Moveable containers on a web page like iGoogle?

[brightoceanlight]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

 

[Andrew Thompson]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

Without even checking, I'd guess some CSS and a
whole bunch of JS (Javascript). Check the source
of the web page for any mention of javascript.

BTW - if you want to pursue JS further, note that it
is a different language to Java, best discussed on
comp.lang.javascript

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Andrew Thompson
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[Roedy Green]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

to see iGoogle, go to the google home page then click iGoogle in the
upper right. I used View Source to see how the page was created. It
seems to be doing thingswith tables, CSS and a lot of pointless
javascript to arrange for things like the calendar. There is no need
for the JavaScript, except perhaps for the clock.

 

[getsanjay.sharma]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

Looks like Portlets to me. Looking at the source code seems to be a
moot point since the generated stuff will anyways be not any different
from a mix of HTML markup / JS / CSS.

 

[stooley73]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

I suspect that some portal product was used also. Does anyone have
any idea which product was used?

 

[mmilazzo31]

I suspect that some portal product was used also. Does anyone have
any idea which product was used?

I'd also like to know what technology is being used behind the scenes
for iGoogle. I've tried to search around for an open source framework
that provides the same basic windowed functionality and customization
that iGoogle provides. Here is what I've found so far:

-Pentaho Dashboards & Dashboard Builder: Appears to be a very mature
open-source framework dashboard with reports and out-of-the-box
features to leverage.
-Spago Solutions: Seems similar to Pentaho, but less mature.
-Apache Jetspeed-2: open-source implementation of JSR-168 (Portlet
Framework), seems to be an implementation to handle common portlet
functionality like security, but I don't think there is much boiler
plate code for making quick widgets/mini-windows
-Websphere Dashboard Framework: Appears to be a non-open-source
framework for building a dashboard with reporting capabilities. I
would guess that you probably have to be using IBM Websphere and their
Portlet solution to use this framework.

If anyone has experience with these frameworks please let me know how
you've found them to work. I've only done a very high level
investigation on each.

 

[mmilazzo31]

I'd also like to know what technology is being used behind the scenes
for iGoogle. I've tried to search around for an open source framework
that provides the same basic windowed functionality and customization
that iGoogle provides. Here is what I've found so far:

-Pentaho Dashboards & Dashboard Builder: Appears to be a very mature
open-source framework dashboard with reports and out-of-the-box
features to leverage.
-Spago Solutions: Seems similar to Pentaho, but less mature.
-Apache Jetspeed-2: open-source implementation of JSR-168 (Portlet
Framework), seems to be an implementation to handle common portlet
functionality like security, but I don't think there is much boiler
plate code for making quick widgets/mini-windows
-Websphere Dashboard Framework: Appears to be a non-open-source
framework for building a dashboard with reporting capabilities. I
would guess that you probably have to be using IBM Websphere and their
Portlet solution to use this framework.

If anyone has experience with these frameworks please let me know how
you've found them to work. I've only done a very high level
investigation on each.

I just found an interesting application that seems to provide the
basic portlet/mini-windowing capabilities found on iGoogle:
http://www.nabh.com/portal/projects/normal/0/reset/0/0?project_id=3&project_name=Stringbeans Portal

 

[mmilazzo31]

I just found an interesting application that seems to provide the
basic portlet/mini-windowing capabilities found on iGoogle:http://www.nabh.com/portal/projects/normal/0/reset/0/0?project_id=3&p...

Another portlet/mini-windowing application that seems to be tried and
trusted by the open source community is Liferay Portal. However all of
these portal solutions don't seem to integrate easily into an existing
application. I am still looking at the details on how to accomplish
this.

 

[toni]

Another portlet/mini-windowing application that seems to be tried and
trusted by the open source community is Liferay Portal. However all of
these portal solutions don't seem to integrate easily into an existing
application. I am still looking at the details on how to accomplish
this.

Check out POSH, http://www.portaneo.com/solutions/en/opensource.php
Toni Thomsson
www.tonjac.org

 

[toni]

What is the technology behind creating moveable containers on a web
page like iGoogle?

Check out POSH:
http://www.portaneo.com/solutions/en/opensource.php

/Toni