Pier


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Pier

Last updated at 10:58 am UTC on 31 October 2018

Current repository
http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pier

Also contains Pier2, Pier3 and Pillar.

In Pier everything is a PRStructure object.

A abstract structure object represents the model of a single page.
The object has got a title and a name.
The name of the object must be unique within the scope of the parent.
A structure is identified with a path of structure names.

2008

Pier is the name of a Content Management System and wiki implemented on top of Seaside and Magritte.
It is a fully-edged application and content management framework.
It is a kind of "version 2" of SmallWiki. http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/reports/Reng07c.pdf

A pier is a raised walkway over water, supported by widely-
spread pillars. Today the most common form of a pier is the
industrial pier which can be found at ports throughout the world.
A pier may be open air or closed. Sometimes a pier has two
decks.”
— Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier

Source: page 21 of Magritte

Home page

Code repository

http://source.lukas-renggli.ch

Mailing list

http://www.iam.unibe.ch/pipermail/smallwiki/

The design

http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Archive/Reports/Reng07c.pdf (3 pages)
Chapter 3 of Lukas's Masters Thesis is all about the design of Pier:Magritte – Meta-Described Web Application Development (Detailed)
The model is an instance of a PRKernel object which holds PRPage objects.

Some hints

It is recommended to start with the one-click installation from the download section of http://www.piercms.com/
An idiot's guide to pier(Only a few hints for starting to configure Pier from the mailing list)
Getting started with Pier(from the mailing list as well)
Good entry point to start reading the code: PRKernel and PRPierFrame
How do I edit the Pier screen layout?