What started as "Deco" in 2009 is now finally coming to the big stage. We present the first production-ready implementation of plone.app.mosaic. Mosaic allows you to create custom layouts through the web, thus propelling Plone into the sphere of "Desktop Publishing for the Web". Way beyond the options of a richtext-field, you finally have full control over how your content will be presented. We will present the features of Mosaic and what you can achieve with them in live-demos. We'll discuss various use-cases and showcase a real life client-project that makes use of Mosaic to give new levels of control over the layout to the editor.

1. Mosaic
The Layout Solution You Always Wanted

2. $ whoarewe
Philip Bauer
Munich, Germany
github: pbauer
irc: pbauer
Twitter: StarzelDe
Peter Holzer
Zurich, Switzerland
github: agitator
irc: hpeter
Twitter: agittr

3. You get a mockup for
the new frontpage

5. Options
• custom type, view and template
• collage, PortletPage, contentwellportlets,
collective.cover…
• plone.app.mosaic

6. Live Demo

7. Did you see that before?

8. 2008: Deco
2009: Prototype
2011: CMSUI
2012: Deco Lite
2014: Mosaic

10. Use Cases
• Layout for objects per instance
• Make your own
• Choose from predefined
• Support for protected areas
• Reusable and centrally managed

11. Hidden feature
Change the
whole layout of a Page!

12. Summary/Advantages
• Huge leap forward for the approachability
and ttw story of Plone
• Whole new range of layout possibilities
• Editor friendly
• Strategic target for the Roadmap
• Supercool selling feature for Plone

13. How does it work?
• plone.app.mosaic
• plone.app.blocks
• plone.tiles
• plone.app.tiles
• plone.app.standardtiles
• plone.app.drafts

19. In the Wild
• Already in use at a client project
• Going live this year

20. Roadmap
Is it ready to be used in my projects?
Yes
It will evolve based on your feedback!

22. Questions