Re: Simple Submission Forms Working

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

I think it's a good start.  I'll have to look at it and other simular
forms on the web to get a better idea of what I'd like to see.  Also, we
should decide if we want to add the sidebar to the form.

On thing I notice, is how does the person select the category?  Should we
have them drill down first to the category they want and then click "Add
an entry to this category" or have a page that imports all the categories
from the DB and then they select it from a drop down?

It would be nice if there was a "preview" option and some information
about formating.  Are we going to allow HTML or some subset?  What about
line/paragraph breaks?  Will the code automatically create links out of
emails/URL's?  I really like the way HyperNews does it.  You can import
URL's into it, HTML, hard-breaks, etc.  HyperNews is all in Perl so we can
even borrow some of it's code.

http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/hypernews.html

Also there needs to be a place to put 'related links' and/or references.

Also, I think it would be nice if we had some drop downs that people can
choose from.  Thinks like: architecture (Intel, Sparc), Kernel series
(1.2.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x).  Each should have an "it doesn't matter" option
for things like "how do I configure BIND to do sub-domains".

Oh, I never heard back from Tim Lyons about him taking over the RHLUFAQ,
so I'm going to incorporate it into the LKB.  I'll be making an
annoucement to my mirrors shortly.

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Daniel E. Markle wrote:

> http://dev.linuxkb.org:81/articles/submission/submit.php3
> 
> Is a working simple submission form.  It doesn't handle users yet, but it does
> properly input into the database at least.  I will continue working on it 
> as soon as I get home tonight, so input is appreciated.
> 
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