[Seattletech] Re: [Seattle-editorial] posted voting story, and a few thought

[anarch3m]

thought of LINK HEAVY features:

there does not seem an apparent reason others can't write and then post to wire and send a FP (feature proposal).  We can then promote in the normal way.  We could do this for our own work too- yes?  isn't that the value of assigning category to a post?  just changing the 'folder' its in- from wire to feature? or is there less automation than i (thought i)heard?
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DATE: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:17:49
From: Jason Reep <jasonr at speakeasy.net>
To: seattletech at indymedia.org
Cc: 

>thanks for the heads up.  I was adding the article as you posted. so to post a feature, you use the 'add an article' item in the admin >interface, then choose 'Feature' from the dropdown menu, right?  I think we do not want to always show the full body of an a story in the center column.  Often features are abstracted from longer posts to the newswire
>but just as often they are compilations which can include links offsite.  So we need to be able to have a feature that does not have to  >be directly tied to a posting on the newswire.  When they are a direct abstract of a single newswire article, I like the idea of the 'Read the Full Story' link.  Is the abstract area limited in the number of lines it will allow? Features may vary in length and can be link heavy and sometimes it makes sense to be able to format the way it looks as a paragraph with HTML rather then running into the line limit and having to click the link to read more.  Am I contricdicting myself here yet? We'll figure this out as we go.
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>-Jason


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