[Imc-aotearoa-ed] new site

[ksimpson at ihug.co.nz]

Hi. There's no link to print media (W((i))ndy) on the home page - or 
did I miss it? Ken

On 23 Apr 2004 at 0:01, finn c. wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Instead of me writing a huge howto about ed work on the site, it's
> probably best for ed people to read through the docs contained in the ed
> section.
> 
> So far only Clare, Kieran and me have access to the ed section - it's at
> http://indymedia.org.nz/editor. If you do ed work, create a login and
> I'll assign you ed privileges.
> 
> I'm still working through the finer points of how things work, it's a
> pretty complex setup - but basically the main changes are:
> 
> * features and editorial work have converged - everything is done
>   through the editor interface. 
>   
> * everyone can edit to a extent - people can assign ratings to articles. Anything
>   rated at -6 is hidden, anything rated at 60 or above automatically
>   becomes a feature. Editors have more weighting in how they vote, and
>   can still hide stuff themselves.
> 
> * people with logins can set default thresholds for viewing articles, 
>   so people with a threshold of 2 will only see articles with a rating
>   of 2 or higher. The default threshold is 0 - but logically it should
>   be set to -6, so people will see everything that isn't hidden? I'm a
>   bit hazy, we can alter it if necessary.
> 
> * editors can make articles into features by hitting the 'make this a 
>   feature' button in article options. This requires other editors to 
>   approve it too. It is set to make a feature with approvel from 2 editors.
>   I'm guessing that the server will email the editorial list when
>   something goes up for approval, this could get confusing . . but I'm
>   sure we can force dada to email the features list.
> 
> * when an article is deleted or hidden, the reason and username of the
>   editor is displayed above the article. The server will also email the
>   user.
> 
> * articles can be 'deleted', that is, they can be moved to a secret area
>   only accessible by other editors. You can also properly delete articles
>   from the database. Before anyone starts ranting about the death of
>   indymedia or something, this is useful for removing things such as
>   test articles. I removed about 100mb in test video and audio files
>   when I set the site up. The ability to keep articles in a secret
>   hidden section is useful if your not entirely sure if you really want
>   to nuke something, and just want it out of the way. It's also really
>   helpful if we ever get sued, and want to make an article disappear
>   while we get legal advice :)
> 
> 
> I spent a while today recatergorising articles, and un/ticking the 'of local
> interest' boxes - presumably this will become less of a mission as
> people become used to the new layout. 
> 
> So a bit of thinking needs to be done towards the way we work - any
> alterations to the site are welcome.
> 
> finn
> 
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