Footer module for OpenDocument XML.org

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

Marbux,
Neil just finished installing the Drupal footNOTE module, per your request.
You should be able to just surround footnote text with <fn> and </fn> and it
will do the footnoting automatically.

Carol 

-----Original Message-----
From: marbux [mailto:marbux@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:53 PM
To: odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] Update on OpenDocument XML.org transition



On 9/7/07, Greg Rundlett <greg.rundlett@oasis-open.org > wrote:

	On Thursday 06 September 2007 15:41, Carol Geyer wrote:
	> ODF Adoption Committee:
	> I'm happy to report that Neil has completed the basic transition of
the
	> OpenDocument focus area to Drupal 5.2. We're still working out a few
kinks, 
	> but I wanted to bring you up to speed on the significant
improvements:
	>
	> 1. More flexibility for text entry: We are using a new text editor
	> (TinyMCE), and we're also offering the option to disable rich-text
and 
	> input php code or full html.
	
	Slight correction: only site administrators (OASIS staff) are able to
	input "PHP code" and "unrestricted HTML" in order to provide security.
	
	All site users can input 'Full HTML' (which is still filtered for 
	security). 'Full HTML' is described at
	http://opendocument.xml.org/filter/tips (and summarized anywhere you
are 
	entering content).


I just tested (in preview mode only) by copying HTML exported by my outliner
(KnowIt) that included a huge multi-level numbered table of contents with
hyperlinks to corresponding section headings and subheads. It worked! 


But on the editing page and on the tips page, the list of allowable HTML tags
is incomplete, not matching the range of features enabled in TinyMCE. E.g.,
blockquotes, superscript and subscript are missing from the list. (I haven't
done a 1:1 comparison, so my list of missing tags may be incomplete.) 

Also, it would be wonderful if you might get the Drupal Footnote module enabled
at least in the plain text editor. <http://drupal.org/project/footnotes>.
Footnotes are a PITA to code in HTML and maintain proper squence and numbering
manually. Note that you would need to add the <div> tag to the present settings
for allowable HTML tags. 

Kudos to technical staff. The usability of the site just increased by at least
three orders of magnitude. For me,  being unable to work in my outliner and
then paste marked up text to a plain text editor has been pretty much a show
stopper for me, compounded by the bugs in the previous WYSIWYG editor that made
even slow creation of a linked table of contents impossible. 

Best regards,

Marbux

 




	>
	> 2. Poll--We've added a poll to the right column. I created the first
one
	> based on a question provided by Erwin. The TC can change this as
frequently
	> as you like.
	>
	> 3. More prominence for site bloggers: The siteblogs page 
	> (http://opendocument.xml.org/siteblogs) now displays photos for site
	> bloggers and lists most frequent bloggers first. 
	>
	> 4. More visibility for new content: The right column lists the six
most 
	> recent content entries (not just blogs).
	>
	> 5. Easier to delete spam: There's much more to do here, but at least
we can
	> now delete spam comments in batch instead of one-by-one.
	>
	> 6. Categories: We can now define a set of category terms and let
users
	> select categories for their content.
	>
	> 7. Restored wiki functionality: Freelinking is working again, so
users can
	> create links to new pages by using double brackets [[new page
title]]. 
	>
	> 8. Forums are working again.
	>
	> ----
	> Next steps:
	>
	> -Enhanced spam control: Neal has a lot of ideas for this, and we hope
to
	> make significant headway next week. If anyone on the TC has
experience with 
	> Drupal spam modules, please let me know.
	>
	> -Blog aggregator: This is top on our to-do list after spam control.
Can the
	> TC provide Neil with an updated list of bloggers we want to include?
	>
	> -Consider combining the "Knowledge base" and "Wiki" sections: The
DITA
	> XML.org Editorial Board is taking steps to combine their KB and Wiki
	> sections, in order to create a more wikipedia-like interface and
encourage 
	> more community collaboration. If you would find value in this for
	> OpenDocument, we can discuss this on the next TC call.
	>
	> -Notify: We plan to install a Drupal module that will let users
receive 
	> email alerts when edits are made to specific pages. This will be
great for
	> Forums.
	>
	> -Top posters list: We'd like to display a list of people who
contribute
	> frequently to the site as a reward and incentive to others. 
	>
	> -Other ideas: There are many modules for extending Drupal
functionality
	> (http://drupal.org/project/Modules ). We're open to suggestions for
modules 
	> that you feel would be useful for OpenDocument XML.org.
	>
	> I'd be happy to answer questions and discuss future plans for the
Focus
	> Area on the Committee's next call.
	>
	> Carol 
	>
	>
	>
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