From: Karl O. Pinc Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:05:47 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Hype configurability in the docs X-Git-Url: https://papio.biology.duke.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=88dccc5fdca93e1758c16ba642908f0355b2b33f;p=pgwui_common Hype configurability in the docs --- diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index d243c57..3bf5f0f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -34,12 +34,23 @@ package suite. The PGWUI package suite is a Python framework for creating `PostgreSQL`_ web user interfaces, and a collection of user interfaces -built using the framework.. The focus is on interfaces supporting +built using the framework. The focus is on interfaces supporting bulk data upload or download, on execution of batches of arbitrary SQL, and on transactions. A distinguishing feature is an emphasis on discovering and reporting as many errors as is possible per bulk interaction with the database. +The official PGWUI components based on PGWUI_Common are highly +configurable. The web page templates used to generate HTML files, the +CSS files, the static HTML files, and the location of the web pages +within the "URL space" can all be altered without programming. + +It is relatively easy to create alternate "skins" for the user +interface. Naturally some exposure to HTML, CSS, and URL concepts are +helpful. Extensive alterations to error presentation may require some +experience with the Mako HTML templating system and/or the Python +programming language. + Usage -----