sc.periodicals

Table of Contents

• Life, the Universe, and Everything
• Mostly Harmless
• Don't Panic
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • Portlet

Life, the Universe, and Everything

This package defines a folderish content type that defines a Periodical. A periodical has a number, an image associated and a publication date; it can contain only News Articles as defined in the collective.nitf package.

The package also defines a portlet that displays the latest published periodical on the site.

Mostly Harmless

Got an idea? Found a bug? Let us know by opening a support ticket.

Don't Panic

Installation

To enable this product in a buildout-based installation:

1. Edit your buildout.cfg and add sc.periodicals to the list of eggs to install:

   [buildout]
   ...
   eggs =
       sc.periodicals
   

After updating the configuration you need to run ''bin/buildout'', which will take care of updating your system.

Go to the 'Site Setup' page in a Plone site and click on the 'Add-ons' link.

Check the box next to sc.periodicals and click the 'Activate' button.

Note

You may have to empty your browser cache and save your resource registries in order to see the effects of the product installation.

Usage

TBA.

Portlet

The package includes a portlet that shows the latest published periodical and its contained news articles.

• Go to the "Manage Portlets" page and select "Latest Periodical"
• Enter a header (if needed), an image scale, the number of published News Articles to display and a text.

The portlet will be shown if at least one Periodical is published on the site.

Got an idea? Found a bug? Let us know by opening a support ticket.