A while back I made a video that might be useful. http://superuser.com.au/wiki/index.php/Blog_Wordpress_BloGTK_Video(flash)
Your design idea sounds similiar to what Ive done before. http://superuser.com.au/News_aggregator_lesson Warm Regards Chris http://superuser.com.au On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to come in late, but Minhaaj - please feel free to contribute to my > work in any way you see fit. One thing I can see is needed is more padding > around the nav box so that the text that is wrapping does not come to the > box so closely.. > > It would seem that in terms of collaboration - WE has excellent > capabilities in technical stuff like templates and more advanced features. > This is great and very helpful... > > However, I wonder how we can get quick help and collaboration on the > content side of things? Some members will remember me putting out a call for > content for this Blogging handbook, but to date I have only had one > contribution. I am not surprised or even the slightest bit disappointed, I > myself have contributed very little to projects outside my own. > > Perhaps this is how it will be. The production of educational content can > be quite a bit more difficult to find in roads for collaboration compared to > say an encyclopedia. Articles in Wikipedia follow a standard format and are > simple and straight forward for people to easily see a way in to contribute. > But educational content does not have format standards and so every project > is different and a bit more difficult to contribute to (such as Minhaaj's > sensitivity towards editing "my" project). > > With the Blogging handbook, I am trying to create a standard that I hope > will eventually be inviting to contribute content to. The standard design is > around activity sheets where there is a title for the Objective, the > Activity description, and then a list of Support Resources. Here for a > template example: > http://www.wikieducator.org/Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog/What_is_a_blog/Education > > But I still have a way to go in simplifying the structure and navigation > around this Blogging handbook so that people can easily understand what its > trying to do and how they might contribute an activity design.. > > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Good question Nellie, >> >> This happened to me a while back. Someone changed a template I was >> dependent on and a lot of my work went haywire. So I reverted the >> change (cause within a wiki I can revert back to a previous version) >> and everything was fine again. Then the person who made the original >> change contacted me and asked why I reverted thier change. We had >> small discussion exchange and we resolved the issue. We ended up >> keeping their original change (even though it broke my work overall it >> was an improvement) and I fixed up how I was using the template. >> >> I guess the point I am trying to make is that we are all working in a >> community. And in the wiki way people should just go for it when it >> comes to making changes. And if it breaks something, you will find out >> pretty quickly and then collaborate with the other(s) to fix the >> problem and come to agreement. >> >> All good... >> >> Peter >> >> On Jun 20, 12:53 pm, "NELLIE DEUTSCH" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Minhaaj said: I dont want to tweak your template >> > without your permission. >> > >> > Sorry for interrupting this discussion, but is permission to edit a page >> on >> > wikieducator or wikis for that matter necessary? Isn't the idea of >> sharing >> > openly, and collaborative editing the purpose of the wiki? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:51 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > Umm good work James. It sounds a bit cluttered but it has done what >> > > Leigh thinks it should, does it leigh ? How about how delete the line >> > > break after Sarah's quote leigh and then wrap the template ? Should >> > > work fine. You might want to look at L4C template leigh. You can >> > > actually convert Sarah's quote as tag line. >> > > See the example template here >> > >> > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Navigation_template. >> .. >> > > You can modify it to your needs. I dont want to tweak your template >> > > without your permission. Want me to try Leigh ? >> > >> > > On Jun 20, 4:01 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > Thanks James, I reckon that's cracked it. Thanks too Minhaaj.. I >> think >> > > > tweaking the template will save me time in the long run. >> > >> > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM, James Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > > leigh - mucked around a bit and added >> > >> > > > > position: relative; >> > > > > and >> > > > > float: right; >> > >> > > > > to the nav template >> > >> > > > > see it that helps >> > >> > > > > Leigh Blackall wrote: >> > >> > > > > Hi all, >> > >> > > > > If anyone with experience with <div> and stuff could take a look >> at the >> > > nav >> > > > > template I'm using for the Blogging handbook, I'm trying to get >> text to >> > > wrap >> > > > > around it. Help greatly appreciated: >> > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog >> > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Leigh Blackall >> > > > > +64(0)21736539 >> > > > > skype - leigh_blackall >> > > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost >> > > > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------ >> > >> > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > > > > Checked by AVG. >> > > > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1510 - Release Date: >> > > 19/06/2008 3:21 PM >> > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > Web: http://wilderdom.com >> > > > > Wiki/blog:http://ucspace.canberra.edu.au/x/fIAeAg >> > > > > Bookmarks:http://del.icio.us/jtneill >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > -- >> > > > Leigh Blackall >> > > > +64(0)21736539 >> > > > skype - leigh_blackall >> > > > SL - Leroy Goalposthttp://learnonline.wordpress.com >> > >> > -- >> > Nellie Deutsch >> > Doctoral Student of Educationhttp://www.nelliemuller.comhttp:// >> www.integrating-technology.com/pdhttp://www.building-relationship.com/educationhttp://blendedlear.ning.com-Hide >> quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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