[Zope-PTK] feature request: news categories

Kevin Dangoor kid@kendermedia.com
Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:12:56 -0500


Hi, Jochen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jochen Haeberle" <listen@MIDRAS.de>
To: "Kevin Dangoor" <kid@kendermedia.com>
Cc: <zope-ptk@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope-PTK] feature request: news categories


> At 14:59 Uhr -0500 15.02.2000, Kevin Dangoor wrote:
> >  > I would like the PTK-based news product to be more Slashdot-like.
> >
> >Butch has a number of interesting thoughts for Squishdot in a PTK-world.
I
> >think he's talked about some on this list.
>
> How about a PTK version of KM|net news? This is a great product from
> you and would defenitely be an interesting addition to the PTK.

From some conversations with Butch a couple weeks back, I wouldn't be
surprised to see KM|Net News and Squishdot merge. Though today they are very
different in implementation and feel, I think it's possible that a single
Product could serve both needs well.

> Remeber you said you will defenitely provide an upgrade path to PTK -
> that's probably the best way...

There will be an upgrade path for sure. We've got more than 150 articles in
our KMNN now, and I'm not going to manually re-enter them :)

> Imagine every user being able to submit articles for every news
> category and all the whistle and bells of KM|net news.... Top stories
> for the homePage, rankings, favorites... and later the customizing
> features for every user: create your own portal newspage, select the
> categories you'r most interested in and those Top-Stories will be
> your homepage... ahh, great!!!!

There are indeed some great possibilities! Imagine those features you like
about KMNN and add the ability to have discussions attached to the articles,
if you wish... That's kind of what I'm seeing for the future (plus all of
the great customization and review stuff that PTK will enable).

Kevin