Discussing improvements to the out-the box presentation layer of uPortal
Objectives:
- Default presentation layer using css and standards compliance.
- Conventions and standards for naming. Most of the customisation takes place at the CSS level presently - if we had some standardisation in terms of usage and ids, we could potentially share more.
- Try move away from rework upon upgrades and towards some sharing
AL - quite a few people using Aggregated Layouts - a couple using simple layouts
Lot of interest in terms of Distributed Layouts - simpler migratation path to DLM than ALM from simple layouts. Also DLM is a bit more flexible.
Problems pushing layout fragments via AL damaging layouts if the user is logged in. Memorial running push fragments when the portal is down.
- Not happy with the current customisation options - need improvements to ease of use, accessibility and end-user discovery.
- Consensus that we are turning it off or end-users are not using it - quite a lot of users don't use because it's not that important to them
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