The planet runs on planetplanet software. http://www.planetplanet.org/
Independent of drupal. We are running version 2.0, I think. I don't
know if a new version is available.
Since one person spoke up for keeping those two feeds and it's not
unanimous, I suppose I'll keep them? Or would people prefer to actually
vote or something? That seems a bit crass. So barring suggestions to
the contrary, I will not delete those blogs since at least one person
spoke up saying they preferred keeping them.
Jonathan
Jonathan Gorman wrote:
I'd guess I'd be fine removing Bjorn as he's changing the focus of his blog and he's
suggested we actually remove him. I don't necessarily agree with removing either
Meredith or Mark's blogs. Sure, those two might have more personal content, but there
are certainly others on there that have done that as well. Better solution seems to be
just truncating the posts. (Or offering a "full" and truncated feed). If
there's a particular person who you don't like, then filter it out with Yahoo pipes or
something similar.
A change log might be useful as well if it's not too much of a hassle to
maintain.
What software does the planet run on? Some sort of drupal module?
Jon Gorman
---- Original message ----
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:31:03 -0400
From: Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] planet.code4lib.org -- 3 suggestions
To: [email protected]
No one other than me is managing it at present. Pretty much the only
'management' I do is adding blogs whenever someone asks me too. (I also
did just a bit of fine-tuning of the CSS for the html version). I think
it may be the planet software that decides what order to display
lastname and firstname, but feel free to email me ones that are
displaying oddly, and I'll see if I can fix them. I'm not going to get
into serious hacking of the planet software though, or replacing it with
other software (I _maybe_ could be convinced to upgrade it if there's an
upgrade available). (if anyone else wants to do any of that stuff,
raise your hand on the list, and we can probably get you access).
An unanswered question is when or if the community ever expects me to
_remove_ blogs from the planet. It's not clear. I don't want to remove
them if people are going to see it as an abuse of power or something, as
some have indicated they would. (Most could probably care less either way).
Other blogs people have suggested I remove from the code4lib aggregator,
as consisting of mainly nontopical content for code4lib, are Mark
Lindner and Meredith Farkas. I guess say so if you'd like to LEAVE
those on the aggregator, and if nobody says so, I'll leave them. If
someone does say so... then I have no idea. :)
Jonathan
Jodi Schneider wrote:
I'm a big fan of the planet aggregator. Normally I make suggestions on
#code4lib. However, Jonathan Rochkind asked me to bring them up onlist
this time. (Who besides Jonathan is managing the planet at present?)
(1) Bjorn Tipling suggested removing him, since he's going to focus on
politics:
"Some of the places where my blog is being tracked, such as code4lib and
netlamers, might want to look at whether or not they want to continue to
follow me."
http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/05/17/blog-pundits/
Can we remove his blog please?
(2) I'd really like a changelog--which might further justify
adding/dropping blogs without discussion.
(3) Could we please label blogs consistently? For individuals, we have
mostly lastname, firstname with a few firstname lastname. Either way
works. But the mixture rankles (sad, I know!).
Thanks!
-Jodi
Jodi Schneider
Science Library Specialist
Amherst College
413-542-2076
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Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu
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Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu
