Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] com web/php: Adding in announcement for php[cruise]: archive/archive.xml archive/entries/2015-12-04-1.xml images/news/phpcruise.2015.png

[Hannes Magnusson]

Because I *do* want to spread the word about conferences as much as we can.
Especially smaller local "in your area".

The long term plan is also to include the local meetups like this, and
started with experimenting on http://php.net/ug.php

I just ran out of time (2 years ago now!) and haven't been able to continue.

-Hannes


On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Eli <e...@eliw.com> wrote:
> On 12/7/15 11:05 AM, Hannes Magnusson wrote:
>> Also open a new private window in your browser.
>>
>> Navigate to www.php.net/strpos.
>> Notice the green bar at the top saying "PHP 7.0.0 Released".
>>
>> If you add the conference announcement as the top entry to archive.xml
>> it'll say "conference blabla" instead.
>
> Ahhh!  Thank you.
>
> I never realized that the 'green bar' showed conference announcements at
> all.   Given the that 'list of releases' always floods the feed, I guess
> every time I've ever visited I happen to see a release announcement there.
>
>> And that is not cool at all.
>
> Agreed 100%!  I had no idea!
>
> Second question:  Why would conference announcements appear there at
> all?   Why don't we push a code change that treats that section just
> like the homepage news feed ... and filtering all conferences away?   I
> don't see any reason why a 'random conference' should appear on
> documentation pages, versus 'real news / latest launches'.  etc.
>
>> If you however add it in slot 2, it'll
>> continue to say PHP7 released in that green area -- and will show the
>> conference on the right on the frontpage, and the second entry on the
>> news archive and everyone is happy.
>
> Sounds good!  Thanks.   I'll take a look at see how I can actually do
> that.  (Never looked into the XML before.  Just used the tool and moved
> on quickly)
>
> Thanks,
> Eli
>
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>

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