phpweblog-devel

[phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts

[Jason H. <ope...@ey...>]

I have been rewriting a lot of the Layout Manager and the way the
layouts work in general. Everything is moving along nicely, except for a
few issues where I'd like to ask your opinion first before going too far
with a bad idea. 
Currently, user-defined layouts/themes are stored in the database which
works well, but here's what I've been working on.
The theory: Layouts are created/designed in the layout manager, and
saved to an xml formatted file in backend/layouts to make them
interchangeable. The first issue with this, is the permissions needed to
save to a file from a web interface. An easy solution could be giving
the directory, backend/layouts permissions of 777. 
Basically, this is where I am at now.. I've got a sample (working)
layout xlm file called freaky.xlay, and it's being imported into
phpWebLog and the elements and values are parsed.
http://phpweblog.greenhell.com (dev/testing site) uses this, and the
layout can be found at
http://phpweblog.greenhell.com/backend/layouts/freaky.xlay. Before I
tackle the permissions thing, I wanted to get a general concensus of
what you thought of this, or the ideas that may come to mind.

Jason

[phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog blocks

[Theodore <the...@my...>]

I was thinking that if the blocks were in their own files instead of in the
database then you could use php code in them... or could you eval() them?

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Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog blocks

[Jason H. <ja...@gr...>]

For something like this, I would imagine a web-interface it not really
appropriate when all you would need to do is edit inc.d/blocks.inc and
add a stanza like:

<?php
F_start("Title of your block");

print "whatever code goes here";

F_end();
?>


Theodore wrote:
> 
> I was thinking that if the blocks were in their own files instead of in the
> database then you could use php code in them... or could you eval() them?
>

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

I like the idea of being able use different users layout files. This would
be possible with the XML thing right? Someone could send me a layout file
that I could use on my site?

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Hines" <ope...@ey...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts


> I have been rewriting a lot of the Layout Manager and the way the
> layouts work in general. Everything is moving along nicely, except for a
> few issues where I'd like to ask your opinion first before going too far
> with a bad idea.
> Currently, user-defined layouts/themes are stored in the database which
> works well, but here's what I've been working on.
> The theory: Layouts are created/designed in the layout manager, and
> saved to an xml formatted file in backend/layouts to make them
> interchangeable. The first issue with this, is the permissions needed to
> save to a file from a web interface. An easy solution could be giving
> the directory, backend/layouts permissions of 777.
> Basically, this is where I am at now.. I've got a sample (working)
> layout xlm file called freaky.xlay, and it's being imported into
> phpWebLog and the elements and values are parsed.
> http://phpweblog.greenhell.com (dev/testing site) uses this, and the
> layout can be found at
> http://phpweblog.greenhell.com/backend/layouts/freaky.xlay. Before I
> tackle the permissions thing, I wanted to get a general concensus of
> what you thought of this, or the ideas that may come to mind.
>
> Jason
>
> _______________________________________________
> phpWebLog-devel mailing list
> php...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/phpweblog-devel

[phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Booth R. <ra...@ea...>]

Some thoughts on layout not related to how you pull the layout from 
something...

Is there any possible way we can have the version have the prog do a 
left block---->and then a stories block--->and then a right block, 
without us hacking into common.inc.php3 to do a three columned table 
. I like the way Linux.com and Benews.com have a 100 percent table 
with three columns and they have their stories and comments dead 
center.

