User testing environment for layout reorderer

[Gary Thompson]

Daphne,

First off, I think you will want to test on the latest version of the 
Layout Reorderer / uPortal integration.  It looks like the Fluid build 
site 
(http://build.fluidproject.org/uPortal/render.userLayoutRootNode.uP) is 
not up-to-date, at least on the uPortal side.  Maybe Simon from UBC 
could chime in on that?  It would be of most benefit to test against the 
uPortal trunk, which is the in-development 3.1 version.

As for the Announcement portlet, the Fluid build site uses the 
out-of-the-box uPortal configuration.  Out-of-the-box, uPortal does not 
include an Announcements portlet in the layout of any of the default 
users.  That is because out-of-the-box uPortal does not have an 
Announcements portlet registered in the system.  In other words, one 
would have to be in the environment you plan to test in.

Then there is the issue of how often the Fluid build environment updates 
(re-builds).  I believe that each time it re-builds, it will return 
uPortal to the out-of-the-box state, but someone else can probably speak 
to that with more authority.

In summary:

1. Need a newer build of uPortal/Layout Reorderer (Simon?)
2. Need to create an Announcements portlet in the Student layout (Gary - 
I can show you how to do it, or set it up for you)
3. Determine when the environment is re-built to as to be sure that your 
testing setup is not squashed prior to the test (Justin?)

I'd be glad to help.

Gary

Daphne Ogle wrote:
> Is it possible to add another portlet to the uPortal mock-up?  Our 
> user testing protocols assume there is an announcement portlet at the 
> bottom of the page which isn't in this version.  I started to edit the 
> protocol but it basically changes everything so I thought I'd check to 
> see how difficult it would be to get that portlet added.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Daphne
>
> On Feb 6, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Justin wrote:
>
>> Hi  Daphne,
>>
>> I have updated the link on the page you mentioned, so it should be 
>> working now.
>>
>> As for build, I think you may have looked at the uPortal demo, which 
>> is an instance that was pulled from the uPortal trunk. For that one, 
>> you need to login (info provided in one of the portlets e.g. 
>> demo/demo) before you are able to reorder anything. The link that I 
>> placed on your page is for our uPortal mock-up which includes an 
>> ImageReorderer portlet and an inline edit field in the Bookmarks portlet
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Justin
>>
>> On 5-Feb-09, at 8:32 PM, Daphne Ogle wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy!
>>>
>>> I'm working on updating user testing protocols for the next round of 
>>> user testing -- much of which will likely be done at Landmark 
>>> College.    The test environment on latest Layout Reorder protocol 
>>> (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Layout+Reorderer+User+Testing+-+Round+3) 
>>> points to a 404 error:
>>>
>>> http://build.fluidproject.org/fluid/sample-code/reorderer/portal/portal.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> I looked on build and when I go to the uPortal layout reorderer demo 
>>> there I can't seem to reorderer anything.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what's going on with either of these?
>>>
>>> Daphne Ogle
>>> Senior Interaction Designer
>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>> Educational Technology Services
>>> daphne at media.berkeley.edu
>>> cell (510)847-0308
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
> Daphne Ogle
> Senior Interaction Designer
> University of California, Berkeley
> Educational Technology Services
> daphne at media.berkeley.edu
> cell (510)847-0308
>
>
>