"Page of the Day" implies daily update so the update function should be scheduled once each day. Cache the pagelet. Delete the homepage from cache so it updates to include the new material..
The selection should exclude the homepage. Only include leaves or should category pages be included? Should editors set a flag on pages that should be included? Maintain list of previously chosen pages to prevent frequent repeats. How many items on recently used list? Use XMAP and XSL to create list of possible pages. Add a random number to each item. Use the page with the lowest number. The main design decision is how to create the random numbers. A completely XSL solution would be fun, but a custom transformer that adds a "random" attribute to every element (excluding root) would be simple. solprovider On 9/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We want to provide a thumbnail on the home-page which represents and links > to a random page of the day under Lenya. The random pages don't > necessarily have to selected "live" (I was thinking of dumping the URLs > to a file periodically and making some sort of script to select one). > > So, has anyone done something similar? What's the easiet way to do it? > > Cheers, > James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