>I like the idea of being able use different users layout files. This would
>be possible with the XML thing right? Someone could send me a layout file
>that I could use on my site?
>
>-
>Stephen Lawrence Jr.
>lo...@da...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jason Hines" <ope...@ey...>
>To: <php...@li...>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:09 PM
>Subject: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts
>
>
>  > I have been rewriting a lot of the Layout Manager and the way the
>  > layouts work in general. Everything is moving along nicely, except for a
>  > few issues where I'd like to ask your opinion first before going too far
>  > with a bad idea.
>  > Currently, user-defined layouts/themes are stored in the database which
>  > works well, but here's what I've been working on.
>  > The theory: Layouts are created/designed in the layout manager, and
>  > saved to an xml formatted file in backend/layouts to make them
>  > interchangeable. The first issue with this, is the permissions needed to
>  > save to a file from a web interface. An easy solution could be giving
>  > the directory, backend/layouts permissions of 777.
>  > Basically, this is where I am at now.. I've got a sample (working)
>  > layout xlm file called freaky.xlay, and it's being imported into
>  > phpWebLog and the elements and values are parsed.
>  > http://phpweblog.greenhell.com (dev/testing site) uses this, and the
>  > layout can be found at
>  > http://phpweblog.greenhell.com/backend/layouts/freaky.xlay. Before I
>  > tackle the permissions thing, I wanted to get a general concensus of
>  > what you thought of this, or the ideas that may come to mind.
>  >
>  > Jason
>  >
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>  > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/phpweblog-devel
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Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Jason H. <ja...@gr...>]

Well, currently,  there has not been a pressing need to have the page
divided into 3 columns.  However, the idea of allowing of importing RDF
blocks, etc will definitely crowd the block column as it is now.

I'd like to eventually get to a point where:

column 1:
	Admin, Topics, User-defined HTML Blocks
center column:
	the stories
column 2:
	User-defined RDF imported blocks

Does this seem like a reasonable goal?



Booth Rand wrote:
> 
> Some thoughts on layout not related to how you pull the layout from
> something...
> 
> Is there any possible way we can have the version have the prog do a
> left block---->and then a stories block--->and then a right block,
> without us hacking into common.inc.php3 to do a three columned table
> . I like the way Linux.com and Benews.com have a 100 percent table
> with three columns and they have their stories and comments dead
> center.

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

What is RDF?

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hines" <ja...@gr...>



> Well, currently,  there has not been a pressing need to have the page
> divided into 3 columns.  However, the idea of allowing of importing RDF

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Jason H. <ope...@ey...>]

Resource Description Framework.  RDF/RSS also referred to as Netscape
channels.

I was at one time, planning on adding a RDF/RSS Manager that let you
choose which sites you wish to pull news from, but this would mean
having to add support for every site in the world that uses RDF/RSS.

I'm not sure exactly how to do this yet, but definitely would want
support for it sometime soon.


Stephen Lawrence wrote:
> 
> What is RDF?

[phpWebLog-devel] rdf/rss and then some

[philip <ph...@th...>]

i've seen RDF/RSS getters all over, perhaps phpweblog can use one of them
or are you wanting to do it from scratch?  i am not all that familiar with
this topic as i wish but have a general idea on how it all works.

some opensource grabbers:
http://swamp.chl.chalmers.se/backends/
http://www.dansteinman.com/pheadlines/

one 'feature' that i've never seen is a button that one would click that
basically says "i've seen all the headlines in this particular RSS so
please go away" which would remove the block until a new headline exists
which then would automagically show up on the site ... just one headline
vs 5,10.  personally i tire of seeing the same headlines every time i load
the page, especially ones i've already checked out.  this would save room
too.

philip


-----Original Message-----
From: php...@li...
[mailto:php...@li...]On Behalf Of Jason
Hines
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 8:18 AM
To: php...@li...
Subject: Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason



Resource Description Framework.  RDF/RSS also referred to as Netscape
channels.

I was at one time, planning on adding a RDF/RSS Manager that let you
choose which sites you wish to pull news from, but this would mean
having to add support for every site in the world that uses RDF/RSS.

I'm not sure exactly how to do this yet, but definitely would want
support for it sometime soon.


Stephen Lawrence wrote:
>
> What is RDF?

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Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

Ahh, I am currently using digitalwindmill.com for my Open Directory
Listings.

