[PloneDavis-Discuss] PloneFormGen Widgets in Dexterity content

[Alex Mandel]

Sorry, I'll be gone next week when everyone meets.

I'm working on a new site geospatial.ucdavis.edu using the skin we
worked on together (I will be sending some patches soon to fix minor css
stuff).

In doing so started making some Forms with PloneFormGen but then
realized that I really need actual objects that can be updated later,
moved to other folders etc. So I started using Dexterity but noticed the
widget options are much more limited. In particular I like the rating
scale from PloneFormGen where I could make a grid of questions all with
ratings.

Any idea how I can get the same widget with Dexterity?

I am trying to stick to web editable content types, so my site admins
can manage them down the line.

Thanks,
Alex

[Jeremy M Phillips]

It's not quite your question, but did you look at uwosh.d2c, which allows
you to create actual content items with PFG?

http://plone.org/products/uwosh.pfg.d2c


J.

Post by Alex Mandel
Sorry, I'll be gone next week when everyone meets.
I'm working on a new site geospatial.ucdavis.edu using the skin we
worked on together (I will be sending some patches soon to fix minor css
stuff).
In doing so started making some Forms with PloneFormGen but then
realized that I really need actual objects that can be updated later,
moved to other folders etc. So I started using Dexterity but noticed the
widget options are much more limited. In particular I like the rating
scale from PloneFormGen where I could make a grid of questions all with
ratings.
Any idea how I can get the same widget with Dexterity?
I am trying to stick to web editable content types, so my site admins
can manage them down the line.
Thanks,
Alex
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[Alex Mandel]

Nope, I hadn't seen that one yet. I'll give it a shot.

Maybe later when there's more time I can go the writing a widget route
that Steve mentions (I agree that would be a useful sprint topic).

Thanks,
Alex

Post by Jeremy M Phillips
It's not quite your question, but did you look at uwosh.d2c, which allows
you to create actual content items with PFG?
http://plone.org/products/uwosh.pfg.d2c
J.

Post by Alex Mandel
Sorry, I'll be gone next week when everyone meets.
I'm working on a new site geospatial.ucdavis.edu using the skin we
worked on together (I will be sending some patches soon to fix minor css
stuff).
In doing so started making some Forms with PloneFormGen but then
realized that I really need actual objects that can be updated later,
moved to other folders etc. So I started using Dexterity but noticed the
widget options are much more limited. In particular I like the rating
scale from PloneFormGen where I could make a grid of questions all with
ratings.
Any idea how I can get the same widget with Dexterity?
I am trying to stick to web editable content types, so my site admins
can manage them down the line.
Thanks,
Alex
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[Steve McMahon]

Basically, you create a z3c.form widget (hard) and add a couple of
Dexterity-specific registrations (easy).

Working on a widget or two could be a fun sprint topic :)

Post by Alex Mandel
Any idea how I can get the same widget with Dexterity?

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