Setting up a site
Advice on site structure
Hello Bernard
I am wondering if you provide some feedback/advice on whether the following kind of site structure is possible with yacs. I must admit I'm still a bit overwhelmed with the power/features of yacs, and thus not figured out a number of things. So your input would be most appreciated
[---] [b]Site Structure[/b]
3 Main parts:
a) [u] Journal[/u]- these articles are commissioned and controlled by a group of Editors, organised into sections/categories. Registered users can't directly post main content to these pages, but can only comment
b) [u]Blog section[/u]: this is organised into sections, and any registered user can post articles & comments in this section. So it's not an series of individual user blogs, but organised by the section. This would be set on auto-publish
c) [u]Forum[/u]: for general discussion. Any registered user can post and reply
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Now, I reckon this could be done. But I have issues regarding how these 3 main parts of the site would be clearly demarcated.
For example, one issue could be is separating the blog enteries from the Forum discussion. So the status of an article in the Blog section isn't just same as an article in the Forum. When content gets listed, say for the week, or under a user's profile, it refers to everything as [i]articles[/i]. So a forum topic or a blog entry gets displayed in the same way
Would there be a way of differentiating the different types of content in terms of how it is listed and identified? (I know there are lables to indicate where the location of the posting, but everything still has the general label of article). Could the content (articles) be listed as: - Journal - Blog - Forum
I'm thinking categories could do this? but the problem is that I would have to rely on members assigning these categories, which won't happen properly.
I probably haven't explained this well. But basically, it's trying to structure the site more, so members can see clearly defined parts to the site.
sorry for the long post!
I am wondering if you provide some feedback/advice on whether the following kind of site structure is possible with yacs. I must admit I'm still a bit overwhelmed with the power/features of yacs, and thus not figured out a number of things. So your input would be most appreciated
[---] [b]Site Structure[/b]
3 Main parts:
a) [u] Journal[/u]- these articles are commissioned and controlled by a group of Editors, organised into sections/categories. Registered users can't directly post main content to these pages, but can only comment
b) [u]Blog section[/u]: this is organised into sections, and any registered user can post articles & comments in this section. So it's not an series of individual user blogs, but organised by the section. This would be set on auto-publish
c) [u]Forum[/u]: for general discussion. Any registered user can post and reply
[---]
Now, I reckon this could be done. But I have issues regarding how these 3 main parts of the site would be clearly demarcated.
For example, one issue could be is separating the blog enteries from the Forum discussion. So the status of an article in the Blog section isn't just same as an article in the Forum. When content gets listed, say for the week, or under a user's profile, it refers to everything as [i]articles[/i]. So a forum topic or a blog entry gets displayed in the same way
Would there be a way of differentiating the different types of content in terms of how it is listed and identified? (I know there are lables to indicate where the location of the posting, but everything still has the general label of article). Could the content (articles) be listed as: - Journal - Blog - Forum
I'm thinking categories could do this? but the problem is that I would have to rely on members assigning these categories, which won't happen properly.
I probably haven't explained this well. But basically, it's trying to structure the site more, so members can see clearly defined parts to the site.
sorry for the long post!