[Phpwebsite-developers] Pagemaster & Categorizer

[Roland, R. M <rmr...@in...>]

Since my group has a great deal of interest in the Pagemaster module due =
to its importance in our use of the system, I have put considerable =
thought into it. =20

One of the thoughts that I had was in regard to the Categorizer.  =
Firstly, I am considering expanding Pagemaster's ability to add images =
to a page.  Obviously if people are allowed to upload their own images =
each time they want to add one to a page, it could lead to severe file =
duplication on the server.  My thought is to use the document manager to =
upload the images and handle them.  Here's where my thought regarding =
the Categorizer comes into play. =20

Say that the categorizer comes with some specific categories (i.e. =
Pagemaster->Images, Pagemaster->Links, etc), to which administrators, =
wishing to create a portfolio of images for use in the Pagemaster =
module, could add their images.  Then in the pagemaster module, when a =
page creator is trying to add an image to their page, they get a =
portfolio of images made up of all the images in Pagemaster->Images.=20

This would work for other modules as well: Menuman->Links, =
Calendar->Images, etc.

It seems to me, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that so far the =
categorizer module has been used to group items together within a module =
for relevance.  All sports related pages/announcements are distinct from =
all science related pages/announcements/etc.  The reason I think this =
would be most beneficial is that it would take that distinction and =
allow it to be of use in the functionality of other modules (which is =
something that I don't see it being used for yet).  Plus I don't see it =
as being too much of a change in code as much as a change in the way =
other modules use the categorizer.


These are just my meandorings, but I was curious what the developer =
comm. thought about it.  Let me know if I jumped around too much and =
need to explain anything better... I tend to ramble :)


Thanks,


Ryan Roland

Application Developer
Information Technology Department
Division of Recreational Sports
Indiana University

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