This talk some of the different ways you can add extra tentacles to the Gooey, using as examples some real-world WebGUI extensions. First we add a user History framework for defining and recording significant events. Then we add a pluggable Cryptography layer for automatic encryption/decryption of private data. Then we add in Flux, a pluggable rule-based layer that makes it possible for content managers to build websites that have non-trivial paths of flow for users across different content areas. And finally, we add in some Flux rules that tie the different extension together and show how they can work together to add an extra layer of dynamic behaviour to WebGUI.

Presented by Patrick Donnelan.  Patrick is an open source developer living and working in Melbourne, Australia. He is the Chief Technical Director and co-founder of SDH Consulting Group. He is an active member of the WebGUI development team, and can often be found on #webgui as patspam during GMT+10 daylight hours.