[Seattle-editorial] dadaimc code comments

[Jason Reep]

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This is a list of the different codebases and their descriptions.  Not 
exactly a comarative matrix but at least a central repository.

-Jason

Sheri Herndon wrote:

>> Delivered-To: sheri at speakeasy.org
>> Delivered-To: sheri at indymedia.org
>> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:03:38 -0500
>> Subject: Re: dadaimc code vs. others
>> From: dadaIMC Support <support at dadaimc.org>
>> To: Sheri Herndon <sheri at indymedia.org>
>>
>> Sheri --
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, there isn't a comparative matrix of the 
>> various codebases. The wiki pages at 
>> http://www.bandwidthcoop.org/imc/tech/FrontPage are the closest 
>> thing, but they're a bit scarce on comparisons, and I'm not sure how 
>> much they're even kept up-to-date.
>>
>> As for dada vs. SFActive, I can't say _too_ much, since I've never 
>> used SFActive. However, it is my understanding that SFActive is a 
>> reworked version of the original Active codebase, and that's its 
>> biggest problem as far as I'm concerned. dadaIMC was developed from 
>> scratch, from the ground up, in order to avoid the legacy code that 
>> made Active so problematic.
>>
>> SFActive has tacked on some features that dadaIMC also offers, such 
>> as categorization of articles, a calendar, syndication, etc. But 
>> since I developed dadaIMC from scratch, it was easier for me to 
>> "modularize" the features, so they can be added/removed and appended 
>> easily. So I was able to add a "Media Gallery" that holds images and 
>> movies without the need to create an empty "article" to insert them 
>> into. And the Other Press section, which offers a place to upload 
>> summaries and links to articles on _other_ websites without 
>> cluttering the newswire with reposts that are available elsewhere 
>> (which almost ALL IMCs do, which I think is a shame).
>>
>> dadaIMC has a rating system, which allows users to rate articles. If 
>> desired, articles with a certain rating are automatically suggested 
>> to the Editors for Feature status (center column). Features can be 
>> immediately posted by Editors, or you can implement a voting system 
>> whereby the Feature requires approval (and you can set the 
>> thresholds). Internationalization is almost 100%...virtually every 
>> text string on the site (aside from articles posted by users) can be 
>> displayed in any language for which a translation dictionary has been 
>> provided.
>>
>> dadaIMC was designed to require virtually NO messing with the script 
>> files, offering a web-based interface for almost everything on the 
>> site, from color schemes to included modules to content sub-pages -- 
>> great for non-techies. Even most of the installation is controlled 
>> through a web interface.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean about the syndication stuff...dadaIMC does 
>> generate RDF files for Features and Newswire articles, so any site 
>> with the capability of parsing the RDF file can display the headlines 
>> on their site. If you're talking about installing the software on a 
>> non-IMC site, that's a bit more complex...aspects of the code are 
>> pretty IMC-centric, but in theory it could be done.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any further questions...oh, and as a caveat, 
>> the .94 code on dadaimc.org is stable, but contains known bugs. 
>> Version .95 should be out within the week and is worth waiting for to 
>> avoid running into any of the bugs...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> spud.
>>
>> On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 02:30  PM, Sheri Herndon wrote:
>>
>>> hey
>>> i'm just checking out the new tallahassee site and it's so cool.  i 
>>> think i like dada.  how was the name chosen?  curious.  i'm 
>>> wondering if there is any sort of documentation that does a quick 
>>> compare of the various code bases - active, sf-active, mir, 
>>> dada....for the lay person.  so they can see oh they have this, oh 
>>> they don't, oh that would be too hard for us to do, oh we should 
>>> have that....etc.  as a non-techie geek girl these things are 
>>> important.  translating this kind of critical information.  from 
>>> tech speek to non-tech speek....
>>> in seattle we've been talking alot about moving to sf-active.  and i 
>>> talk all the time with the techies up in vancouver who are working 
>>> on active2....and i'd love to be able to say to the seattle 
>>> editorial folks, hey this is the reason why we should go with dada 
>>> over sf-active.  but i have no way to do that.
>>> so i'm asking :))
>>> thanks.  i really love the documentation on the dadaimc site and am 
>>> really impressed.  does it work well with syndication when you want 
>>> to put the code on a local organization's site that doesn't want to 
>>> be an imc but would like to find a way to syndicate easily between 
>>> their work and the local imc?
>>> peace
>>> sheri
>>>
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>> a.h.s. boy
>> support at dadaimc.org
>> dadaIMC support
>> http://www.dadaimc.org/
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