Organizing the text files
Katzenklavier
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We need a method of organizing the text files. Here's my plan: we have categories, and <== those tabs would link to regular webpages (css and html). On these pages we would have subcategory links. Each CMS post is tagged with one of these subcategories, and those links would be searches on the CMS for that tag. That means no vanity/username tags. we chose from a set list of tags, and the subcategory links are searches to those tags. One tag per article.
The searches can either be google ones or some built in CMS thing, but the search result page would have only article titles, no images that take up the whole page. A custom google would search would be best IMO.
Example:
Stop ignoring my plan! It's by far the easiest method of making things browsable.
The searches can either be google ones or some built in CMS thing, but the search result page would have only article titles, no images that take up the whole page. A custom google would search would be best IMO.
Example:
Stop ignoring my plan! It's by far the easiest method of making things browsable.
Comments
But I will work on your plan BUT it will only complicate things for the editors/contributors.
Totse needs to be user friendly in order to succeed. A blog is not user friendly.
How about I create a sitemap and link things there?
I think that Bad Ideas was just used as an example.
What I'm getting from this is that katz wants subcategories like how the old text-files were organized. So that when someone is looking for info on a scam, he won't have to skim through links of "how to annoy your teacher" or "anarchy in the snow".
Not just for Bad Ideas, but for all of the major categories.
This.
Like,
DIY:
BI:
Scam
etc
Do it for as many section as possible. I will add them in the CMS and then make a sitemap page linking them. After that I will rework the left menu and make it collapse when clicked.
Current Categories.
Miscellaneous
How-to
Guide
Text-Files
Review
Art
+Printed Matter
+Art and Design
+Set the Style
+Studio
Ego
+Spurious Generalities
+Reinvent Yourself
+Headshrinkers
Carnality
+Oral Indulgences
+Sex and Affection
+Bad Ideas
+Guns & Weapons
+Better Living Through Chemistry
+Money Money Money...
Drugs
Nature
Science
+Laboratory Tips
+Backyard Ballistics
Society
+Cunning Linguists
+Moving Pictures
+Anime
+Games People Play
+and Rock and Roll
Technology
+Network (in)Security
+Everything *NIX
+Technophiliacs & Technophiles
+Gearheads
DIY
+Resistance Is Futile
+Radio Free Amerika
There are the ones currently being used.
I'll work on a category tree, should be done by tomorrow @ the latest.
It's used to Text files. AND DON"T GET MAD AT THE LIST!
I was busy working on IRL project which uses Drupal 7. It's not fun when you're making lists but the good thing is, I know how to get this plan working.
The access is restricted to editors only
Edit to add: That seems like what you were attempting to do with the new cms forum section I assume?
It's more of a queue based system. I am making an effort to reduce the backlog.
It's like this:
Forums = Produce Content
CMS = Publishes them and maintains them.
A user Google things:
He gets link to the CMS. He read about it and then checks the thread linked in the article or checks the forums.
The point is, unlike other models these two things work independently. The aim is to make totse content the standard. All it takes is some feature articles for lifehacker, times, newsweeks.
They won't bother with a forum but they will look into a CMS article.
Plus, from SEO point of view. A CMS has a better chance than any forum of making it to the top.
I posted on article for my IRL project and I did some minor linking. I got 3800+ unique views. It nearly reached 50% of the alloted bandwidth. That's the power of CMS.
The reason you don't see much activity here is because the content is different. It's not targetted at one party.
Plus, it's hard to post quality content, do marketing, SEO and other things all by yourself.
So, although it might look like the CMS isn't doing anything but in reality it's helping us maintain a better ranking and once the content is there and it can easily be linked to reddit, fb, twitter etc.
I will update the BI and Drugs section but I CANNOT REMOVE the already used categories. It will unlink the articles.
Miscellaneous
How-to
Guide
Text-Files
Review
Bad Ideas
Activites
- Night Ops
- Petty Theft
- Grand Theft
- Misc
Weapons
- Guns
- DIY Guns
- Knives
- Misc
Kaboom
- High Explosives
- Low Explosives
- Detonators
- Bombs
- Misc
Locks
Security
Scams
- Online
- IRL
Drugs
Booze
Marijuana
Psychedelics
Inhalants
OTC Drugs
Speedy Drugs
Exotic Drugs
Legal Issues
Art
Printed Matter
Art and Design
Set the Style
Studio
Ego
Spurious Generalities
Reinvent Yourself
Headshrinkers
Carnality
Oral Indulgences
Sex and Affection
Guns & Weapons
Better Living Through Chemistry
Money Money Money...
Nature
Science
Laboratory Tips
Backyard Ballistics
Society
Cunning Linguists
Moving Pictures
Anime
Games People Play
and Rock and Roll
Technology
Network (in)Security
Everything *NIX
Technophiliacs & Technophiles
Gearheads
DIY
Resistance Is Futile
Radio Free Amerika
I am just adding the categories. For them to be functional. I would need to create a list menu. I am currently linking the sitemap and then I will make a custom menu. Then we would need to sort the guides.
There.
Dude, I am working on it. We're using Tags, it will always lead to the page with more content. Let me work on things.