Is there an easy way to import a modelglue.xml application in the ColdBricks? ie keep the model glue app as a backend?

Not really, ColdBricks is designed to work with applications built in HomePortals because it relies on the HomePortals APIs to manage the target application; so you cannot just throw any application into ColdBricks and have the same functionality.

However, one option that you can explore is to create a HomePortals application that integrates with your existing model-glue application. For example, you can create HomePortals modules that rely on backend services exposed by your model-glue application. Each HomePortals module is like a mini-MVC application in itself; so it can act as an alternate front-end for a particular feature of your application. This way you get the benefit of all features in the HomePortals framework, the site administration features provided by ColdBricks and still use your application as the back-end engine.

Hope this helps, and let me know if I can help you in any way,

Oscar

Are there docs on the Homeportals site on how to do what you're describing?

At this point documentation is a bit fragmented. On the HomePortals site you can find the basic information about setting up a new HomePortals-based application, and a more complete documentation on how to build your own HomePortals modules. You can also checkout the ColdBricks documentation on the ColdBricks site since the first chapter provides also information about how everything is structured in a HomePortals application.

At the moment I'm focusing on the ColdBricks documentation, and when that is done I'll start putting together a full developers guide for HomePortals.

One suggestion that I can give you is to begin with the sample "Start" application and then read through the HomePortals Module framework docs to start building your own modules. You can then use the frame or skeleton of the Start app to add these modules into a page and that way start testing and building the integration with any existing backend application.

Oscar