--On 19 June 2006 11:31:30 +0100 Ian Eiloart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --On 16 June 2006 13:36:14 -0400 Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>> c) templates for lists. We have four or five basic list styles >>> (announce/discussion with open/closed membership and umbrella >>> lists). When >>> we create a list, I'd like to be able to specify there and then >>> which style >>> to use. Such a feature would rely on having a set of files on the >>> server >>> that hold the relevant list settings. The UI would simply let me >>> pick which >>> style to apply. The task here is not to design the templates, but >>> to enable >>> their easy application. >> >> +1 I did a little experimentation with this in the mm3 branch and I >> don't think the basic mechanisms are that difficult. The UI is the >> challenge (i.e. how do you set up a style?). > > Well, in our case, the styles would be site-wide and set up only once. We > don't need a UI to set up the styles, because we've already created them. > Our current workflow is > 1. Create a list through the UI > 2. Shell in to the list server > 3. Run a script which applies the style to the list. > > I'd just like to avoid 2. and 3. by having some UI to apply the style on > creation - like the subethaedit example. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention there. Someone sent me this link, <http://subetha.tigris.org/images/list_create.png> and in my caffeine-deprived haze I didn't notice (a) this is a rival email list project not the subethaedit text editor, and (b) they hadn't posted to the list. > I guess it would be nice for > the CGI to look for a style file at -say- /mailman/styles/foo.style and > a text description at /mailman/styles/foo.description - or to extract > the description from the style file. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
