[geeklog-users] Looking for Model / Workflow Documentation and FCKeditor

Tue Jul 10 11:17:10 EDT 2012

See my answer to Salim.

On 2012-07-09 19:18, 676, kandyman wrote:
> Exactly Salim.
>
> George:  Can you please provide what you have found?  It may be
> good to know on another project.
>
> -K
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:30 AM, SL at usa.net [56] <SL at usa.net [57]>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you mind sharing the information you found? I'd like to review
> it
>> for comparison... And I think it could help others on this list
>> too...
>>
>> You realize that there is no monetary gain for anyone when we
>> recommend other Foss apps, right? Sometimes people are not aware of
>> other options so I've found it helpful, at least for myself, when
>> people recommend other products that would fit better.. From your
>> description, it appeared that you were trying to fit a square peg
> in
>> a round hole so we were just offering alternatives...
>>
>> Personally, I don't think it's right for you to discourage other
>> people on this list from offering alternatives.
>>
>> Regards, Salim
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2012 6:00 AM, "SndChaser" <sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
>> [53]> wrote:
>>
>>> You don't understand: I have used all three before.  For what I
>>> need in this case, Geeklog is quite appropriate.
>>>
>>> No thanks to you, I finall found the information that I needed,
>>> and am well on my way to getting the workflow and configuration
>>> that I need.
>>>
>>> Please stop trolling this list trying to get people to switch to
>>> other products.  While all of them are good in their own right,
>>> users of this mailing list are coming here for support of
>> Geeklog,
>>> and not for being told to switch to competing products.  Such
>>> activity is highly unprofessional and reflects very negatively on
>>> you.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>> On 2012-07-08 23:10, SL at usa.net [50] wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can try Drupal vs. WordPress vs. geeklog for free at
>>>> WebEnabled.com... My company runs the platform and our support
>>>> guys
>>>> might be able to help you configure them for your needs.
>>>>  Good luck.
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>  Salim.
>>>> On Jul 8, 2012 6:32 PM, "SndChaser"
>>>> <sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [24] [25]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Also not an answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2012-07-08 19:23, 676, kandyman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Drupal or Wordpress can achieve this quite easily.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Wordpress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
>>>>>> [5]
>>>>>> [6] [6]
>>>>>> Drupal: http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles
>>>>>> [6] [7]
>>>>>> [7] 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only thing I could really find about contributing stories:
>>>>>> http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story [7]
>>>>>> [8] [8]
>>>>>>  And on approving users:
>>>>>> http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups [8] [9]
>>>>>> [9]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems like the roles are hardcoded?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use to use Geeklog many years ago, but newer systems have
>>>>>> sprung
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> to take its place that are much simpler and advanced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -K
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM, SL at usa.net [9] [10] [10]
>>>>>> <SL at usa.net [10]
>>>>>> [11] [11]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try Drupal instead... Drupal.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 8, 2012 4:14 PM, "SndChaser"
>>>>>>> <sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [2] [3]
>>>>>>> [3]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I used Geeklog a long time ago (like 5 or more years
>>>>>>>> ago),
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> have just come back to working on a site that I
>>>>>>>> believe
>>>>>>>> Geeklog
>>>>>>>> will be pretty well suited for.  However, I'm having
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>>> bridging some of the information about the system that
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> available with my needs.  What I am really looking
>>>>>>>> for is a
>>>>>>>> body
>>>>>>>> of documentation that is more geared towards the
>>>>>>>> administrator
>>>>>>>> that needs to design a workflow for usage of the
>>>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For example (however this is possibly a bit
>>>>>>>> simplistic), I
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>> to configure the system to allow for four different
>>>>>>>> groups
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> users: admins, editors (those writing / editing
>>>>>>>> stories,
>>>>>>>> static
>>>>>>>> pages, etc.), contributers (authenticated users
>>>>>>>> submitting
>>>>>>>> story
>>>>>>>> suggestions or ideas), general users (authenticated
>>>>>>>> users
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> comment), and general public (ie, un-authenticated).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I am looking for is some kind of documentation
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> walks
>>>>>>>> through setting up a group, and applying it through
>>>>>>>> out the
>>>>>>>> whole
>>>>>>>> system - ie, what menus each group see, which blocks
>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>> group
>>>>>>>> sees, which administrative actions each group can
>>>>>>>> perform,
>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I thought in the distant past I had seen some
>>>>>>>> documentation
>>>>>>>> along these lines.  However, now I appear to only be
>>>>>>>> seeing
>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> technical documentation that describes each of the
>>>>>>>> individual
>>>>>>>> features, it's options, etc, and not something that
>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>> goes
>>>>>>>> into the overall model / workflow.  Does something
>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> exist and I'm just not finding it? (I honestly feel
>>>>>>>> like I'm
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> the verge of remembering stuff, I just need a
>>>>>>>> refresher to
>>>>>>>> jog
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> latent synapses...<g>).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, I got pretty confused trying to understand what