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Hines" <ope...@ey...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason


>
> Resource Description Framework.  RDF/RSS also referred to as Netscape
> channels.
>
> I was at one time, planning on adding a RDF/RSS Manager that let you
> choose which sites you wish to pull news from, but this would mean
> having to add support for every site in the world that uses RDF/RSS.
>
> I'm not sure exactly how to do this yet, but definitely would want
> support for it sometime soon.
>
>
> Stephen Lawrence wrote:
> >
> > What is RDF?
>
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> php...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/phpweblog-devel

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason

[Jason W. <jwh...@se...>]

Yes, make the left block part of the header.  This is how most other people
do it (is Slash, thatware, etc...)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Booth Rand" <ra...@ea...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: [phpWebLog-devel] Yea and Jason


> Some thoughts on layout not related to how you pull the layout from
> something...
>
> Is there any possible way we can have the version have the prog do a
> left block---->and then a stories block--->and then a right block,
> without us hacking into common.inc.php3 to do a three columned table
> . I like the way Linux.com and Benews.com have a 100 percent table
> with three columns and they have their stories and comments dead
> center.
>
> >I like the idea of being able use different users layout files. This
would
> >be possible with the XML thing right? Someone could send me a layout file
> >that I could use on my site?
> >
> >-
> >Stephen Lawrence Jr.
> >lo...@da...
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jason Hines" <ope...@ey...>
> >To: <php...@li...>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:09 PM
> >Subject: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts
> >
> >
> >  > I have been rewriting a lot of the Layout Manager and the way the
> >  > layouts work in general. Everything is moving along nicely, except
for a
> >  > few issues where I'd like to ask your opinion first before going too
far
> >  > with a bad idea.
> >  > Currently, user-defined layouts/themes are stored in the database
which
> >  > works well, but here's what I've been working on.
> >  > The theory: Layouts are created/designed in the layout manager, and
> >  > saved to an xml formatted file in backend/layouts to make them
> >  > interchangeable. The first issue with this, is the permissions needed
to
> >  > save to a file from a web interface. An easy solution could be giving
> >  > the directory, backend/layouts permissions of 777.
> >  > Basically, this is where I am at now.. I've got a sample (working)
> >  > layout xlm file called freaky.xlay, and it's being imported into
> >  > phpWebLog and the elements and values are parsed.
> >  > http://phpweblog.greenhell.com (dev/testing site) uses this, and the
> >  > layout can be found at
> >  > http://phpweblog.greenhell.com/backend/layouts/freaky.xlay. Before I
> >  > tackle the permissions thing, I wanted to get a general concensus of
> >  > what you thought of this, or the ideas that may come to mind.
> >  >
> >  > Jason
> >  >
> >  > _______________________________________________
> >  > phpWebLog-devel mailing list
> >  > php...@li...
> >  > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/phpweblog-devel
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
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> >php...@li...
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>
>
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> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/phpweblog-devel
>

[phpWebLog-devel] feature request request

[philip <ph...@th...>]

hi all.

can we start another round of feature requests on phpweblog.org?  i've
started to think more about them rather then just submit random ones.
meaning, features are good but one should be selective.

i'll post some fairly straight forward "simple" ones here :

1. preview of story should also show what the "cut-off" intro will look
like (first 255 characters) in stories.php3
2. a:hover option in layout.php3
3. easier way for admin to submit stories w/ automatic approval
4. i really like the layout.php3 colors i added, does anyone else?  makes
it so much easier to edit layout.
5. ability to create and track links w/o making them public.  like, i want
to add a link in the story and still have the hits tracked but not have to
have it show on links.php3
6. add preview for comments posts vs just story preview
7. easier way to change admin password, in fact, i am unsure how we're
_suppose_ to do this now so am using .htaccess .  one way is to "echo" the
results and modifiy accordingly, is this how we are to do it?
8. instruction on how to make search.php3 a block

warm regards,

philip

[phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[jason <ope...@ey...>]

Yes, development is still roaring.  There's alot on my plate at this
point, but I've started the nightly unstable tarballs again in case
anyone want to peek at what's new. (it's also on phpweblog.greenhell.com
- the admin passwd is 'temp123' - please don't change it or delete
layouts.)

Everything I do is logged in the HISTORY file as well.
Tonight, among a few other things, I added the ability for story posters
to get comments mailed back to them if they so desire, and if the admin
so desires to have this feature on.
I wasn't sure what address the mail should come from, as I don't want to
cause alot of bad returns or meaningless mail to be sent down any
pipes.  As of now, when a comment gets mailed, it comes from:
From: SiteName <SiteEmail>

Maybe this should be a fake address or something it'll bounce if it gets
replied to. hmm.. Ideas?

