Re: [Slashcode-general] Seclevels, Sections, and never-ending stories

[Rob 'C. M. <ma...@sl...>]

>  > (2) Site sections
>  > What exactly is the difference between article based and issue based? (or
>  
>  If you find an answer to this.. let me know.  I don't know either, it's
>  been buggin me.

I swear I answer this once a week to someone ;)

Issue Mode and Article Mode is a feature that I never really used on Slashdot.
It was based on the idea that some publications are "Article" based: Slashdot
for exmaple.  Each article is a single unit, and there really is no connection
between them.  Other publications are "Issue" based... say, Time magazine. 
An "Issue" is a bunch of articles, connected by the day that they were
released.

The intent behind this was to allow Slash to have more flexible homepage layout
for "Issue" based publications, as well as improved navigation tools for
finding
other articles that are all in the same issue.

None of that was every fully implemented.  Really, the only thing that article
mode and issue mode affect is the Older Stuff box.  Article Mode creates the
link to "Older Articles" and Issue Mode creates the link to "Yesterday's News".

Hope that makes sense.	

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Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda | ma...@sl... | http://CmdrTaco.net
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