Re: [Props-general] Request Props in spanish

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A previous translation to 1.0 (0.8, for instance) is just fine for me. Let
us know when you finish the translation system that you have proposed, which
seems to be the right way: easy and reasonable (and let us know if you need
any help in this process). In my humble opinion of journalist, I think that
Spanish version will improve the development of Props.As far as I know,
spanish editors are very active users and bug trackers.

NewsML and NITF are the markup languages used by the major news agencies. It
would be great to have a system to import newswires directly from the
newswire system, and export articles for syndication. Maybe future plugins
for every newswire system (babel tower: NEWSML, NITF, ASCII, XML, RSS...)
could do this job.

OK for the cache (if there is no problem with seach engine spiders and with
the size of the db after some years of using Props).

About multimedia: A way to include video, audio and flash files in the
articles, wich can be linked from any (many) articles or from the cover.

About documental references: Links to other related articles. Or special
reports (ie: War on Iraq), wich are articles that contains text, graphics
and other articles related. Records with data about people, countries,
organizations, companies (quotes) wich can be included in the articles. And
keywords for documentation (maybe IPTC could be a good option).

Antoher thing I miss is the possibility of openning channels for the
different formats:
www.mywebsite.com (html)
wap.mywebsite.com (mobile phones)
pda.mywebsite.com (pda)
txt.mywebsite.com (light version)
hnd.mywebsite.com (ie: for visually handicapped people)

Sorry for this wish list. I know it sounds a bit complex because is related
not only to information but also metainformation and it could be beyond
Props targets, but these are features that I usually miss during the edition
process.

Best,
Pedro

----- Original Message -----
From: "girardot" <gir...@ma...>
To: "Pedro de Alzaga" <pe...@me...>;
<pro...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Props-general] Request Props in spanish

> I remember some discussion of the translation issue, I'll go back and
> review.
>
> Right now I dont know of any major new release scheduled, I think there
will
> be some incremental changes, more use of the tags, other small
functionality
> changes and any bug fixes (I am about to start going through the bug
> tracker) as we get past some more of these 0.x releases and then go for a
> 1.0 release.
>
> I would like to get the translations in place before the 1.0 release,
maybe
> we should make that a goal for a 0.8 release.
>
> My only hold up is how to handle the translation.
>
> My plan is to put in a config some place for which language the user wants
> the system to be in, I am thinking the translation part is only for the
> admin interfaces, all of the public content will be in the original
language
> of the site, the stories, headlines, templates, etc.
>
> So then each place there is a string used to display a lable, tag, link or
> other information in the admin screens, there will be a quick check to see
> what language is being used by the currently logged in user, and then a
> lookup file to get the appropriatly translated string for that language to
> put in that spot.
>
> This would allow for seperate distinct files to be used for the
> translations, no need to ever deal with the php or html code, and support
> any language. Translators would only need to create or edit one file with
> the translations for the strings into their language.
>
> I am open to any suggestions on how to accomplish this or suggestions for
a
> better way to handle it.
>
> This actually sounds like the most major change to the system before a 1.0
> release.
>
> If you are waiting for a 0.7 release, I would be glad to package up what
we
> have right now after any bug fixes I can get done in a week, tag it and
make
> it the 0.7 release next week.
>
> NewsML compatability - I dont know what you mean. If you mean importing
> documents in newsml format, we can probably add that in pretty easy as
> Derrick has already made an import for Baseview Add Header files (which I
do
> want to move into this project).
>
> Static files for performance are probably addressed by the static cache
> system in PROPs right now, which basically creates temporary, rendered
files
> for pages as they are served the first time, and automatically updates
them
> if any changes are made to the story. This might not be fully functional,
> but its well on its way I think. We could probably get it finalized for a
> 1.0 release as well.
>
> Can you be more specific about Multimedia and document references in
> articles. You mean you want to be able to keep a list of hand entered
> "related links" with an article? Or you want to be able to attach things
> besides just images to a story like now?
>
> As always, get those bug reports in fast and as much as you can.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake Girardot
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pedro de Alzaga" <pe...@me...>
> To: <pro...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Props-general] Request Props in spanish
>
>
> Hola, Miguel. No, de momento no está disponible, pero intentaremos
traducir
> la nueva versión de props en el momento en que aparezca.
>
> (Translation for the list members: No, it's not available right now, but
we
> will try to translate the new version of props when released).
>
> BTW, this is my wishlist:
>
>     - NITF / NEWSML compatibility.
>     - Static files for articles (better performance, less db load and
> manteinance).
>     - Multimedia and documental references for the articles.
>
> In my humble opinion, this three features mark the difference between a
> weblog system and a editorial system.
>
> Thanks,
> Pedro
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Miguel Ley
>   To: pro...@li...
>   Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:56 AM
>   Subject: [Props-general] Request Props in spanish
>
>
>   Estoy buscando props en español, alguien tiene los archivos.
>
>   Gracias
>
>   Miguel Ley
>
>
>
>
>
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