Well, here's my current TODO:

* multiple static pages where the html is editable through the
        config, and the navigation automatically lists them.
* add threaded comments
* add database abstraction layer
* add banner support
* add poll
* allow blocks to be restricted to a specific topic or all
* RDF imports in blocks
* add more error checking

Some of these will not be added anytime soon. (threaded comments,
database abstraction) simply because I lack the motivation and need to
do this right now.

On a personal note, I wanted to say that this project is becoming much
more robust than I ever imagined, and I am having a blast wasting time
on it.  I'd like to open the doors of innovation to all of you to help
guide me in direction as to where this thing goes.  If I am careful,
this can turn out to be a really really good slashcode replacement and
much more, but at the same time, I am tediously trying to not turn this
into a 'ok' replacement with alot of bloat.



Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
(unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)

The admin would have the choice in config of:
Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting

This would require alot of additional work, and I was curious if anyone
would want this for their purposes.




Oh, and....


> 7. easier way to change admin password, in fact, i am unsure how we're
> _suppose_ to do this now so am using .htaccess .  one way is to "echo" the
> results and modifiy accordingly, is this how we are to do it?

This is fixed.  With a default password of 'password', you just go into
config, and you can change it there.
Is that what you mean?


Jason

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[philip o. <ph...@th...>]

> Tonight, among a few other things, I added the ability for story posters
> to get comments mailed back to them if they so desire, and if the admin
> so desires to have this feature on.
> I wasn't sure what address the mail should come from, as I don't want to
> cause alot of bad returns or meaningless mail to be sent down any
> pipes.  As of now, when a comment gets mailed, it comes from:
> From: SiteName <SiteEmail>

maybe it can be sent from : PosterName <PosterEmail> .  also, i don't know
the logistics but would digested be quite a task to create?  maybe once a
day?  idk, depends on traffic i suppose.
 
> Maybe this should be a fake address or something it'll bounce if it gets
> replied to. hmm.. Ideas?

fake would work but perhaps having it setup so they'd reply to themselves
would keep that down too <g>.  kinda wacky.

> Well, here's my current TODO:
> 
> * multiple static pages where the html is editable through the
>         config, and the navigation automatically lists them.

i am not sure what this is exactly but am looking forward to seeing it.

> * add threaded comments
very good.

> * add database abstraction layer
good for some, i'm sticking with mysql.  postgresql is temping though.
this is something hopefully someone else will contribute ;)

> * add banner support
excellent.  third party (phpads ...) or are you creating one?

> * add poll
polls are good.  third party?  this may sound crazy but if somehow multipe
phpweblog sites can carry the same polls it would make for some
interesting and perhaps useful results.  so rather then having 30 votes,
maybe a combined effort of 300 ?  dream dream dream.

> * allow blocks to be restricted to a specific topic or all
what does this mean?

> * RDF imports in blocks
most excellent.

> Some of these will not be added anytime soon. (threaded comments,
> database abstraction) simply because I lack the motivation and need to
> do this right now.

that makes sense.  i like the idea of threaded comments but yeah, it can
wait.
 
> On a personal note, I wanted to say that this project is becoming much
> more robust than I ever imagined, and I am having a blast wasting time
> on it.  I'd like to open the doors of innovation to all of you to help
> guide me in direction as to where this thing goes.  If I am careful,
> this can turn out to be a really really good slashcode replacement and
> much more, but at the same time, I am tediously trying to not turn this
> into a 'ok' replacement with alot of bloat.

i must say once again that the speed of development has and still amazes
me.  do you have a life?  i see the HISTORY and note that new features are
added everyDAY.  hopefully you are learning from all this as learning is a
very good thing.

having a niche is definatly important.  what is phpweblogs?  it's the
easiest script to install ever i must say and takes like one minute.  the
layout and config system are much more useful then others too.  hmm.  it
basically rocks!  it's amazing how fast one can get their phpweblog up and
running, wait, i;ve already said that.  the admin is strong.
 
> Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
> (unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
> posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)

i really like that feature but do not need it as to be useful, one
requires traffic and people who care.  in fact, in all honesty it's that
feature that attracted me to using scoop but then realized that mod_perl
is quite the beast to work with so i gave up on it.  then, i somehow
stumbled upon phpweblog and haven't looked back since.  granted i haven't
created a useful site yet but playing is fun, as is thinking of ideas for
the future.  but, that feature is a really good one as it puts the power
to the people, sort of speak.  

when i see a (3/1) (or in the case of phpweblog.org, (16/1) <g>) i am so
curious as to what it is. even if it were just
a simple vote/poll on just the first 255 characters, that might work.
idk, something. this is an important little topic, it's way to late to
discuss it.

> The admin would have the choice in config of:
> Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting

oh boy, that would basically rule and make phpweblog pretty damn flexible.

> This would require alot of additional work, and I was curious if anyone
> would want this for their purposes.

i am not sure how i feel on this yet, so many desires, so litle time.  i
personally don't have the traffic or people for this but do see this as a
very useful feature for phpweblog's quest for world domination.

> > 7. easier way to change admin password, in fact, i am unsure how we're
> > _suppose_ to do this now so am using .htaccess .  one way is to "echo" the
> > results and modifiy accordingly, is this how we are to do it?
> 
> This is fixed.  With a default password of 'password', you just go into
> config, and you can change it there.
> Is that what you mean?

err, shows you how up-to-date i am these days.  yes, that's what i meant.
<sigh>.  time for bed.

cheers,

philip

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Jason H. <ope...@ey...>]

> > Well, here's my current TODO:
> >
> > * multiple static pages where the html is editable through the
> >         config, and the navigation automatically lists them.
> 
> i am not sure what this is exactly but am looking forward to seeing it.


Actually, I don't know why I called it static.  Here's an example. You
want an about page.  A page
that doesn't change all that much.  Instead of creating a new file, you
could go into this feature
and add a new one called about, edit the html directory in a textarea,
and the navigation bar at the
top will automatically list your new about page.


> > * add banner support
> excellent.  third party (phpads ...) or are you creating one?


I'm think more along the lines of just a textarea where you can insert
whatever html/javascript you want
for the banner to be included.


> > * add poll
> polls are good.  third party?  this may sound crazy but if somehow multipe
> phpweblog sites can carry the same polls it would make for some
> interesting and perhaps useful results.  so rather then having 30 votes,
> maybe a combined effort of 300 ?  dream dream dream.


Whoah.. a networked polling system.  Very nice concept.  One of my
friends/coworkers is going to be writing the poll code, and I'll include
it in phpWebLog.  I'll have to suggest this idea for networked polling.
Sounds like a fun concept to explore.  Coo.



> > * allow blocks to be restricted to a specific topic or all
> what does this mean?

This was suggested by JasonW, which I like the idea.  In the future
Blocks Manager (tm), you can restrict the display of the block to only
show under a certain topic, or no restriction at all. (all pages)


Jason

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Stephen L. Jr. <lo...@da...>]

All excellent ideas.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hines" <ope...@ey...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...


> 
> > > Well, here's my current TODO:
> > >

RE: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[philip <ph...@th...>]

> Instead of creating a new file, you could go into this feature and add a
new
> one called about, edit the html directory in a textarea, and the
navigation
> bar at the top will automatically list your new about page.

ahh, that's a good idea.  i hope there will be some control over
"automatic nav bar insertion". this is going to be a nice feature.  i've
noticed with most file managers like this, there are always file
permission risks (i.e. chmod 777 dir), how will that be addressed?

phpweblog is turning into a phpsitemanager.

> I'm think more along the lines of just a textarea where you can insert
> whatever html/javascript you want for the banner to be included.

cool.  i didn't think about that as most people who display banners are
part of some network who provides the code.  that makes perfect sense.

> Whoah.. a networked polling system.  Very nice concept.  One of my
> friends/coworkers is going to be writing the poll code, and I'll include
> it in phpWebLog.  I'll have to suggest this idea for networked polling.
> Sounds like a fun concept to explore.  Coo.

it certainly would be nice.  let's say i go to phpweblog.org and see about
10 polls going.  i'd love to say "i want to put this one and that one on
my website." and somehow through magic it all comes together.  someone may
be really bored and go to every phpweblog site and vote, more power to
them i guess.  networked polling (tm) ;) now only if networked cookie
management could be implemented ...

