Hi Lorna/Hannes, After reviewing your conversation and the questions asked, I have a few suggestions that will help alleviate the hurdles we're about to push through.
1) We need to differentiate between confs and meetups by having: a) A new form field with 2 radio options to choose from "User Group Meetup" or "Conference" b) To return this new field in the API responses c) An API parameter to filter results by i.e: "?event_type=conference" 2) For events appearing on php.net by: a) Taking the user to the Edit Event after they create their event. b) Putting a question on the Edit Event form which is: "Would you like your conference to appear on php.net?" which would appear if(they have a 'php' tag OR the title of their event has 'php' in it). By choosing yes they will get a tag named "phpdotnet" which I can filter by. OPTIONAL VERIFICATION OF EVENTS: d) When the user chooses a "phpdotnet' tag an email will be sent to joindin admins to prompt them to "approve" this phpdotnet request and only verified events will come back from the API. I believe by implementing the 2 above proposed enhancements to joind.in that we'll have a solid way to get only events that have been verified to make their way to php.net. Many thanks, Paul On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Lorna Mitchell <h...@lornajane.net> wrote: > The tags aren't verified, I'm not sure how we would do that. Totally > happy to pick a custom tag for events that should be on php.net, just let > me know what the tag is and I'll make sure we're making that clear on our > end. > > Regards > > Lorna > > > On 6 October 2014 22:40, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Are tags confirmed or somehow verified? >> >> I'm wondering if it would be better for us to request organizers to >> tag their events as "phpnetable" to filter through things we aren't >> looking to display, but that only works if these are somehow verified. >> >> The only alternative I can think of then is to filter by php & >> conference (which hopefully should now include meetups then). >> >> -Hannes >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Lorna Mitchell <h...@lornajane.net> wrote: >> > Hannes >> > >> > We don't currently have a way to distinguish a meetup from a conference >> but >> > it's on our roadmap. The CfP collection is actively maintained. You >> can >> > get CfP open and close dates for all events, but they only appear in >> that >> > feed while their CfP is open. >> > >> > We did not add a specific "add this to php.net" because I suspect that >> will >> > attract the spammers. I fully expect to spend the next 18 months of my >> life >> > suggesting to event admins that they correctly tag their events - we're >> also >> > working on better user documentation and support for this process, >> starting >> > with making the tags part of the initial event submission. Currently >> the >> > tags are not very widely used but I expect that to change as a result >> of the >> > features that are newly live or open as pull requests. To some extent I >> > think we need to see how this plays out. >> > >> > Hope that answers your questions. >> > >> > Lorna >> > >> > >> > On 6 October 2014 22:21, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> We need a way to distinguish a meetup from a conference, is that >> >> possible? (we only want to list the conferences) >> >> Is the cfp label actively maintained? Can we get cfp closing dates for >> >> each one, or will the label be removed from it? >> >> >> >> >> >> Also, was the "specially crafted link for php.net" that "automatically >> >> adds phpnet label to the submission" implemented? >> >> "For event submissions I would propose to have a 'crafted' link on the >> >> php.net website that directly links to the event submission page of >> >> joind.in. [....] Events submitted from the php.net domain will >> >> automatically have a tag 'php' or 'php.net'; " >> >> I think that would be pretty nice and avoids weird spammy events on >> >> our page... If it is not, then I'll guess we'll just have to wait and >> >> see how it plays out :) >> >> >> >> -Hannes >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Lorna Mitchell <h...@lornajane.net> >> wrote: >> >> > Hannes >> >> > >> >> > We're helping already, but I thought Paul pretty much answered your >> >> > questions and has this covered. To recap: >> >> > >> >> > - we don't distinguish between conferences and meetups (yet) >> >> > - there's a separate feed of events with an open CfP >> >> > - we'll try hard to add in anything that would make things easier on >> >> > your >> >> > side >> >> > >> >> > I didn't understand the nl2br() comment but feel free to explain it >> to >> >> > me >> >> > again if I need to! >> >> > >> >> > What else do you need from me? >> >> > >> >> > Lorna >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 6 October 2014 21:55, Hannes Magnusson < >> hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I don't know the api nor what exactly it offers.. Beth, Mike or >> Lorna >> >> >> (all have offered to help in the past) probably know it very well >> >> >> though :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> See also: http://php.markmail.org/thread/in5rb7etxiijo3hp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoo...@gmail.com >> > >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Hi Hannes, >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I have an updated version of the /conferences/index.php and >> >> >> > JoindInParser >> >> >> > class, beyond what I threw together the night of the hackathon, I >> >> >> > will >> >> >> > submit this soon. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > The screenshot is pulling in all events with the 'php' tag. It >> >> >> > happens >> >> >> > to be >> >> >> > a meetup, the joindin API doesn't actually differentiate between >> >> >> > Meetups >> >> >> > and >> >> >> > Conferences. If the API doesn't do something they will be more >> than >> >> >> > happy to >> >> >> > accommodate us. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Which specific part would you have expected to see a nl2br() in >> >> >> > place? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > As for CFP's there's a flag here that basically filters events >> where >> >> >> > their >> >> >> > CFP is open, and sorting it by start_date ASC. >> >> >> > http://api.joind.in/v2.1/events?filter=cfp >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Many thanks, >> >> >> > Paul >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Hannes Magnusson >> >> >> > <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The screenshot contains a meetup, not a conference? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Anyway we can be more selective here? >> >> >> >> It also seems to be missing nl2br() ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> How are open CFPs handled? Can we get a list of the currently >> open >> >> >> >> ones and print in a banner style at the top? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Hannes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Paul Dragoonis >> >> >> >> <dragoo...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Team, >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > Sorry about lack of patches last time. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > master.git patch >> >> >> >> > The first patch includes the parser which: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > * asks joindin API for 50 of the latest upcoming PHP >> conferences. >> >> >> >> > * parses the JSON API response. >> >> >> >> > * uses OpenStreetMaps to convert lat/longs to City/Country >> >> >> >> > * puts it back into JSON and dumps it to disk for the mirrors >> to >> >> >> >> > process. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > Clean and simple. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > phpweb patch >> >> >> >> > The second path includes: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > * an example .json file dump of the conferences which pretends >> >> >> >> > that >> >> >> >> > master.git repo put there by rsync which happens in the live >> >> >> >> > environment >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > * the /conferences/ index page, iterating the JSON results. >> >> >> >> > * handling the optional inclusion for successful city/country >> from >> >> >> >> > OSM. >> >> >> >> > * handling default images if there are none supplied by >> joindin. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > Example screenshot is here showing conferences title, date, >> >> >> >> > description, >> >> >> >> > logo, city, country: http://puu.sh/bYyNT/9172394ce7.png >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > Many thanks, >> >> >> >> > Paul >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> >> > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> >> >> >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Lorna Mitchell >> >> > http://lornajane.net >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Lorna Mitchell >> > http://lornajane.net >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Lorna Mitchell > http://lornajane.net > > >
