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RE: [Phpwebsite-developers] Pagemaster & Categorizer
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From: Roland, R. M <rmr...@in...> - 2003-06-11 16:34:48
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> During this re-write would be the best time to try and implement = something > like this. I agree, but my fear is writing something at the same time that your = team does (what sounds like) a major rewrite on reliant (if not the = same) modules. I've worked on too many projects where a lack of = cooperation led to two versions of a function or class which led to = having to rehash it together anyway and I want to avoid that. > FatCat would need a module to specify which categories it should = create, > easy part. Not sure what you mean by 'module'... It would need some kind of = interface (function) that other modules could ask for categories to be = created (which it should already have). Maybe you used the wrong word = or maybe I'm misunderstanding. > You would then need a method for selecting items from the > category without creating confusion to the user, a little harder. When you say the user, are talking about module developers or system = users? I agree that when users are placing items in a category, there = needs to be a help link that explains well the use of categories. > Then, once the item has been selected, you must make the page, event, > or link aware of the categorized item it uses, again not too bad just = tricky. This, I agree will be tricky, but my larger concern is whether to allow = an item to be in more than one category. Can an image be a = Pagemaster_Image and a Menu_Image or should you just categorize it as = just an Image, etc. > Then, you would need to take into account a categorized item that gets = deleted. > This could be the worse of it. You would have to traverse the > items using the deleted categorized item and either remove it or set = it to > hidden or something. I agree, but that doesn't worry me as much as what happens if a category = itself gets deleted. I will soon be posting a rough idea of what I'm thinking with regards to = this modification, but I'd like some idea of what your team seems to = already have planned for this and other mods to make sure that anything = I write isn't in conflict with yours. Thanks, Ryan Roland Application Developer Information Technology Department Division of Recreational Sports Indiana University rmroland@in... Office: 812.855.9617 Cell: 812.320.0032 -----Original Message----- From: adam@tu... Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 08 48 To: php...@li... Subject: Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Pagemaster & Categorizer Ryan, I see your logic here. We are going to be doing re-writes of several modules for the 0.9.3 release so they use the Item/Manager classes.=20 During this re-write would be the best time to try and implement = something like this. It would require working out several issues before any implementation could happen. Here's a few I can think of off the top of my head: FatCat would need a module to specify which categories it should create, easy part. You would then need a method for selecting items from the category without creating confusion to the user, a little harder. Then, once the item has been selected, you must make the page, event, or link aware of the categorized item it uses, again not too bad just tricky.=20 Then, you would need to take into account a categorized item that gets deleted. This could be the worse of it. You would have to traverse the items using the deleted categorized item and either remove it or set it = to hidden or something. > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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 > > rmroland@in... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The = best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phpwebsite-developers mailing list > Php...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpwebsite-developers > --=20 Adam Morton Developer - Electronic Student Services http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu Founder - Appalachian Linux Users Group http://alug.appstate.edu ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. 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