On 07.12.99 (07:37), Todd Daniel Woodward wrote:
> >> 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.
Well, then you'll really need to define that connection via
an "extra" field, as mentioned below.
> >> 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.
Ah. Then you could you these as "type" selectors in spite of
the extra fields that you wanted to use otherwise.
> >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 (or "icon/view") 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?
No, not yet -- I thought about repurposing an extra or ID
field as well, though it will be possible to define new, dynamic
fields in Midgard 2, as far as I got it.
> 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.
Why? You could, as far as I understand your needs, define the
variables "creation date" (as Midgard does automatically),
"type" (via extra or ID field) and "score" for each article.
Every page could then use this information differently, thus
showing the same article for one week on the general site and
for two weeks on the regional site the article comes from, each
in a different layout -- for example.
bye,
phr
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