> This was suggested by JasonW, which I like the idea.  In the future
> Blocks Manager (tm), you can restrict the display of the block to only
> show under a certain topic, or no restriction at all. (all pages)

so on my science page i'd have science related blocks, cool.  that of
course is a very useful and good idea.

--
philip

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "jason" <ope...@ey...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 12:24 AM
Subject: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...


>slashcode replacement and
> much more, but at the same time, I am tediously trying to not turn this
> into a 'ok' replacement with alot of bloat.

Just my input, but Slashcode is very difficult to install. I have treid
twice. I use Mandrake with RPM perl/apache/php packages that slash does not
seem to want.

phpWeblog is very easy to install, and has the main features needed to make
it a viable production product.

>
> Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
> (unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
> posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)
>
> The admin would have the choice in config of:
> Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting
>

I do not have a need for this. I would like to see an option to turn off
replying completely. I am using weblog as a read only news site, but users
technically can post replies to the news aritcles right now.

> This would require alot of additional work, and I was curious if anyone
> would want this for their purposes.
>

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Brian K. <bk...@ww...>]

It seems that mailing lists? newsletters? or something similar and the news
headline fetching feature could work closely together along the lines of
http://www.tappy.com/slashwatch/
Users can sign up to get the latest headlines mailed to them and can choose the
frequency of mailings, eg daily, weekly digest etc. (I guess this would require
a cron job??).

This, at least for my own purposes, would be a very important feature. Anybody
else have a need for sth along these lines?

Brian

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

I do, I am sending out an anouncement to a mailing list every time I update
a certain article. It would be nice to be able to auto-send a message to a
particular email address (I already have mailing list stuff set up).

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian King" <bk...@ww...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...
> This, at least for my own purposes, would be a very important feature.
Anybody
> else have a need for sth along these lines?
>

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[jason <ope...@ey...>]

In the latest unstable (.3), user comments are an option and can be
disabled completely.  I donot recommend upgrading to .3 on your live
site yet because it is still under alot of reconstruction.  I hope to
include a upgrade.sh script in the next version that will painlessly
upgrade current database schemas to the new version.



> > Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
> > (unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
> > posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)
> >
> > The admin would have the choice in config of:
> > Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting
> >
> 
> I do not have a need for this. I would like to see an option to turn off
> replying completely. I am using weblog as a read only news site, but users
> technically can post replies to the news aritcles right now.

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[Stephen L. <lo...@da...>]

An upgrade script would help a lot. I have had to move my data over many
times. :(

-
Stephen Lawrence Jr.
lo...@da...


----- Original Message -----
From: "jason" <ope...@ey...>
To: <php...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...


> In the latest unstable (.3), user comments are an option and can be
> disabled completely.  I donot recommend upgrading to .3 on your live
> site yet because it is still under alot of reconstruction.  I hope to
> include a upgrade.sh script in the next version that will painlessly
> upgrade current database schemas to the new version.
>
>
>
> > > Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
> > > (unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
> > > posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)
> > >
> > > The admin would have the choice in config of:
> > > Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting
> > >
> >
> > I do not have a need for this. I would like to see an option to turn off
> > replying completely. I am using weblog as a read only news site, but
users
> > technically can post replies to the news aritcles right now.
>
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[phpWebLog-devel] tables

[philip <ph...@th...>]

i'm not sure how typical this is but my host does not allow me to drop
tables so for example, to get tables.sql to import, i have to delete lines
such as :

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS T_Blocks;

also, imho, tables.sql should contain at least one piece of information in
some of the tables.  for example, the news story may say :

hello and welcome to phpweblog!  this is a news story, to delete go to
<admin>.  the default password is 'password' and you'll want to change
this.

amd perhaps other instruction / tips and general words of wisdom.

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpWebLog layouts

[Jason H. <ja...@gr...>]

Exactly. =]


Stephen Lawrence wrote:
> 
> I like the idea of being able use different users layout files. This would
> be possible with the XML thing right? Someone could send me a layout file
> that I could use on my site?