>> First challange is coding the articles in such a way (and
>> with the proper
>> PHP code) that determines where the article goes. ("Today
in
>> RadioDigest.com", "Other Articles", "Regular Features..."
>> etc.)
>Is there really no connection between the top-level topics
and
>these categories?
No predictable connection between them. Depends on the
editor's whim.
>> Also the editor needs to be able to choose how the
articles
>> are ordered.
>>
>> I was thinking about using IDs to determine placement and
>> Score to determine wether a document is to be displayed
and
>> in what particular order (in addition to just plain
"newest
>> first").
>You mean database IDs? How would like to control them?
No, actually repurposing the IDs in the articles: icon,
view, print.
>> An example would be: If I wanted a blurb to appear in the
>> "Today in
>> RadioDigest.com" box as a highilght (link in the list of
>> links) then I would code it as 4 and 2. That would be 4th
>> row of the page, and 2nd column. I could even use the
third
>> digit to designate what specific area in row 4, column
2.
>> It would then be 4, 2, 2. Like 1 for LEAD story, and 2
for
>> highlights (list of links).
>
>Seems a bit too complicated, esp. if you want many
different
>people to maintain your sites. My suggestion would be
splitting
>these info into two parts: "type" and score. Your "Today
in
>RadioDigest.com" blurb would then have an extra field with
type
>"today" or whatever and a score. Your PHP code would then
>compose the "Today in RadioDigest.com" box from all the
approved
>articles, maybe of a given date range, with a type of
"today",
>ordered by score with the highest score as the "big
feature" and
>the others as "highlighted list items".
OK. Stupid question. So I can create and add my own custom
fields/variables to an article record? We're not repurposing
one of the existing ones like Extra?
> And the question comes up...If I'm highlighting something
on
> the main home
> page via date and score, etc., then how do I control
expiry
> and placement on one of the market home pages, which may
be
> different? What ages off of the main home page doesn't
> necessary mean it should age off the market home page.
>
>Well, I think if you have some data such as "type", "score"
and
>"date" for each article it seems possible to define
different
>criteria for every type of page. So you could define
different
>presentations of the same content in different contexts.
I guess what I'm asking, if there is only one score, one set
of start and stop date variable in the article, then I'm
limited to only one page I choose to set those variables
for.
Unless, we get back to defining my own variables and
customing the article form in the Midgard admin.
>> Last question. Is "approval" of articles something that I
>> need to enable (just like Score) in PHP code myself?
>
>Yes, it is. Simply put an if-clause in your article pages
where
>you check whether the currently displayed article is
already
>approved.
Cool.
Thanks! Very valuable feedback.
Todd Daniel Woodward
Technical Consultant
RadioDigest.com Inc.
http://radiodigest.com
512/583-5448 Office
512/415-6840 Cell
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