Greetings List: Hopefully several fixes are now working in the IDE stack manager (it's a first attempt so there may be other issues). The latest version is available for playing with, via the message box, here:
go stack url "http://www.i-view.net/tm_stack_manager.mc"; The following are some limitations and suggestions for this thing -- perhaps other online content management systems offer features that might be worth attempting. If this doesn't do what we need, folks should feel free to propose alternate management systems. ---------- CURRENT LIMITATIONS Can edit only one stack from the server at a time; attempting to edit multiple stacks will likely confuse the manager and could result in stacks being uploaded to incorrect directories. Only works on the topLevel topstack; not tested with palette style topStacks. Only works for the current MC session; if MC is quit and relaunched, attempting to upload an edited stack will likely place the stack in the root directory or an inappropriate subfolder. The initial directory listing (and even uploading) will occasionally stall for some reason (seems to be a libURL thing but could be something in my code). Hitting the List Files button a second time should refresh the list properly SUGGESTIONS Would it be useful to list the email access of a person who has currently checked out a stack you are interested in so you can exchange ideas/questions? Does it make sense that someone who is volunteering to edit a publicly available stack must be available to the public? (Also, an admin [the Poohbah?] can track down any stack that has gone missing for some time...) Should it write a prefs folder to the hard drive to store a list of currently checked out stacks and the path to your working folder? This way editing can be saved across multiple MC sessions and the requirement to designate a working directory at each launch can be avoided. Should a set of unrestricted directories/stacks be posted for experiments and public testing, but which are not part of the official IDE build library? Other ideas? ---------- Thanks to those folks who pointed out the initial problems. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
