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   RE: [dita-fa-edboard] News/Announcements Content Requirements

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OK, I agree. It was a bit confusing.
JoAnn


From: Jerry Silver [mailto:jerry.silver@blastradius.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:45 PM
To: JoAnn Hackos; dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [dita-fa-edboard] News/Announcements Content Requirements

I was thinking that the date that determines active news content is the news release date, not the date (if any) that the news is about.
 
So there is no "next", there is only the current month, plus the previous month.
 
For events, I proposed retaining the upcoming 12 months, with events grouped by month.  Announcements about something that is going to occur in the future should properly go on the events page, rather than the News page.
 
J.
 

From: JoAnn Hackos [mailto:joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:09 PM
To: Jerry Silver; dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [dita-fa-edboard] News/Announcements Content Requirements

News page:
I would rather see two months (current and next) on the dynamic page, rather than previous content. By showing the current month, we still end up with a lot of "old" news and announcements. Two months of old stuff seems like too much.
 
The date of release seems easily confused with the date of an event. Could we put the release date at the bottom and label it "release date"?
JoAnn


From: Jerry Silver [mailto:jerry.silver@blastradius.com]
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:27 PM
To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] News/Announcements Content Requirements

Attached is an annotated mockup for the Focus Area News and Announcements page.
 
I'd like to see a new content type for DITA announcements.  The interaction model is:
 
1. Authenticated users enter new announcements, via a form.  To enter a new announcement, they click on the "Add New Announcement" link, which will be available on the News and Announcements page, and possibly in other locations on the site.
 
2. Authenticated users can edit or delete announcements they have submitted.  An authenticated user will be able to see all the announcements they have created, use the form to update an announcment, or select an announcement for deletion.
 
3. People looking for news/announcements visit a News/Announcements page, a dynamically generated page that lists all relevant announcements.
 
A few additional requirements:
 
1. The News and Announcements page should show up to two months of announcements (the current month and the previous month), in chronological order, grouped by month.
 
2. Older events should still be accessible via the News and Announcements Archive page.  This page should contain a link for each month; e.g. a link to December 2005, November 2005, etc.  These archived pages can be dynamically generated, but they must be crawlable by a search engine, so they should avoid parameters in the URL.  Question: can the News and Announcements Archive Page be dynamically generated to add a new link each month?
 
Regards,
 
Jerry
 

JERRY SILVER
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