Re: [Openinteract-dev] I got a fruit to blossom

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

joseph speigle wrote:
> hello, I got a package to work!  I'm needless to say pretty
> excited.  Well, how good does it have to be to try and get it on
> the website?  does it need to be really fricking cool or what?
> It will within a few weeks be a rewrite of a mod_perl script to
> autoindex directories and (oh my god!) put something in the
> description column.  I want soon to create templates to allow the
> user to add and edit the displayed pages, as time is available. 
> also, I thought of just making the pm file the default
> directoryhandler, but it does need custom templates so the site
> will maintain a consistent appearance, so I want to make it into
> a package. joe

First: not to be a stinker, but were you aware of the directory 
index functionality built into the 'base_page' package? The docs in 
'doc/base_page.pod' should have everything you need to know under 
the 'DIRECTORY HANDLERS' header.

That said, if your package is useful then I'd be happy to post it! 
If you'd like to release it then I recommend adding the following in 
the wiki site:

  - Add an entry to OpenInteractPackages -- if you'd like to explain 
more about your package create a separate page for it. (I should 
probably do this for the others listed there...)
  - Add a dated entry to the top of NewsItems, and one on the 
WebHome page as well with just the package announcement.

Good luck!

Chris

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