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> current status of integrating a visual editor into the
>>>>>>>> site
>>>>>>>> is.
>>>>>>>>  I seem to understand there are some issues with
>>>>>>>> CKEditor /
>>>>>>>> CKImage...but is there another solution, and is there
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> single,
>>>>>>>> cohesive document on setting it up with 1.8.1 (or a
>>>>>>>> recent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Links:
>>>>>> ------
>>>>>> [1] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [11] [12]
>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>> http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>>>> [12]
>>>>>> [13]
>>>>>> [3] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [13] [14]
>>>>>> [4] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [14] [15]
>>>>>> [5]
>>>>>> http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>>>> [15]
>>>>>> [16]
>>>>>> [6] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities [16]
>>>>>> [17]
>>>>>> [7] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles [17]
>>>>>> [18]
>>>>>> [8] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
>>>>>> [18] [19]
>>>>>> [9] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups
>>>>>> [19] [20]
>>>>>> [10] mailto:SL at usa.net [20] [21]
>>>>>> [11] mailto:SL at usa.net [21] [22]
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> We need to heed the words of the Dalai Lama,
>>>>> Or at least, the words of your mama.
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>>>>> [23] [24]
>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [25]
>>>> [2] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>> [26]
>>>> [3] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [27]
>>>> [4] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [28]
>>>> [5] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>> [29]
>>>> [6] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities [30]
>>>> [7] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles [31]
>>>> [8] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
>>>> [32]
>>>> [9] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups [33]
>>>> [10] mailto:SL at usa.net [34]
>>>> [11] mailto:SL at usa.net [35]
>>>> [12] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [36]
>>>> [13] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>> [37]
>>>> [14] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [38]
>>>> [15] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [39]
>>>> [16] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>> [40]
>>>> [17] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities [41]
>>>> [18] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles [42]
>>>> [19] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
>>>> [43]
>>>> [20] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups [44]
>>>> [21] mailto:SL at usa.net [45]
>>>> [22] mailto:SL at usa.net [46]
>>>> [23] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net [47]
>>>> [24] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>> [48]
>>>> [25] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org [49]
>>>
>>> --
>>> We need to heed the words of the Dalai Lama,
>>> Or at least, the words of your mama.
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>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [2] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [3] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [4] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [5] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
> [6] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles
> [7] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
> [8] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups
> [9] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [10] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [11] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [12] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [13] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [14] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [15] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [16] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
> [17] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles
> [18] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
> [19] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups
> [20] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [21] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [22] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [23] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [24] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [25] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [26] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [27] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [28] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [29] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [30] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
> [31] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles
> [32] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
> [33] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups
> [34] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [35] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [36] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [37] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [38] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [39] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [40] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [41] http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
> [42] http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/roles
> [43] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Contributing_a_Story
> [44] http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Users_and_Groups
> [45] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [46] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [47] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [48] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [49] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [50] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [51] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [52] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [53] mailto:sndchaser at cerebralrift.org
> [54] mailto:geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> [55] http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/geeklog-users
> [56] mailto:SL at usa.net
> [57] mailto:SL at usa.net

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