#336 – 8.60 Themes and How we use the DPK

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new psadmin.io Themes for 8.60, and then they discuss how they are currently using the DPK to build new environments and what has changed in the DPK since it was released.

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Show Notes

Themes for PeopleTools 8.60

We have released new branding themes for PeopleTools 8.60! The new themes use colors that better match the new Redwood UI color palette, and the underlying stylesheets use the new CSS variables in 8.60.

There are 10 colors to choose from in this release.

But, it’s also very easy to change the colors, or even make your own based on this project. Starting with PeopleTools 8.60, there are new CSS variables to simplify branding changes. There are only 2 color variables used in this project:

:root {
  --pt-banner-background-color: #1374BA; /* Primary */
  --pt-border-contrast-color: #2C526E; /* Accent */
  --pt-strip-height: 0px;
}

You can modify these colors to suit your needs and make the themes match your own branding requirements. The --pt-strip-height variable is to hide the Redwood color strip in the default theme.

The goal of our themes is to simply change the header color (for Fluid and Classic) so you know which environment you are working in. But you can take these new CSS variables and change so much more.

To install the themes, download the IO_STYLE_REDWOOD.zip file from Github and use the Data Migration Workbench to import the project. You can read more about the project and how install it on GitHub.

#335 – io_homes DPK Module

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the changes to the 8.60 database upgrade and the new PPTLS860 project. Dan also shares some updates to the IO_STYLE_859 project and discusses his new io_homes DPK module.

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Show Notes

#333 – Opensearch and PeopleTools 8.60 w/ Sasank Vemana

This week on the podcast, PeopleTools Strategy Director Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the upcoming switch to Opensearch, Configurable Search, Redwood UI, and some of his favorite features in PeopleTools 8.60.

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Show Notes

#332 – PeopleTools 8.60

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss PeopleTools 8.60 and the great features that were released. Dan also shares his thoughts on using Cloud Manager to upgrade environments to 8.60.

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Show Notes


#328 – psadmin.conf 2022 Recap

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This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle recap the psadmin.conf 2022 conference.

Show Notes

  • Getting the Most Out of PeopleTools @ 2:30
  • Kibana Lab @ 10:15
  • Monday Open Lab @ 13:00
  • Automating Maintenance Windows @ 15:00
  • Journey to the Cloud @ 16:30
  • OCI Migration @ 18:45
  • Environment Validation Lab @ 21:30
  • Tuesday Open Lab @ 25:00
  • Securing PS with Apache Rules @ 27:00
  • PeopleTools Platform Overview @ 29:45
  • Lightning Talks @ 33:00
  • Real-Time Indexing @ 41:30

#321 – 8.60 Planned Features

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This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new planned features for PeopleTools 8.60 and share their thoughts on upcoming features.

Show Notes

Planned Features and Enhancement Document

  • Lifecycle Management @ 3:00
  • User Interface @ 8:00
  • Development Tools @ 19:00
  • Security @ 24:30
  • Process Monitor @ 26:00