[geeklog-devel] Geeklog Document structure

[Gary Moncrieff]

Joe, please do this I very much have a use for it at the moment, I'm setting
up Geeklog as a repository for our course materials (sick of emailing stuff
to students basically) and a hierarchical topic section would be perfect for
help notes etc

Regards

Dazzy


On 26/09/2007, Joe Mucchiello <joe at throwingdice.com> wrote:
>
> At 06:27 AM 9/26/2007, Oliver Spiesshofer wrote:
> >So a centralized hierarchical topic-plugin might do the trick. A
> >central function that provides a tree-structure and a menu in a
> >block, and a good admin-interface that allows to add static pages,
> >links, events and static pages to it - basically a subtopic feature
> >where what belongs to a topic is managed by the plugin instead of
> >the story/links/elements added, and display those in short lists
> >instead of spreading them all over the page so things can be found
> >by clicking through the tree.
>
> I'd love to see this. In fact, I'll do it as part of the calendar
> bounty if you like.
>
> As a full categories plugin, it requirements are a bit more extensive
> than just provide categories like the links plugin or topics:
>
> * Manage multiple independent hierarchical categories.
> * Objects can be in multiple categories in the same hierarchy.
> * Objects can be categorized in multiple hierarchies.
> * A category contains a unique (within a branch) name, an optional
> long description and full GL permissions. Support for extended data
> should be provided. Topic icons should be supported but not required.
> * Support "uncategorized" conditions (in conjunction with the next item)
> * Concepts like "default" and "archive" could be managed by the
> category manager, on a per object basis.
> * Support topic titles in multiple languages as well as categories
> restricted by language. (Language is one of the reasons an object can
> be in multiple hierarchies.)
> * Full extension API with callbacks for
>    * Attaching an object type to a hierarchy
>    * Notice when categories in linked hierarchies are added,
> deleted, moved or changed
>    * Ability to create, modify, destroy hierarchies/categories and
> category/object relationships from code
> * Managed block menus for each hierarchy either as a whole or per
> object (the phpblock parameter checkin earlier this year will make this
> easier)
> * "Directory" pages where the category plugin manages lists/trees of
> objects
> * Updated advanced search options. (Probably a secondary project
> taken on when/if topics are replaced by this plugin)
> * SQL-based "flat hierarchies" for system generated categories: like
> users in group X, or stories alphabetically by title (A version 2
> requirement, no doubt)
>
> I have the handling of ad hoc objects somehwat well object-ized in my
> almost released Tags plugin. So porting it to a category plugin would
> be easy. I already need to write a category object for the calendar
> bounty. If it could help all of GL, so much the better.
>
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> Joe Mucchiello
> Throwing Dice Games
> http://www.throwingdice.com
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