ContentCaller

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This product has not had a release in over 1 year and may no longer be maintained.

This product adds 3 content types to a plone site that can be used to include external content.

Project Description

The Content Types

The External Page type  makes an ajax call to include any content from a probably external to plone path.   The external page content type is accomplished by making an ajax call to a configured path with jQuery.  Keep in mind that JavaScript security applies, meaning that you cannot make a call to an external host--only an external path. 

 The GWT Page content type allows you to specify a path to a GWT JavaScript file, and includes that as the content for the page.

The IFrame Page allows you to include content that is external to a plone site, e.g., content that resides on a different host and possibly a different server.  Links and form submissions should work as expected.

 

Caveats

External Content is not indexed, hence external content will not be reflected in a site search by default.  In general, you will likely run into other issues with external content regarding how well it integrates into your Plone site.

 

Installation instructions

$ cd <Your Site's Products Directory>

$ tar xzf ContentCaller-x.x.tar.gz

Restart zope, navigate to Add On Products and install Content Caller.