[archive] ajw_public_notepad

sekhu · 2005-05-26 19:19:20

just a couple of questions:

1) does this work with rc3?
2) could this plugin be expanded or modified in such a way as:

the user is able to write in the notepad a page, complete wit the write abilities of an article, for it to be saved and to display with the css used in the admin area so it looks like a tabbed page.

my thought was to have an internal FAQ/Help page for my users who want to write reviews – bascially they would click the page, it would display text, images with instructions such as how to enter a post, how to use pluginx x within the write article to enable adding images, or classes and so on. I made a request for this and I believe it might be in the pipeline, but as this plugin has some of that required functionality, perhaps this sort of thing can be built into it? I’ve wondered if such a plugin could simply attach an RTF document or HTML file without the need for acutally typing aything else in.

Too much?

Mary · 2005-05-26 19:49:18

It would work with rc3 – its an admin plugin, which weren’t possible until rc3. :)

Andrew · 2005-05-26 20:13:57

> Too much?

No, never too much. Truthfully, I’ve wanted to do a major expansion of this plugin because I see a major need for cross-author communication in multi-author textpattern sites. However, I think the all-under-one-roof system only goes so far before you get into bloat, and many other tools such as Basecamp can manage.

That being said, I think some expansion toward multiple notes and a reimplimentation of private notes, and possibly a tie-in to file uploads (for docs like you were describing) could make for a very powerful and simple tool.

It’s just a matter of getting the time to jump back into it. I’m fairly manic when it comes to development; the Workflow plugin I made in under a day. Notepad shouldn’t take too much time, once i get a spec nailed down (which is why your input is very appreciated). Unforseen distractions aside, I’d like to get something done in the next month or so.

sekhu · 2005-05-26 20:28:50

brilliant – sounds good :)

jameslomax · 2005-05-27 12:02:32

One thing about this: I used it quite extensively to communicate with an online buddy, and it appears that after a certain amount of text is entered…suddenly…..zip!…..all the text disappears, presumably because theres a limit on how much it can store. That could cause major problems.

Andrew · 2005-05-27 14:08:43

I wonder what that was all about because there shouldn’t be a liimit to it. I’d like to get to the bottom of the behavior you’re describing.

jameslomax · 2005-05-27 16:28:27

I think it happened twice – no warning, just GONE.
Fortunately, it wasn’t critical stuff.

Andrew · 2005-05-27 22:25:07

You sound a little upset. Perhaps it’s just your CAPS, but I apologize for any inconvenience the disappearing text has caused you.

jameslomax · 2005-05-28 08:37:42

No, it was OK – fortunately, nothing critical!
The caps were more of a warning, and an emphasis, because I could imagine a developers situation where you’re recording some code, whatever, and it would be upsetting if you lost it.

I’m grateful for the plug in – its a good one. I think its also got interesting development potential, as a way of storing multiple text files. Could that be done – not just one document but 10, 20 or more, accessible with a dropdown menu?

Andrew · 2005-05-28 15:08:09

Ok that’s actually good. I’m envisioning a two-tabbed interface (public/private), like that used on the article composition textarea, and a list (pulldown?) on each. There needs to also be an easy way to delete an article, so it might be more along the lines of the forms page.

RHD · 2005-08-13 05:57:09

First, love this plugin. Thanks Andrew for your work on it.

Second, I’m running RC5 on a multi-author site, and the notepad is inaccessible (a “restricted area”) for everyone who doesn’t have Publisher-level privileges. I know the notepad should be as “available” as the tab it’s under, but RC5 seems to have broken something.

Any ideas? We use it primarily to leave notes for each other (nothing critical, in other words), but I’m not wild about making everyone a Publisher just for that.

Andrew · 2005-08-13 15:05:36

I’m currently in Colorado without geek access, but I can check it out when I get back in town on Monday.

Sencer · 2005-08-13 15:13:01

It is probably because of this:

http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?pid=64600#p64600

It’s just one line (per event) that has to be added: a call to add_privs(). See my post in the other thread.

Andrew · 2005-08-22 04:40:29

Actually, doesn’t the privileges for the parent (top-level) tab trump whatever you set for the admin plugin? Even if I upped the permissions for the plugin by default, if the Extensions tab were set to only display for 1,2,3 – then whatever displays under that tab would also carry that restriction.

So for the time being you could get away with editing the source of the plugin so that the tab becomes a subtab of Content rather than Extensions. This is accomplished by just changing the line (about 7 lines down) from register_tab("extensions", "notepublic", "notepad"); to read register_tab("content", "notepublic", "notepad");

In the time being, I’m trying to come up with a solution for adding multiple notes and adding both public and private notes. This might take a while though; it’d be a lot easier if the register_page_extension() functionality were complete in Textpattern, but I’ll see if there’s a way around it. For some reason this one’s been sorta taking me a while and I apologize. I’m just trying to not have to reinvent the wheel again once that functionality is added into the Txp core.

RHD · 2005-08-23 00:54:24

Sounds good to me. I’m just glad this thing exists. Liked it as a hack, really like it as a plug-in.

One thing: Mine is already set to be subtab of Content. I don’t have an Extensions tab (which worries me a bit, but I’ll save that for another day). The notepad just always showed up as a subtab of Content.

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