quintagroup.portlet.collection

This package extends collection portlet with some useful features:

• configurable appearance of portlet item . You can specify what attributes to display in portlet. By default 'Title' and 'Description' attributes are configurable.
• configurable portlet style. You can set particular style for particular portlet. To define your own styles for portlets, you should edit special property named 'portlet_dropdown'. This property is located in 'portal_properties-> qcollectionportlet_properties'. To create new style - add new line containing two values divided by pipe. The first value is a css style class that will be added to portlet, the second value is a label that will be shown in portlet dropdown menu. For example: portletStaticClassOne|Class One
• more... link for each portlet item . You can enable showing more link for every item displayed in portlet.
• configurable linking for portlet items. There is boolean field named 'Link title', if enabled - item's title will be linked to the corresponding object.
• batching. Portlet items can be split into pages. You can specify number of items to be displayed on page.

Usage

To create such a portlet you have to:

• create a Collection that will return results for displaying in the portlet
• add Qcollection portlet on a page where you want to add a carousel - click Manage portlets in one of the columns of your site and choose QCollection Portlet from Add portlet... menu.
• QCollection portlet has the same fields as standard Plone collection portlet, but they are extended with the following fields:

• Specify how you want your portlet to look and save it.
• Return to Plone page to see a new QCollection portlet.