[DesDev] Changing content admin area

[Jeff Howden]

tara,

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> From: Tara Cleveland [mailto:evolt at taracleveland.com]
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> > "not supposed to be answered" is an odd bit of wording
> > to describe these sorts of emails, but i digress.
>
> Well, to be honest, I've never personally been in the
> content admin area, so I'm just passing on the request.
> Sorry if it wasn't clear.
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no problem.

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> > this has been discussed in the past and there's a
> > solution partially developed that would given even
> > authors the ability to manage images and files for
> > their articles.
>
> How difficult will it be to actually implement this?
> Can it be implemented? How do we take it from
> "partially developed" to "here it's fixed up just the
> way you asked"?
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well, "just the way you asked" is an impossible task simply because no one
has ever come to me with a spec describing how "they" wanted it built.
instead, i saw a need and thought i had time to implement it (more than a
year ago, i'd guess, maybe two), but was unable to finish it.  since we have
so few articles come through with images and/or associated files, it's been
alot easier for me to just keep an eye out for articles that need to have
stuff moved and do it myself rather than put more time into an app that a)
wasn't requested, b) is likely going to result in *someone* being unhappy
with the way it was built, and c) results in me having to do still more
development to make "everyone" happy.

bitter?  perhaps.  definitely feeling a distinct lack of gratitude from
certain individuals.  anyway, moving along.

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> > there are other members that can do this as well, but
> > i suspect they may be as busy as i am.
>
> Can we *ask* them if they are too busy? Are you saying
> that you are too busy too? Sorry if I'm being dense,
> but I'm not really sure what you're saying here.
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i'm extremely busy.  i have been for many, many months.  between freelancing
way too many hours to make ends meet, 3 kids, a wife, and all the other
nonsense in life, i have very little time to give away.

the other people with access and ability are morgan (who's always busy i 'm
sure) and judah.

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> > both requests are doable, they'll simply require some
> > development time.  how much, i'm not sure.
>
> So where do we go from here? Can you figure out how
> much time it will take? Can you work out a plan for
> implementing these requests? What answer should I
> take back to steering? Will it be you who implements
> the changes or can we ask someone else to pitch in?
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i'd guess that the request of making the "archive only" option available to
more than just godmin will not take very long.  i'll poke around in the code
and see if i can see what all needs to be done and maybe even just do it,
time permitting.

it's been so long since i've looked at the images/files manager that i was
building that i really don't remember where i'm at with that.  honestly,
it'd probably be best to either work from some sort of spec or have some
assurance that no one will bitch if i just finish it up the way it is.

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> Thanks for your help Jeff. I know this might be asking
> for extra work and time from you. So let me know if
> there's anything I can do to make it easier for you.
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no biggie.  i do what i can.  right now hosting weo is about all i can do.
but, if i have some sort of concrete direction on things that i can put very
focused time on, i can make time for more.  i'm just not going to waste my
time trying to get anything across to pig-headed members that have their own
agenda and choose to disagree with me for the sake of disagreement.

.jeff

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