[thesite] An idea regarding article submissions

[.jeff]

elfur,

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> From: Elfur Logadottir
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> | the work for this feature is *very* light.  even if
> | it's only used for an occasional special case then i
> | think it's still worth it.
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> not to put you down jeff, but you sound you have a
> *lot* of time on your hands these days :)
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i can make time for little things like this.

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> here's a suggestion for the case-by-case handling,
> until the upload/maintain element gets published.
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you mean so we have to go back and fix all the articles that use this
suggestion?  yuck.

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> - shouldn't each author have their own members area
>   (don't they anyways) [...]
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no, alot of authors don't have m.e.o. space.

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>   and a special '_evolt_articles' folder in there, where
>   they post and link to all their external data ... that
>   way *we* control the linkrot thing ... right, and all
>   things are *almost* in one place?
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nope, we don't control their account or the folders in their account.  the
data is also on a separate server.  if the connection to m.e.o. gets messed
up, but not w.e.o. then we have broken images and examples all over the
place.

besides, this is completely unnecessary anyway.  authors that have external
media can send it to someone on admin who has ftp access and we can get it
uploaded.  then they can reference properly in their article.  this isn't a
big deal that requires an intermediate solution beyond what we've done in
the past.

.jeff

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