[ubuntu-art] Art.ubuntu.com

[Kenneth Wimer]

Hi Matthew,

This sounds like a prefect way to start. I especially like the idea that 
people could add their own tags if needed - it makes things much more 
flexible and could show us which direction we need to go.

Can you guess how much work it would be to set up something like this?

--
Ken

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 20:21:34 Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> OK, here are the technical problems I'm proposing to solve with this
> solution:
>
>  * A place for art-team members to post artwork and theme related
> resources (images, sound files, icon themes, archives) in such a way
> that they are accessible to all in the community
>    * Other art-team members (maybe community members) can post comments
>       * comments can have attachments
>    * New revisions of artwork can be attached and tracked in
> chronological order (i.e. original posted, comments posted, new
> revision posted in response to comments, more comments, etc. all show
> in order)
>
>  * A way to categorize these posts, suggested categories could be
>    * One of:
>      * Community contributed graphics
>      * Gutsy
>      * Hardy
>    * And one or more of:
>      * wall paper
>      * usplash
>      * icon theme
>      * etc.
>    * And a "free tagging" field where contributors can suggest their
> own additional tags
>
> Drupal can do all of the above, also, there is discussion about adding
> openid support to launchpad
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1169> in which case we may
> be able to authenticate against launchpad to ensure art-team members
> have special permissions.
>
> Additionally, Drupal provides RSS support, including separate RSS
> feeds on a per-category basis, so their could be an RSS feed for
> artwork for Hardy, and a separate one for community contributed works.
>
> Finally, the canonical sysadmins are familiar with supporting Drupal
> and I expect little complaint from them if we ask to have them install
> it.
>
> For an example, see my blog, specifically this post here:
> http://www.bearfruit.org/blog/2007/08/21/shooting-a-cake-and-eating-it-too
> (sorry for the shameless self-promotion)
>
> I don't have "attachments for comments" enabled, but you get the
> general idea... the post can contain a mix of (some) html and any
> number of attachments. There is ample support for categorizing and
> categories can be listed in the left hand nav.
> --
> Matthew Nuzum
> newz2000 on freenode