Slides of OKCon2013 Session: CKAN Workshop - how to use, extend and get involved see http://okcon.org/technology-tools-and-business/session-b/

1. Customizing CKAN
How to customize and extend your
default CKAN instance

2. Ways to customize CKAN
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Configuration interface
http://localhost:5000/ckan-admin/config
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Configuration file
http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/configuration.html
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Ready available extensions
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Writing your own extension

3. Readily available extensions
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Core extensions:
○ datastore
○ stats
○ Resource proxy
○ previews: PDF, Text files
ckanext-harvest
ckanext-spatial
ckanext-googleanalytics
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4. IMapper
Model
Logic
Authorization
IAuthFunctions
Actions
IActions
IDomainObjectModification
Schema
IDatasetForm
IGroupForm
IPackageController
IGroupController
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Controllers
Templates
IRoutes
IResoucePreview
ITemplateHelpers
Template overriding

5. Quick practical intro to building your
extension
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Extensions and plugins, File structure
Extend templates
Custom routes and pages
Authorization, custom actions
We will use ckanext-intro:
https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-intro