knotes.net/sandbox :: try using/managing KNotes yourself

I've been meaning to do something about providing a sandbox in which guests cvan try usinhg and managing KNotes for themselves. We've finally done it!

We have owned the knotes.net domain for some time, intending that it becomes the centre for hosting and discussing KNotes development and releases. There is now a sandbox for KNotes there. If you join the knotes site, you can create and manage KNotes weblogs and discussion items in your home folder. On request, we can make a folder in the sandbox area for you, so you can also try knownet's indexFolder context for plone content. (We will at some time make indexFolder the default for a member folder in this site, but that requires a bit of work :o)

Making the knotes.net site ready for using KNotes was informative about a few remaining installer issues:

ZAAPlugins required

The ZAAPlugins product must be installed in order for attachments to work in blog entries and discussion items

[temporary] main_template hack for nowrap editing

I still have not propagated the changes entailed by the plone-skins-cookie technique for delivering 'unwrapped' plone content/forms. Until I do - sometime next week - it is necessary to have a simple customisation of main_template

Default style for weblogs expects a banner image

Another long-pending little to-do: When Knotes is installed, the default style expects a banner image which is missing from the distribution. Making a knotes_banner.jpg and placing it in your portal_skins/custom folder corrects this. I'll have to think about how best to tackle this problem - we're planning to have a good long look at improving skinnability soon. -- UPDATE - I made a 'base banner' and added it to the skin folder for the weblog type..