on 7/2/2000 2:42 PM, "Greg Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just got Jyve up & running this weekend, and thought I would contribute
> a patch for something that has been bothering me. After trying to read
> through the entire FAQ for the Java Apache Project, I discovered that
> navigation between questions in the FAQ is annoyingly hard. So I created
> a new navigation element that adds previous/next question links to the top
> of the question/answer page. The patch is included below, and it is also
> available at http://www.pscs.org/~gmorris/source.html.
>
> I do not have a publicly-accessible server on which to put a working demo,
> but I have included a screen shot of the changes at the URL above.
looks good!
> I do not consider this patch quite finished. There are a couple issues I
> would like to polish up. One, I am not sure the link style I chose fits
> with the motif of the page. I created the links in the style of the
> bottom option links (i.e. "[ Link ]") - mostly for simplicity - but I am
> wondering if they would be better off in a table, using the same style as
> the top navigation.
Na. I like what you did.
> What are the implications of adding localization strings and configuration
> settings? I assume any strings added to the localization files must be
> added to *all* the localization files. Is it ok to add English strings to
> the non-English locales until somebody else can correct them?
Yes. It is ok.
> Also, if I
> wanted to add a configuration option to the TurbineResources.properties
> file, should I get permission from somebody to do that first? (I was
> considering making inclusion of the prev/next navbar configurable via the
> properties file. I guess the other question would be, does anybody else
> think that is really necessary?)
I think it is a good idea to allow for customization. You don't need to add
it to the TR.p file, but you should document it in Jyve's installation
document.
> I am considering taking on these two items from the Jyve TODO, unless
> somebody else is already working on them:
>
> o add the ability to move items around in the system.
>
> o allow someone to be able to add a new question without having to
> select the topic heading first.
+1
> + // Added Sat Jul 1 16:57:28 PDT 2000
> + // by Greg Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> + // in an attempt to put a previous/next
> + // navigation on the question page
No need to add that stuff, it just clutters things up...It is all recorded
in cvs log's. Just add your name and email to the top of the file in the
@author line.
Greg, since you are willing to work on improving Jyve, would you just like
CVS access? I don't have a whole lot of time to work on it at this point and
I also think it should be re-done using Turbine+WebMacro (see:
<http://java.apache.org/turbine/webmacrosite.html> so that the look and feel
is separated out and easily customized (ie: not using ECS anymore). We have
learned quite a bit since Jyve was done and the integration with WM is
definitely the right way to do things now.
I will eventually be doing the WM + Turbine route for Jyve, but Scarab
<http://scarab.tigris.org/> is my current project that I need to focus on. I
wish there was more time in the day...
-jon
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