"module of the day" feed idea - was Re: [GRASS-user] r.to.vect to selected locations only
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > random idea: > Maybe we could add a "module of the day" feed on the grass webpage with > module name > and label/description one-liner. I continue to find new modules many years > after first using grass. Nice idea indeed. I guess a bit of PHP/XML hacking is sufficient ... volunteers? Markus ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: "module of the day" feed idea - was Re: [GRASS-user] r.to.vect to selected locations only
2008/6/24 Markus Neteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> random idea: >> Maybe we could add a "module of the day" feed on the grass webpage with >> module name >> and label/description one-liner. I continue to find new modules many years >> after first using grass. > > Nice idea indeed. > I guess a bit of PHP/XML hacking is sufficient ... volunteers? I really like the idea. RSS would be great. I'd code it myself if I had any clue. thanks anyway, nice addition to the homepage. -- Paulo Marcondes = PU1/PU2PIX -22.915 -42.224 = GG86jc ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: "module of the day" feed idea - was Re: [GRASS-user] r.to.vect to selected locations only
On Friday 27 June 2008, Paulo Marcondes wrote: > 2008/6/24 Markus Neteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> random idea: > >> Maybe we could add a "module of the day" feed on the grass webpage with > >> module name and label/description one-liner. I continue to find new > >> modules many years after first using grass. > > > > Nice idea indeed. > > I guess a bit of PHP/XML hacking is sufficient ... volunteers? > > I really like the idea. RSS would be great. > I'd code it myself if I had any clue. > > thanks anyway, nice addition to the homepage. A simple approach to this might involve something like: 1. extract module name / 1-liner to a database table, keep it updated from time to time 2. periodically query the table for a random row (via PHP) 3. convert the returned record into a formatted string, or XML for delivery RSS style 4. use some PHP to access the day's module/desc. and insert it into a small container on the main page. if we have access to PHP / database it is a very simple matter to construct these queries. for something this small and specialized a file-based DB like sqlite would work just fine. There are several PHP XML libraries for constructing XML/RSS - so there wouldn't be a need for wheel-reinventing. Dylan -- Dylan Beaudette Soil Resource Laboratory http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/ University of California at Davis 530.754.7341 ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: "module of the day" feed idea - was Re: [GRASS-user] r.to.vect to selected locations only
Why not use the same method used to create the Documentation page for GRASS? If I'm not wrong it's automatically built every week. Am I wrong? We could simply pick a module randomly from the svn trunk and its documentation. Then, formatting an RSS and a page on the site is an easy task... I launch another idea: what about a "tip of the day"? It could be a second step to the "module of the day". Add a little task/question with an answer proposal. We could pick it from most interesting threads opened in the ML... Ok it cannot be automated, and would need extra-work. Just an idea... giovanni ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: "module of the day" feed idea - was Re: [GRASS-user] r.to.vect to selected locations only
Hi all, maybe you didn't realize, but the module of the day is already online :) Kudos to Francesco Pirotti! Markus On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 27 June 2008, Paulo Marcondes wrote: >> 2008/6/24 Markus Neteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> random idea: >> >> Maybe we could add a "module of the day" feed on the grass webpage with >> >> module name and label/description one-liner. I continue to find new >> >> modules many years after first using grass. >> > >> > Nice idea indeed. >> > I guess a bit of PHP/XML hacking is sufficient ... volunteers? >> >> I really like the idea. RSS would be great. >> I'd code it myself if I had any clue. >> >> thanks anyway, nice addition to the homepage. > > A simple approach to this might involve something like: > > 1. extract module name / 1-liner to a database table, keep it updated from > time to time > > 2. periodically query the table for a random row (via PHP) > > 3. convert the returned record into a formatted string, or XML for delivery > RSS style > > 4. use some PHP to access the day's module/desc. and insert it into a small > container on the main page. > > if we have access to PHP / database it is a very simple matter to construct > these queries. for something this small and specialized a file-based DB like > sqlite would work just fine. There are several PHP XML libraries for > constructing XML/RSS - so there wouldn't be a need for wheel-reinventing. > > Dylan > ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
