[Seattle-editorial] Proposal: SFACTIVE be consensed upon as new code

[gekked at blackflag.net]

Hi, I wanted to write and clear up some things regarding sf-active. I
work with San Francisco IMC and other indymedia's, and also am a core
developer for sf-active.

adili at riseup.net said:
> navigate. Legitimate newswire postings disappear into various cubbyholes
> without clear reference on the front page. The segmented (pre-sorted)
> newswire is so short that if you drop in morning and evening, you're going

sf-active can run with the pre-sorted categories (local/global/other)
or without. In addition, you can customize how many posts appear on
this newswire if you are concerned about posts falling off the front
page. All of this can be customized from a web-based administration
tool with password authentication.


> convenience, which misses the point by a mile, I think. The UI is awkward,
> above the fold being a maddening mixture of unreferenced text columns. It
> may be easier to maintain, but the UI is shameful.

sf-active runs completely on templates, so you can customize the UI
any way that you want pretty easily, without knowing much PHP code at
all (just html).

If you have other questions about sf-active, just drop me a line.
-gek/sf-imc