Re: [Wpigdc-cms-development] changes for news

[Dan P. <dp...@WP...>]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Liam Morley wrote:

> As you'll see in the source as well as on www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/puppets,
> there have been changes to the News section (I've uploaded screenshots) so
> that it can be configured to the individual requesting page. A lot of it
> is kludgy, however I ask that you don't fix any kludges until after beta
> unless it's pretty urgent and the rest of the site is done and tested.

The next time *anyone* get's the urge to commit "kludges" that'll be
changed in CVS - PLEASE CREATE A BRANCH IN CVS!

You're changes are completely counter to the eventual design of the
NewsSource and will be removed - I'm probably going to just revert to the
version before your change.

If you don't know how to create branches, please read the manual:
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_5.html

That way the working CMS code can stay up-to-date and the other code can
continue without effecting development.

> Dan, I need to know the status of user-session management. Please let me
> know everything I need to get set up as well as have others test.

Please elaborate - this gives me absolutely to work with.  "It works?"  I
dunno - it seems to work for me?  Because of serious security flaws I'm
not going to allow any actual posting via the website until they are
revised sometime next week?

>
> I'd also appreciate it if you can set up an account for me on GDC as soon
> as you get it up (ie, before you install, so I can help configure). I'd
> like to check on the configuration before it goes up. You can make up a
> password for me beforehand and send it to me w/PGP, then create the user
> once the machine is up. Please let me know if you'll be able to do that...
> That'd be really great.
>

This bit should probably either have A) been sent personally to me or B)
via a WPI list.  There are *publically available* archives of this list
and this list should be kept to simply development issues - and *not* GDC
webpage issues.

The CMS backend is the backend we're using - it is *not* the GDC webpage.
The GDC webpage is the setup we are using on gdc.wpi.edu.