New Stuff Package
part of the ArsDigita Community System
by Philip Greenspun
- User directory: none (just one page at /shared/new-stuff)
- Admin directory: none (just one page at /admin/new-stuff)
- data model: none
- procedures: base in /tcl/ad-new-stuff; generally one per
ACS module within each module's defs file
I'm too lazy to write more docs so I'll just quote from the file:
# the big idea here is to have a central facility to look at content
# posted by users across the entire site. This is useful for the site
# administrator (might want to delete stuff). This is useful for the
# surfing user (might want to click through to stuff). This is useful
# for generating email summaries.
# one weird extra feature is that we have an argument to limit to new
# content posted by new users. This is an aid to moderators. Basically
# the idea is that new content posted by a person who has been a community
# member for a year is unlikely to require deletion. But new content
# posted by a brand new community member is very likely to require scrutiny
# since the new user may not have picked up on the rules and customs
# of the community.
# (publishers who require approval before content goes live will want
# to see old users' contributions highlighted as well since these need
# to be approved quickly)
# this system scales as modules are added to the ACS either by
# ArsDigita or publishers. The basic mechanism by which modules buy
# into this system is to lappend a data structure to the ns_share
# variable ad_new_stuff_module_list (a Tcl list)
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