[geeklog-users] New user help

[bruce at trianglewebhosting.biz]

When you say look at the config.php file, does that mean I can download it
and edit it and then upload it to my installation?

The ability to include content into my site from elsewhere such as have a
weblog or rss feed or anything included into a block, which would be like
targeting it to a frame on the same page would be desirable.  Perhaps I'll
have to use a couple CMS that are linked together to get all the features
needed.  XOOPS let one include the content in a block and you could write a
custom block that has your own html/php code in it.  Unfortunately it is
rather ugly for a CMS and doing what one wants is less than easy to get done
even if it is supported.  Their forum for help is setup poorly as one cannot
even send emails to one's main email account.  I need that feature to have
someone get an email that says their post has been responded to and to go to
the site to read it.

The fact that I can have stories/blogs within Geeklog that are available
even to someone that I don't have to get to register is a good feature.  I'd
like to have people register for my site but sometimes there is a need to
have a direct link to the publication or story, etc. that does not say
permission denied.

I've been looking at collaborating with a site at: myTown.ca that is based
on a proprietary CMS.  The goal is to find ways to allow any CMS to
collaborate with any other CMS/blog or any web site, that is to have a
"community" that is encapsulated.

Tikiwiki seems able to do that but it is less than intuitive.  One benefit
of that is that one can in addition to including content from elsewhere in
the site, you can setup individual user views of the site, individually
customized content.  So, perhaps I can embed my Geeklog site into something
that will be a portal if you will, that pulls in content from elsewhere and
keeps you there... a replacement for my.yahoo.com for some friends of mine.

Links that keep a visitor at one's site are definitely highly desirable and
good coding.  One doesn't want to instruct a web site where moving from any
content to any other content or page is necessary by a back arrow on the
browser window.  I try to always code such that each page has a consistent
look and feel and can take on to the home page from wherever.  A link to
outside content that takes you to another site and outside one's own site
prohibits this.  As soon as one leaves for another site one cannot specify
the content on the other site.  There are many ways to do this though,
conceptually.  Sites with SSI - server side includes - are one example.  I
suppose a SSI could include a link to one's Geeklog site and thus have it
within a frame on the site.  Thus one would not actually leave one's own
site.
Thanks,
Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony at tonybibbs.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] New user help


>
>
> bruce at trianglewebhosting.biz wrote:
>
> > 1)  Can I and how do I setup or change the dimensions of the
> > photograph that one
> > can upload with their profile?  Well, I know I can because I uploaded
one
> > pic to the main site at http://www.geeklog.net when I registered
> > there.  My
> > site didn't allow any photo larger then 96X96.
>
> This is set in config.php.  You should really read everything in that
> file once.
>
> > 2)  Can I allow visitors and myself to have photographs that do not
> > get reduced to
> > a thumbnail size?
>
> No, this is a space conversation issue.  If you don't want to have a
> thumbnail, you can set the dimensions to be larger
>
> > 3)  Can I make certain stories available for anonymous visitors and
> > others only for
> > registered users?
>
> Yes.  The permissions system is Geeklog is fairly unique to open source
> CMS (though others are adding this sort of stuff)
>
> > I know I can do the second part but if I had certain blogs that I
> > wanted to
> > share with visitors or other content and I just wanted to give someone
> > a link is that possible?
> > I had in mind a writer's CMS setup where people one can get published,
> > this is on another proprietary system but the person can send the link
> > to their publication to a friend or anyone.
>
> Uh, most themes include the "email story to a friend concept".  Some
> have even started to include a link to the actual story as well so it
> can be easily copied and pasted into an email.  All this stuff is
> possible out-of-the-box.
>
> > 4) I accepted one of the default news feeds that one gets with an
> > install.  It doesn't seem clear how to include the content of a
> > newsfeed into the site.  Even going to the geeklog.net site and
> > clicking on RSS, RDF, XML Feeds shows a list of a few but it seems
> > like you can include the content of an article without taking a person
> > away from the site.
>
> First, read the manual: http://www.geeklog.net/docs.  The RSS/RDF/XML
> page is just a resource to get people started with including syndicated
> content within their Geeklog system.  If you are hoping to include the
> content outside of a block (i.e. as a true Geeklog story) that concept
> isn't supported.
>
> > Clicking on the .rss file does nothing.  Clicking on the link takes
> > one away from the page instead of having the news included in the
> > site.  Perhaps one can have the content of the story open into a block
> > on the site?  Maybe?   or open a new window with a target="_blank"
> > html tag.  I suppose that would work if the link was done right.
>
> This isn't currently supported.  Add this as a feature request on
> http://project.geeklog.net
>
> --Tony
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