[geeklog-devtalk] Re: Geeklog 1.3.10 Modifications for consideration

[Vincent Furia]

I hate adding stuff to config.php, but maybe a config option should be
added to enable story deletion upon a "death date" (this, of course,
in addition to the DB and code changes)?  That way we won't get lots
(I'm sure we'll still get a few) of complaints about stories
disappearing off peoples sites?

-Vinny

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:38:55 -0500, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:

> Yeah, we'd simply have to add a 'expire_date' on the stories table.  If

> empty it will never expire, if  it is expired, Geeklog would delete

> them.  It's a single database change and a small amount of extra

> code....quite doable.

> 

> --Tony

> 

> 

> 

> Jeff Hare wrote:

> 

> > Hi Guys,

> >

> >    I've been mulling this over for a few months to give me a chance to

> > experiment with how the auto-expire/archive to topic might work.

> >

> > I implemented this to evaluate the concept on my site, but since it

> > changes

> > the db tables slightly, I don't plan to keep it as implemented.   I

> > don't want

> > to support customized tables on my site... :)

> >

> > Just for some background, here's why I agree that this behavior would

> > be very helpful.

> >

> > Since I use GL to manage a club website, what I find very frequently is

> > that we have major events or announcements that need to be "front and

> > center"

> > on the home page, but should show up beginning on some date, and then go

> > away once the event is over.

> >

> > Before, I managed this by assigning a start date, and then have to

> > remember

> > to go uncheck the "show on home page" option to get it off the page

> > and back

> > into the topic only.   It's hard for me to explain/train other story

> > moderators

> > to do all this when most are not all that technical.

> >

> > As for deleting them, I can certainly see why this is useful, because

> > some

> > events or announcements will never make sense again.   While it's easy to

> > go in and delete them,  it's still work that needs to be done, and it

> > would be

> > nice to be able to program this at posting time.

> >

> > If there's anything I can do to assist here, let me know.

> >

> > BTW, GL is fantastic.  I'm quite pleased with the GL2 coding and

> > architecture

> > I've seen so far.   Nice job.

> >

> > -Jeff Hare

> > Sr. Member Consulting Staff

> > Cadence Design, Inc.

> >

> >

> > At 10:43 AM 4/19/2004, you wrote:

> >

> >> I think it would be great to see this functionality incorporated into

> >> the

> >> core, Blaine.  I have a couple of thoughts after reading your e-mail.

> >>

> >> 1) It would be really nice to activate and deactivate this functionality

> >> through a config.php flag.  There are always users on the forums who

> >> don't

> >> want their story editors to become bloated with options they never use.

> >> Providing a flag would be an easy way to remedy this without forcing

> >> users

> >> to hack template files.

> >>

> >> 2) Is an auto-delete option really a good idea?  I can see people

> >> accidentally deleting content with no good way of getting it back.  This

> >> seems dangerous.  It's generally good practice in CMSes to never delete

> >> content, anyway.  I think it might be better to force the site admin to

> >> create an archive topic that is hidden to most users and then archive

> >> everything they would normally want to delete into that topic.

> >>

> >> 3) There have been requests for two types of archiving.  First, people

> >> have said they would like to archive content off of the frontpage.

> >> Also,

> >> some users have wanted to archive content from one topic to another

> >> (like

> >> from a What's New topic to a more specific topic).  Does your

> >> modification

> >> do both of these?  If not, it would be nice to add that for 1.3.10.

> >>

> >> - Turias

> >>

> >>

> >> > I would like the following modifications considered to be included

> >> in the

> >> > nex release and am posting to get any feedback.

> >> >

> >> > Modification 1:

> >> >   Extend the Story Editor to also be able to auto-expire article

> >> content

> >> >   Stories can be optionally moved to a "Archive" topic or deleted

> >> >   Site configureable "archive" topic

> >> >   Able to setup a Archive themed template for stories as well

> >> >

> >> >   See attached image of the modified story editor

> >> >

> >> > Modification 2:

> >> >    Extend the Block Editor to be able to specify Start and End

> >> Dates for

> >> > blocks to show

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Blaine

> >>

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