quintagroup.portlet.cumulus

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by Quintagroup — last modified Feb 24, 2012 10:19 AM

A tag cloud portlet that rotates tags in 3D using a Flash movie

Project Description

quintagroup.portlet.cumulus is a Plone product that allows you to add tag cloud portlets to your Plone site. Your site's tags (content categories are used as tags) are displayed using a Flash movie that rotates them in 3D. It works just like a regular tags cloud, but is more visually exciting. This is the WordPress WP-Cumulus plugin ported to Plone as a portlet.

When you add this portlet anywhere in the site it will display all site's tags. If you have installed QuillsEnabled product this portlet will display only blog's tags when rendered inside blog.

Usage

On the page you want to add such portlet go to portlet management area and select 'Tag Cloud (cumulus) portlet from Add portlet... drop-down menu
Provide your own values for portlet configuration
Save changes
The portlet will now display a cloud of keywords/tags used on your Plone site.

Cumulus Portlet options

It is possible to set cumulus portlet options so that it fits your site design, color scheme etc. When you create cumulus portlet you can specify:

Width and height of the flash tag cloud portlet
Smallest and largest tag size
Main and optionally second color of the tags for creating multi-colored tag cloud
Optional highlight color when mouse is over it and background portlet color
Transparent or compatibility mode
Rotation speed

Supported Plone versions

Plone 4.1
Plone 4.0
Plone 3.x

Installation

Add quintagroup.portlet.cumulus to the list of eggs to install, e.g.:
```
[buildout]
...
eggs =
    ...
    quintagroup.portlet.cumulus
```

Tell the plone.recipe.zope2instance recipe to install a ZCML slug:

[instance]
recipe = plone.recipe.zope2instance
...
zcml =
    quintagroup.portlet.cumulus

Re-run buildout, e.g. with:
```
$ ./bin/buildout
```
Restart instance, e.g. with:
```
$ ./bin/instance restart
```
Install Tag cloud (cumulus) portlet with Quickinstaller in Plone.

Changelog

1.2 (2012-02-24)

Implemented max. number of tags to be displayed (Suresh V)

1.1.1 (2011-10-28)

Compatibility with Plone 4.1 added

1.1.0 (2011-01-04)

Fresh tagcloud.swf added, with proper unicode support

1.0 (2009-04-24)

Initial release

Current Release
quintagroup.portlet.cumulus 1.2

Released Feb 24, 2012 — tested with Plone 4.1, Plone 4, Plone 3

Max. number of tags to display implemented
More about this release…

Get quintagroup.portlet.cumulus for all platforms: quintagroup.portlet.cumulus-1.2.zip
If you are using Plone 3.2 or higher, you probably want to install this product with buildout. See our tutorial on installing add-on products with buildout for more information.

All Releases

Version	Released	Description	Compatibility	Licenses	Status
1.2	Feb 24, 2012	Max. number of tags to display implemented More about this release…	Plone 4.1 Plone 4 Plone 3	GPL	final
1.1.1	Oct 28, 2011	Compatibility with Plone 4.1 More about this release…	Plone 4.1 Plone 4 Plone 3	GPL	final
1.1.0	Jan 03, 2011	Fresh tagcloud.swf with proper unicode support added. More about this release…	Plone 4 Plone 3	GPL	final
1.0	May 06, 2009	Initial release. More about this release…	Plone 4 Plone 3	GPL	final