Ryan... interesting stuff. You might want to check out all the work going
on on XML/RSS/RDF/ICE syndication of headlines, XML-RPC and similar
interfaces to syndication, etc. Full disclosure: my current company (cf.
http://www.clickfeed.com ) has built an aggregation personalization /
syndication framework for news with customized delivery using some of this
same tech. It's a rich space, but needs standard interfaces. (Data
transport is there, but the whole inbound side of things --- the push side,
ala your Scoop --- is totally open.)
jb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I'm interested in reading more about your vision.
>
> OK, here goes...
>
> I have currently laid plans to develop (and have begun developing) a
> suite of REBOL applications I have dubbed "The News & Mail."
>
> The first in the series is an application called "The Headlines" which
> allows you to update the news headlines on a web site by simply sending
> an e-mail to a POP account.
>
> Why this functionality? For the sake of simplicity and accessibility.
> If you can update the news headlines on a web site by simply sending an
> e-mail, you can update the site from any number of e-mail clients,
> including those found on Palm devices, etc., so long as they are
> sending text/plain output (a more complicated parsing routine for RTF
> and HTML could be developed, as well.)
>
> The original, functioning version of "The Headlines" can be seen at
>
> http://www.fargonews.com
>
> where all of the headlines and article content appearing there has been
> updated via e-mail. My original script is called Scoop and can be
> downloaded at
>
> http://www.bebits.com/bob/3796/Scoop_1.0.zip
>
> I have completely re-written Scoop to be object-oriented, with
> individual news articles saved as objects which are loaded and handled
> later. All local settings are saved in a config file which is loaded
> first. The new version of Scoop is called "The Headlines" and the input
> portion is functional, while the text/html output needs to be broken
> off and developed as a separate application. The look of the text/html
> output is controlled by a cascading stylesheet which can be replaced by
> any other stylesheet using the same class names.
>
> Other ideas for "The News & Mail" suite...
>
> -"The Links" for updating web site links via e-mail.
> -"The Ads" for updating banner advertisements via e-mail.
> -Commenting System, Classified Ad System (through CGI.)
> -Offer access to "The Headlines," "The Links," and "The Ads" through a
> CGI interface, as well.
>
> Ulimately, I'm looking to offer a Web business customer the opportunity
> to manage a news-oriented Web site without having to actually manage a
> web space. The customer will be able to manage the site through e-mail
> and Web-based forms. Setup time for the Web developer will be minimal:
> perhaps 30 minutes tops to customize the config file which controls the
> various REBOL applications in the suite.
>
> OK, so I've spilled my guts. Input, anyone?
>
> I'd like to know what people think about saving data as objects vs.
> saving data in database format. I'm assuming saving the data as objects
> makes the data more versatile.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Ryan
