Re: [xine-devel] question about 'news' section of website.

[Siggi L. <si...@us...>]

Hi Stephen,

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Michael Roitzsch wrote:

> > In the review of the code today for the News section of the website I
> > see that we store the news items in a database. Is the data best stored
> > in the database or should we utilize a text XML file for storing it? I
> > believe that a text XML file will meet the requirement that the site not
> > be dependent on external servers to the web server. So if someone can
> > get me a dump of the database I can convert it to XML to maintain news
> > history.
>
> I don't know why a database was chosen for this. I think Siggi is the one who
> should answer this, but I would be happy with a XML file as well. In
> addition, this would simplify the maintainer section of the website, since
> the special admin area to enter news could be obsoleted and people could just
> add news items to the xine_www CVS module.

Hmmm, I guess nobody ever thought about changing the way News work, yet.
The original xinehq design by raphead did already use the DB approach...
I guess the idea was that News items should be easy to add/change for a
set of "admin users" who don't necessarily have access to the website (ie
the CVS module) itself.

IMHO, having the News in CVS would be a good idea, so we're able to keep
a history of changes.
However, it should be easy to add/edit news items. Using XML files that
require the whole website update cycle (update test website, check result,
possibly try again and finally copy to the real site) seems a bit tedious
to me. There should really be some online News editor, as we have it right
now. (Well, not quite as we have it right now: It shouldn't be possible to
break this editor by entering invalid HTML...)

That said, I can provide you with a database dump, once you need it.

Cheers,
	Siggi