This topic was marked solved by its starter, on January 19th, 2013, 04:02 PM
So, the news feature has bugged me for a while. So I'm fixing it up.
Firstly, reordering it. While the one-line display is randomised, the newsfader is not randomised, it follows through the order given. So you can reorder it.
Secondly, permissions. Right now news is 'everyone'. I've wanted it to separate out permissions for a while, but I don't think the whole gamut of permissions/groups is needed, so we have everyone, signed-in members, people who can moderate, people who are admins.
Thirdly, changing the UI generally. I don't know why I dislike the UI as much as I do, but it seems like a cop-out to me to have it as a series of textboxes like that, so a simple list of items, with modify buttons - plus a shiny modify button. Which will all go to a nice edit window with the editor component in it too.
I also haven't ruled out having it draw instead from a board or boards yet. Not sure how that's going to work exactly. But in the meantime here's a sneak peek.
Firstly, reordering it. While the one-line display is randomised, the newsfader is not randomised, it follows through the order given. So you can reorder it.
Secondly, permissions. Right now news is 'everyone'. I've wanted it to separate out permissions for a while, but I don't think the whole gamut of permissions/groups is needed, so we have everyone, signed-in members, people who can moderate, people who are admins.
Thirdly, changing the UI generally. I don't know why I dislike the UI as much as I do, but it seems like a cop-out to me to have it as a series of textboxes like that, so a simple list of items, with modify buttons - plus a shiny modify button. Which will all go to a nice edit window with the editor component in it too.
I also haven't ruled out having it draw instead from a board or boards yet. Not sure how that's going to work exactly. But in the meantime here's a sneak peek.
