Thanks to everyone for great meeting; especially our sponsors at EastBanc.
We met and shared how we're using Liferay; for example, I have personal use; as well as side projects I'm working on. Others were building for some non-profits; and yet others for real large deployments; and some for internal business uses:
- http://www.sharedwork.org/
- http://www.teamwareplaza.com/
- http://bvakili.com
Then had two technical presentations; first by Shahab Noori on templating; specifically WCM; structures, templates and drag-and-drop content (template content for carousels and more; inspired by Wordpress-Layout-Builder.) Second, Bijan Vakili presented; on Dynamic Data Lists and Templates; specifically for personal use (part of
GTD implementation; which I'll do a blog post on later on.) Also highlighted some differences; for DDL and WCM:
- WCM is a superset
- DDL great for collecting data
- WCM great for publishing
- WCM has lots more features (e.g. expiration, tie to Asset Framework.)
- DDL is bare bones, independent
- Both share many similarities too (e.g. structures, templates backend the same)
We plan to have next meeting in August. This time we had laid-back techie meeting; next time we'll push to get more newcomers; and also have businessy talk as well; since the latter covers a lot more ground. Also, we'll have shorter techie sessions; like lightning rounds on Liferay topics.
Some issues we discussed to champion:
- Improving Liferay for Admin Usage (e.g. add more OOB theme settings)
- Color Picker for the structures and themes
- Template repository for admins
Thanks to Johnnie Stubbs for sponsoring food; and again to EastBanc for location. Otherwise thanks to all who attended: Shahab, Vincent, Michelle, Dave, and Johnnie!
Hope to see you all and more at next meet.
