Kyneto Valesio wrote:I don't understand the purpose of the transition to a new site. What's the difference between blogging and creating new forum topics?
At this point, we're asking for help with the pre-soft launch. There's still a ton of work to do - including migrating the forum, but at this point it would help to see some profiles come on board and some posts and comments.
retypepassword wrote:I may be wrong, but...Kyneto Valesio wrote:I don't understand the purpose of the transition to a new site. What's the difference between blogging and creating new forum topics?
Jeff is probably using Drupal to allow for more flexible content publishing:
thesaurus wrote:Looks exciting!
This may be a bad idea, but what about Latin and Ancient Greek versions of the whole website? It would make for an interesting project for each forum.
retypepassword wrote:Think of Drupal as an easy way to have a wiki, forum, collaborative blog, and more (there are add-ons)... all wrapped conveniently in one package. Obviously, most of this has not yet been set up...
Quoting thesaurus: "I've been thinking that there is a lot of great content written in these forums that would be better served in a more traditional article/blog." With Drupal, we're able to take some of this content, rewrite it as articles, and easily post them to the site in their appropriate sections.
retypepassword wrote:Think of Drupal as an easy way to have a wiki, forum, collaborative blog, and more (there are add-ons)... all wrapped conveniently in one package. Obviously, most of this has not yet been set up...
Quoting thesaurus: "I've been thinking that there is a lot of great content written in these forums that would be better served in a more traditional article/blog." With Drupal, we're able to take some of this content, rewrite it as articles, and easily post them to the site in their appropriate sections.
NuclearWarhead wrote:I've registered myself and subscribed as well (in my Google Reader). However, the title of the page is "Textlit" and not "Textkit", that should probably be fixed.
Anyhow, I think the forum should be migrated over as well, and as far as I know there exists good solutions for phpBB and Drupal integration.
thesaurus wrote:Is the new Textkit pictured as something like a clearinghouse for Latin and Greek learning, news, and information? I think that would greatly expand the value of this website. I've been thinking that there is a lot of great content written in these forums that would be better served in a more traditional article/blog.
Didymus wrote:I have signed up. The most valuable part of Textkit is clearly the people, not the texts themselves, especially nowadays with the success of GoogleBooks. Anything to build up the community is a good thing.
thesaurus wrote:Can you explain what 'points' are, and how and why one acquires them?
thesaurus wrote:Also, is there a way to determine what text of your blog posts displays before something clicks 'read more'?
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thesaurus wrote:I don't know if it's supposed to be this way, but it looks like the entire "textkitters' blog" page is showing up with <cite>.
Also, is there a way to determine what text of your blog posts displays before something clicks 'read more'?
jeff wrote:Please feel free to create a Textkit blog in the 'digital resources' category on your G'Oogle conent. I think the whole "G'Oogle" term is so funny! Only a Textkitter would probably get it, but I laugh every time I see it.
thesaurus wrote:How long is the turn around on blogs usually? I posted one last night, but it doesn't seem to be there yet.
Adelheid wrote:Small issue: after updating my profile on the new textkit, the site complained about the URL I specified (although it was accepted at the time I created my account and although it is a valid URL):
"The value provided for URL is not a valid URL."
I just checked, and my site is up and running.
jeff wrote:Hi edonnelly,
You have a really great collection of PDFs going up under the new site. I would like to hear your thoughts and others about blending outside PDFS and Textkit's PDFs within the navigational structure.
I think for the visitor, it's not important where the PDF is or who created it. If we bring outside PDFS in, we could then give them book descriptions and open them up for textkitter commentary.
I have elevated your publishing rights, you are now in a new group I created last night called, Textkit PDF blog. Go to the create blog >> then at the bottom >> create Textkit book. This content type will allow you to publish to a special format. The pages you create won't yet be visible anywhere. Create one or two, if you want, and play around with it.
thanks,
jeff
Gonzalo wrote:P.S.: I was wondering if you might convert these plain text files into a single PDF file and upload it to the book section. I was considering doing it by myself but I have not your permission nor I think it would be good, since it´s your own work.
annis wrote:Gonzalo wrote:P.S.: I was wondering if you might convert these plain text files into a single PDF file and upload it to the book section. I was considering doing it by myself but I have not your permission nor I think it would be good, since it´s your own work.
Hmm. By default, everything I do is under some open license (well, ignoring contract work), but perhaps I should add some note clarifying that.
I do intend to make a PDF of this, but only after I've finished the transcription. I'm sure there are typos in the text now, and I'm hoping if people read the thing they'll notice some of them and let me know.
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