Re: Silva Content Layout proposal

On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Andy Altepeter wrote:

> Greetings Devs!
> 
> Bethel University is the middle of a site redesign.  We've partnered with a 
> leading US design firm that specialized in higher-ed websites.  In addition to 
> the general site template (what is normally configured using the 
> content_layout macro or a SilvaLayout layout), we are getting about 12  page 
> layouts for specific types of web pages.
> 
> Silva is currently not very capable of complex page layouts. Between the 
> header and footer and other required components of a page (e.g. nav menu, 
> breadcrumb, etc), anything beyond one column (i.e. a silva document) is 
> prohibitively difficult for our authors to create.  One of our 12 layouts is a 
> "one column" layout.
> 
> I've been thinking about this problem for a long time, and now it's time to 
> get to work.  I've drafted a proposal on how I think content layouts should be 
> handled, and it's quite a dramatic shift on how the Silva editor functions.  
> We've looked at a number of leading open source CMS's and have found them 
> lacking.  Commercial CMS's (like cascade server, sitecore, etc) do support 
> this in some fashion.  I've heard rumors that Plone is heading this direction 
> as well.   This is a pivotal moment in Silva's development.
> 
> This proposal is a launchpad blueprint, here: 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/silva/+spec/silva-content-layout
> 
> I'd like to generate some discussion on this, and hopefully be able to 
> collaborate on this with other Silva institutions and Infrae.   
> Ultimately I want this to end up in Silva's core, becoming part of the 
> standard Silva CMS, so that everyone can enjoy it.
> 
> The full specification is linked to from this blog post:
> http://www.bethel.edu/web-services/blog/posts/2009/content-layout
> I know other institutions are interested in this, so please tell me what you 
> think.

andy, is there an easy way to check this out (some buildout configuration)?

regards,
marc