--- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -1,56 +1,26 @@ -This CKAN Extension demonstrates some common patterns for customising a CKAN instance. +This CKAN Extension customises a CKAN instance for the hosting of data.gov.au. It comprises: -* A CKAN Extension "plugin" at ``ckanext/example/plugin.py`` which, when - loaded, overrides various settings in the core ``ini``-file to provide: +* A custom Package edit form that defaults to cc-by licence +* Replaces links with http/https protocol independent versions +* Provides HTML to users to embed data previews on their own website +* A cut down licenses.json file - * A path to local customisations of the core templates and stylesheets - * A "stream filter" that replaces arbitrary strings in rendered templates - * A "route" to override and extend the default behaviour of a core CKAN page - -* A custom Pylons controller for overriding some core CKAN behaviour - -* A custom Package edit form - -* Some simple template customisations +This extension is complemented by ckanext-agls for AGLS metadata, ckanext-googleanalytics for Google Analytics tracking of API usage and ckanext-dga-stats for the customised site statistics page. Installation ============ To install this package, from your CKAN virtualenv, run the following from your CKAN base folder (e.g. ``pyenv/``):: - pip install -e git+https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-example#egg=ckanext-example + pip install -e git+https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-datagovau#egg=ckanext-datagovau -Then activate it by setting ``ckan.plugins = example`` in your main ``ini``-file. +Then activate it by setting ``ckan.plugins = datagovau`` in your main ``ini``-file. + +To add the cut down licenses.json set ``licenses_group_url = http://%(ckan.site_url)/licenses.json`` +or copy ``ckanext/datagovau/theme/public/licenses.json`` to the same folder as your CKAN config ini file +and set ``licenses_group_url = file://%(here)s/licenses.json`` -Orientation -=========== -* Examine the source code, starting with ``ckanext/example/plugin.py`` - -* To understand the nuts and bolts of this file, which is a CKAN - *Extension*, read in conjunction with the "Extension - documentation":http://packages.python.org/ckan/plugins.html - -* One thing the extension does is set the values of - ``extra_public_paths`` and ``extra_template_paths`` in the CKAN - config, which are "documented - here":http://packages.python.org/ckan/configuration.html#extra-template-paths - -* These are set to point at directories within - `ckanext/example/theme/`` (in this package). Here, we override - the home page, provide some extra style with an ``extra.css``, and - customise the navigation and header of the main template in the file ``layout.html``. - - The latter file is a great place to make global theme alterations. - It uses the _layout template_ pattern "described in the Genshi - documentation":http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/GenshiTutorial#AddingaLayoutTemplate. - This allows you to use Xpath selectors to override snippets of HTML - globally. - -* The custom package edit form at ``package_form.py`` follows the - conventions in the "main CKAN - documentation":http://packages.python.org/ckan/forms.html -