Q2 Meet Review and RetrospectiveQ2 Meet Review and Retrospectivehttps://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785333&threadId=556998842024-03-29T05:17:36Z2024-03-29T05:17:36ZQ2 Meet Review and RetrospectiveBijan Vakilihttps://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785333&messageId=556998832015-06-29T00:49:58Z2015-06-29T00:49:58ZThanks to everyone for great meeting; especially our sponsors at EastBanc.<br /><br />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:<br /><ul><li>http://www.sharedwork.org/</li><li>http://www.teamwareplaza.com/</li><li>http://bvakili.com</li></ul><br /><br />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 <a href="http://gettingthingsdone.com/">GTD</a> implementation; which I'll do a blog post on later on.) Also highlighted some differences; for DDL and WCM:<br /><ul><li>WCM is a superset</li><li>DDL great for collecting data</li><li>WCM great for publishing</li><li>WCM has lots more features (e.g. expiration, tie to Asset Framework.)</li><li>DDL is bare bones, independent</li><li>Both share many similarities too (e.g. structures, templates backend the same)</li></ul><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Some issues we discussed to champion:<br /><ul><li>Improving Liferay for Admin Usage (e.g. add more OOB theme settings)</li><li>Color Picker for the structures and themes</li><li>Template repository for admins</li></ul><br /><br />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!<br /><br />Hope to see you all and more at next meet.Bijan Vakili