Dave et al -- As I said last night in the chat, I think the modules will be the most heavily used part of this -- already tech-savvy groups will want to hook into aspects, but not all, of this service. In fact, I think introducing the service as module or site will vastly increase the likelihood of it catching on and connecting communities.
Thanks so much Z Zephyr Teachout Internet Organizing & Outreach Dean for America [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meetup at http://www.deanforamerica.com/meetup Get local at http://action.deanforamerica.com Contribute at http://www.deanforamerica.com/contribute -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Pentecost Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hackers] Easing potential conflict between 'homegrown' sites and DeanSpace Hello all I've been onboard since early on, basically lurking and following the email exchanges. But I'm glad that Josh S. has brought back the idea of non-Drupal modules. I suggested a while back that there be an MT module for bloggers, to put into a sidebar. I think that if we reach out to some of the more political webloggers using MT we could get help creating and distributing it. While you folks are busy with Drupal, I'll start looking into this angle. If anybody has additional ideas on separate modules, let me know. Dave Pentecost I expect no one to > be excited about abandoning their current sites... I > expect few to be enthusiastic _beyond the initial > excitement_ about maintaining an additional site that > does not contribute to their current, "homegrown" > sites. So could we develop stand-alone (non-drupal) > modules (in php, asp, jsp, others? or perhaps just > one, in client-side javascript?) that groups can put > on their current sites, that will display (not alter, > just display) the RSS feeds, thereby allowing a > measure of integration between "homegrown" sites and > DeanSpace nodes? Autonomy being the foundation of a > grassroots movement, we don't want people to feel like > DeanSpace is hijacking or upstaging their own work. > > Better yet, do such stand-alone modules already exist, > GPL'd, and do they need to be expanded for our needs? > Will we provide these as part of (or alongside) our > kit? > > Peace, > Josh Swartzbaugh > [Madoc] > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
