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After much discussion with Sava and Mugur, here is the proposal for the
"article import" function. This covers scenario #1 where an article is
written in an Editor and then uploaded to the server. This scenario has
been made more specific: the article is written in Open Office. Support
for other apps can be added later.

Open Office files (.sxw) are ZIP files in disguise. Inside, there are a
bunch of XML files. One nice thing about the fact that it is a ZIP file
is that everything is in one file - including any pictures that you
include.

Open Office also supports templates. A sample template is attached
(Note: not the final version, just a test). See the instructions below
on how to use it. A template has the ability to mimic the article
creation screens in Campsite. You can see how this works when you give
it a try.

Campsite Article Import will simply accept .sxw files. The XML content
in the OO file must follow a certain format which is laid out by the
template (certain XML tags). The template can be changed, but the names
of the fields must be the same. The pictures will be added to the
database and their links changed so that they work properly.

So a user who want to upload an article just creates the article from
the template (including any pictures) and uploads the resulting file.
It seems to be the easiest way.

If you have an suggestions or comments, let me know!

- Paul

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How to use the template:
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Save it to your home directory. Load OpenOffice and go to
New->"Templates And Documents". Find the file, select it, and click
"open". (If you cant find the file, move the file to one of the
directories that Open Office is looking for).

When you load up the document, it will ask you a series of questions -
the same ones that are in the application when you add an article. You
can skip these and answer them later if you want. There was one system
I tested it on (Windows with open office 1.1 - not 1.1.2) where things
didnt show up correctly, but they definitely do with OO 1.1.2 on
windows. I developed it on OO 1.1 on Linux.

If you click on the dark fields, they will popup dialog boxes where you
can select an option.




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