Heads up... I'm making progress on this issue and have fixes for the resource servlets and theme implementation.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1816 - Dave On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Ganesh Mathrubootham<[email protected]> wrote: >>>For example, I should start at the bottom (with the AtomPub stuff) and you > could start at the top with rewriting the old ResourceServlet to honor old > resource URLs by using the new MediaFileManager. > > Sounds good, I will get started from the top. > > And I will also work on the list of improvements, logging JIRA bugs as I get > started on them. > > Thanks, > Ganesh > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Ganesh >> Mathrubootham<[email protected]> wrote: >> > I see that Dave has merged media blogging branch back to trunk and that >> he >> > is also in the middle of writing migration code for the old file system. >> I >> > thought I would get started with the other critical issue identified for >> 5.0 >> > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1816). Also, Dave identified >> > some minor issues before the end of student project, which have been >> logged >> > as a comment here(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1765). >> Unless I >> > hear otherwise from Dave or others, I will get started with these >> > fixes/enhancements related to media blogging in the next couple of days. >> >> Hi Ganesh, >> >> I'm finally finding some time now to work on Roller and Media Blogging. >> >> I'm almost done with the migration issue: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1815 >> >> I've also done some work to remove our old Javascript library >> dependencies. We now use YUI alone and no longer rely on >> Prototype/Scriptaculous. >> >> And I was planning to work on removing the FileManager next: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1816 >> >> ROL-1816 is likely to be a fair amount of work. Want to break it up or >> at least start working on different parts of the work? For example, I >> should start at the bottom (with the AtomPub stuff) and you could >> start at the top with rewriting the old ResourceServlet to honor old >> resource URLs by using the new MediaFileManager. >> >> There are also a list of improvements in ROL-1765 that we should >> consider. I think the aspect ratio improvements are first priority as >> images look strangely stretched in the new UI. We should create JIRA >> issues for the items that we intend to fix from this list: >> >> Improvements >> * Should maintain original aspect ratio when resizing images for >> thumbnails >> * Should maintain original aspect ratio when user sets image width and >> height >> * Should store media-files on disk with three letter extension >> * When Attaching uploaded file, should initially show search >> results on type image >> * After editing a media file, should update title if it changed >> * Insert button doesn't really stand out, wasn't clear how this >> page worked at first >> * Like rest of Roller, new UI needs some work to make it >> aesthetically pleasing >> >> One suggested RFE: better bandwidth and UI via true thumbnails >> * Store real thumbnails instead of resizing image in browser >> * Create and store small, medium and large thumbnails on disk for >> each media file >> * Small for view media page. Allow users to choose a size when >> linking to image >> * Add media from URL should save metadata for image and store thumbnail >> >> Interested in working on any of those items? >> >> Thanks, >> - Dave >> >
