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At 07:52 AM 1/11/00 -0500, -Ted. wrote:
>There's a project I have in mind that might help with this.
what I have in mind is already done and in use.
runs on apache exactly the platform combo used by rebol.org
>Basically, I want to have something like dmoz.org
I am very familiar with dmoz/newhoo - I am an editor there.
>http://husted.com/kabob/
>Next, I was going to prototype some screen shots, and maybe try to open
>a project up at sourceforge.net
>
>Thoughts? Comments? Criticisms? Better name for the project?
needs to be developed | done. free.
Allow text articles and | allow any number of images, & articles
one standard image to be | each tagged with uploaders name
submitted by browser or email | only orig uploder can edit
| orig uploder can grant edit priv to arb list
| can take articles in html
| or as plain/email text
| links, mailtos all clickable
Track article title, | done
ad-hoc and standard keywords, | done (built-in glossary area)
original author, | done
creation date, last editor, | done - changes log
edit date, edit history | done
| also version history, revert to last
| edit by specific author
Create and update author | built-in author self-description area
profiles by browser or email | all submissions via browser
| all authored pages have link at bottom
| going back to authors self desc page
| submission via email can be added
| using rebol as add-on
Allow new author registration | supports autoregistration (mailback)
and first article submission | and arb grouping hierarchies
as an unified transaction | unified transaction not required
Hold new submissions to queue | can post articles in
pending approval by editor | self description area for practice or
| portfolio till edit privs put on arb list
Allow updates to article by | done
original author or authorized | done
editor
Grant editor rights to an | done
author profile
Track articles authored or | done
edited with each profile
Save articles to HTML files | articles saved as plain text or with html
| flattened to admin specified set of subdirs
Title, meta keywords, | done, all in template
link to author profile,
edit history
Email comment form to | done
author and editors
Back link | can be added to template
Convert HTML meta characters | done, macros avail in beta version
to macros (< >),
et cetera
Parse saved articles into | add on (see editic )
component fields for editing
or indexing
Allow author and authorized | done, authors may add to navbar
editors to add target and
anchor links to article,
when available
Full-text search: | done
Responsibility of Web site.
Organization by topic: | organized by editors & authors
Responsibility of Article
binder.
Possible Refinements
Store articles in alternate
format (database, XML / RDF ), | module in beta version
and generate HTML pages upon
request
Maintain companion | annotation is sep product add-on
annotation/history pages
linked to main article
May be enabled by template | done, templates can include each other
(infra)
Allow for submission of multiple| done
images
Full-text/keyword search of a | done
ticles
Plain-text formatting of simple | done
HTML elements
*bold* | done _bold_
_underscore_ |
~italics~ | done *italics*
| also _*combined*_
:hot zone: | not needed
{hyperlink} | done %hyperlink% or %topic%
| pushbutton to add more complicated types
Create articles with various | articles can request specific layout
layouts or features based | from admin template set
on templates.
The template would
determine both the input form | editor is itself a template
(by the browser) and the | and can be redefined per area
display format (as an HTML
document).
Knowledge Base | | done
Author Profile | done
Job Postings | Resume |
Employer profile / Classified ads
Link Directory / Article | done
binder (hint)
Common CGI components | included
(some may require registration with a cron script)
Time/date stamp
Guest books | done: self-appending list pages
| Link Lists | | allow other editors or gnl
"Talk Back" replies | public to signup
Email response forms | done: forms defined on one page
| Confirmations | specify what may be done to another
| without security breach.
| page specifies what it will allow.
Email page to reader | part of browser
Exams | Surveys (Rate it)
Optional real time tallies
Table of contents | list related topics or subtopics
(from anchor page to | built-in
target links)
What's new | index of changed pages
index
Blue sky | Kitchen sink | "blue sky" area done for mozilla folk
Includes | done
| Scheduled includes | no call for it
Display or comment block | notifiers
Variable substitutions | done
Hit Counters | no call for it
File uploading / downloading | done
Shopping carts | not related to clubware
Managed banners | not related to clubware, can be in template
Slide shows | no call for it
also done:
| who may edit list associated with each page
| pages grouped into arbitrary areas
| area specialists can be defined
| with override permission
| new areas can be made on the fly
| templates can edit templates
| if you can stand it
| template per area or inherit from common
| built-in glossary area for terms
| acronym recognition
| path definable for hyperlink resolution
| of acronyms/topics not in same area
| authorship list is protected
| (once you take credit for edits or orig
| writing it cannot be removed
| by anyone but you)
| moderated support list to control
| variations/forking of features
| open source.
| this givs you a headstart
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