art.gnome.org news

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

A quick round up of important fixes and additions to art.gnome.org in 
the last few months.

News
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 * Password Reset: James has implemented a new password reset option 
for users.

 * Screenshots: James and I have almost finished testing the new 
screenshots code, with just a few wrinkles to iron out. If you're 
interested in testing it, you can go to my development site at 
art.thos.me.uk and try submitting a screenshot. Comments and suggestions 
welcome!

 * Templates: I added my template code, so now we can begin moving HTML 
out from the PHP and into templates. Vincent Untz created a french 
version of the templates which you can test by going to 
http://art.gnome.org/?lang=fr. Use ?lang=en to change back to english.

 * Preview Window: I committed Drom's new preview window, so that 
previews open in a new window rather than breaking the navigation flow 
by opening an image in the current browser window. There is also some 
javascript to resize the image to the current window size, although this 
may be in need of a little testing.

* RSS Fixes: Benjamin comitted some fixes to the rss feed to make sure 
we remain valid xml even with non-ascii characters.

* Misc. Fixes: I also made a change to the database to allow usernames 
of up to 50 characters today - the limit previously was too low and some 
people had problems.


ToDo
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* Move remaining HTML code into templates, and create a script to update 
translated templates. I'm pretty sure this could be done with some cvs 
date related magic.

* About/Resources/Projects pages - I have implemented these as generic 
pages which store content in the database, however I am not convinced 
this is the best way to go, as for translation we would have to add yet 
another translation mechanism. I now think it might better to store 
these pages in templates.

* All the other little things listed on the wiki. Here are a couple I 
think would be easy for someone to implement quickly:

  - There should be two password entries to prevent typing errors at 
registration
  - "Next 10 updates" link on bottom of Updates page (i.e. page 
navigation system)
  - Disallow limited moderators from seeing own backgrounds/themes 
submitted

See more at http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt_2fToDo



-Thomas