking June 25 or 26.  We can use
> Sproul or the Center for Mind and Brain.
>
> 3)  Joel Burton seems to be back in email contact.  Is there any
> interest in a Plone 3 three-day workshop?  These are always a pain
> for the organizers, but invaluable for the attendees.  I'm guessing
> that cost will be in the $400 per/person range.   Please be aware
> that the first 3 people to RSVP are the organizing
> committee . . .   Just kidding!
>
> So let me know what you'd like to do.
>
> If the sprint doesn't work for this month, we can delay that until a
> better time.  In which case we need a speaker for the regular
> meeting.  Please let me know if you'd like to present.
>
> Carol McMasters-Stone
> Systems Administrator
> and Unwilling Accounts Manager
> Sproul Social Sciences Administration
> 752-8289
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:14:15 -0700
Subject: RE: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please 
1. Sure I'm free to meet up, any day but Friday is usually good for me.

2. I agree, I'd attend the sprint, at least to get an idea of how
other people tackle skinning Plone. July is also better for me than
June. =)

3. I just attended the 2-day bootcamp at the Symposium recently, does
anyone know how Joel's classes differ, or if he'll go more into
skinning at the 3-day one?

Trish

Subject: Re: [PloneDavis-Discuss] I need some opinions please

1) Regular meetings sound good.
2) Yes.  Sprint is good.  July.
3) Joel rocks.  Yes please.  I can help coordinate or shame others into 
it as necessary.

Carol McMasters-Stone wrote:
> I could use opinions on the following:
> 
> 1)  Shall we set a "regular" meeting date, rather than the floating  
> one we currently have?  That way we could all plan on say the 3rd  
> Wednesday or Thursday of the month at lunchtime?  Let me know your  
> preferences.
> 
> 2)  The UCDPloneSkin doesn't run under Plone 3 (unless Jason pulled a  
> rabbit out of his hat and forgot to tell me).  How about we do a mini- 
> sprint to upgrade the skin, instead of our regular meeting for June?   
> A lot of people are on vacation, etc. so I'm not sure how much  
> interest we'll have in the regular meeting anyway.  All are invited,  
> since skinning for Plone 3 is, ummm, different.  If we have  
> Sacramento folks, maybe you've got something you need to skin?  If  
> this is okay with everyone, I was thinking June 25 or 26.  We can use  
> Sproul or the Center for Mind and Brain.
> 
> 3)  Joel Burton seems to be back in email contact.  Is there any  
> interest in a Plone 3 three-day workshop?  These are always a pain  
> for the organizers, but invaluable for the attendees.  I'm guessing  
> that cost will be in the $400 per/person range.   Please be aware  
> that the first 3 people to RSVP are the organizing  
> committee . . .   Just kidding!
> 
> So let me know what you'd like to do.
> 
> If the sprint doesn't work for this month, we can delay that until a  
> better time.  In which case we need a speaker for the regular  
> meeting.  Please let me know if you'd like to present.
> 
> Carol McMasters-Stone
> Systems Administrator
> and Unwilling Accounts Manager
> Sproul Social Sciences Administration
> 752-8289
> 
> 
> 
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