Base-Art - Alineahttps://base-art.net/2005-05-30T22:12:14+02:00Alinea32005-03-06T16:31:36+01:002005-05-30T22:05:20+02:00Philippe Normandtag:base-art.net,2005-03-06:/Articles/40/<p>Since few weeks i’ve been working on the next generation of this blog’s engine : Alinea3. While Alinea 2 was powered by Webware and <span class="caps">ZPT</span>, Alinea3 uses Quixote and Cheetah.</p>
<p>The database schema remained quite the same, except for the Roles layer which was added to provide a flow-engine-like …</p><p>Since few weeks i’ve been working on the next generation of this blog’s engine : Alinea3. While Alinea 2 was powered by Webware and <span class="caps">ZPT</span>, Alinea3 uses Quixote and Cheetah.</p>
<p>The database schema remained quite the same, except for the Roles layer which was added to provide a flow-engine-like system. For instance, <em>Authors</em> can’t publish their articles if they don’t have the <em>publisher</em> role .. And so on.</p>
<p>I still need to make a <span class="caps">CSS</span> stylesheet for the <em>admin</em> part of the site, work on non-javascript popups, and make some Rewriting rules to ease the transition between the 2 websites having different url mappings.</p>
<p>You can browse my <a class="reference external" href="http://dev.base-art.net/">Alinea3 blog</a> and give me feedback :-)</p>
Changing face2004-09-01T04:52:11+02:002005-05-30T22:09:52+02:00Philippe Normandtag:base-art.net,2004-09-01:/Articles/17/<p>I admit my lacks in web design, that’s why spent few hours playing w/ <span class="caps">CSS</span>. First looked at one really kool from <a class="reference external" href="http://csszengarden.com/">cssZenGarden</a>, then used some of its design ‘items’ and whacked a nice image w/ Gimp (rotate, matrix transforms, cut / paste) to make the header you can admire …</p><p>I admit my lacks in web design, that’s why spent few hours playing w/ <span class="caps">CSS</span>. First looked at one really kool from <a class="reference external" href="http://csszengarden.com/">cssZenGarden</a>, then used some of its design ‘items’ and whacked a nice image w/ Gimp (rotate, matrix transforms, cut / paste) to make the header you can admire above :)</p>
<p>Switching from old design to new one wasn’t really a pain in the ass … Editing only one <span class="caps">ZPT</span> template for all the public part !! admin section stayed old fashion for now ;)</p>
<p>Many thanks to <a class="reference external" href="http://larsen-b.com/">Jkx</a> for his expert tips on header image and design cosmetics :)</p>
About this blog2004-04-18T17:53:05+02:002005-05-30T22:12:14+02:00Philippe Normandtag:base-art.net,2004-04-18:/Articles/4/<p>Alinea is a blogware developped by:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Jerome Kerdreux</li>
<li>Ludovic Bellier</li>
<li>Philippe Normand</li>
</ul>
<p>It uses these technologies:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Python : <a class="reference external" href="http://python.org">http://python.org</a></li>
<li>Quixote2 : <a class="reference external" href="http://quixote.ca">http://quixote.ca</a></li>
<li>ReST : <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sf.net">http://docutils.sf.net</a></li>
<li>Cheetah : <a class="reference external" href="http://cheetahtemplate.org">http://cheetahtemplate.org</a></li>
<li>SQLObject : <a class="reference external" href="http://sqlobject.org">http://sqlobject.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Current features are:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>user management</li>
<li>articles / Sections</li>
<li>hierarchical sections support</li>
<li>threaded comments</li>
<li>calendar …</li></ul><p>Alinea is a blogware developped by:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Jerome Kerdreux</li>
<li>Ludovic Bellier</li>
<li>Philippe Normand</li>
</ul>
<p>It uses these technologies:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Python : <a class="reference external" href="http://python.org">http://python.org</a></li>
<li>Quixote2 : <a class="reference external" href="http://quixote.ca">http://quixote.ca</a></li>
<li>ReST : <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sf.net">http://docutils.sf.net</a></li>
<li>Cheetah : <a class="reference external" href="http://cheetahtemplate.org">http://cheetahtemplate.org</a></li>
<li>SQLObject : <a class="reference external" href="http://sqlobject.org">http://sqlobject.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Current features are:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>user management</li>
<li>articles / Sections</li>
<li>hierarchical sections support</li>
<li>threaded comments</li>
<li>calendar</li>
<li>Comments moderation</li>
<li>spam protection</li>
<li>admin view allowing full control of the beast</li>
<li>article edition in ReST, <span class="caps">HTML</span> or simple text</li>
<li>comment edition in ReST or simple text</li>
<li>post preview</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information, feel free to contact us.</p>