[campsite-dev] Article Edit Screen updated
  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    The article edit screen has gotten a major overhaul - I can humbly say
    that it is way awesome! Go give it a try on
    http://cs-dev.campware.org/admin/ with the default login.

    New features:
    - There is a "view mode" and "edit mode". By default (or if you dont
    have permissions) you are in view mode. Whichever mode you choose, your
    choice will be remembered for the time you are logged in.
    - The publishing schedule, images, and topics are visible on this
    screen. You attach them via popup windows.
    - Its way easier to search for images, and your searchs are remembered.
    - You can see all the topics at once, and attach as many topics as you
    like all at once.

    See the attached screenshots...

    - Paul
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    Hi Paul,

    It is indeed awesome!!! I just have a few observations:
    - when in view mode I can still change the publish state of the article
    - it's not so obvious how to change the mode to edit; maybe it would be useful
    to make the "View" bigger and replace the text with: "Click here to edit the
    article"

    Mugur

    --- Paul Baranowski wrote:
    > The article edit screen has gotten a major overhaul - I can humbly say
    > that it is way awesome! Go give it a try on
    > http://cs-dev.campware.org/admin/ with the default login.
    >
    > New features:
    > - There is a "view mode" and "edit mode". By default (or if you dont
    > have permissions) you are in view mode. Whichever mode you choose, your
    > choice will be remembered for the time you are logged in.
    > - The publishing schedule, images, and topics are visible on this
    > screen. You attach them via popup windows.
    > - Its way easier to search for images, and your searchs are remembered.
    > - You can see all the topics at once, and attach as many topics as you
    > like all at once.
    >
    > See the attached screenshots...
    >
    > - Paul
    >




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  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    Mugur Rus wrote:
    > It is indeed awesome!!! I just have a few observations:
    > - when in view mode I can still change the publish state of the article

    Yes, I suppose I did that for a couple different reasons. First, for
    journalists and editors: they can read the article and submit/publish it
    without having to go into edit mode. Second, it is part of the idea of
    the "action bar" at the top, where you can perform actions on the
    article which do not change the content. "Edit mode" is for changing
    the content of the article. (Though I see one inconsistency with this
    idea: the "publishing schedule" is only available when in edit mode, and
    if people think the "action bar" is a good idea, then perhaps the
    "publishing schedule" should also always be available.)

    Its certainly open for discussion because I can see it either way...if
    others can weigh in on this issue it would be helpful.

    > - it's not so obvious how to change the mode to edit; maybe it would be useful
    > to make the "View" bigger and replace the text with: "Click here to edit the
    > article"

    Yes, I definitely see this one. I've also thought about making it a
    button, maybe with "Switch to Edit Mode" as the text.

    - Paul

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