Well, my idea is to have user-contributed news/stuff. - I don't think that
forcing people to 'login' to submit stuff is a good plan, either. But I also
believe in moderation - Users submit news, it goes into a verification
queue, and the editors check it over, then approve it.

As for the 'predefined mask' - the system I have planned allows you to be
very freeform - There's no constraint on how many steps you use, or if you
must use an image, or even how big a step is.

The problem with not having a defined layout is abuse. If I allow, for
example, someone to simply type in their HTML page (which is a daunting task
for many) there is the inevitable chance that someone will abuse the system,
either for their amusement ('First-Post' syndrome, like slashdot suffers
from), or for personal gain (ie. link in a bunch of porn banners, or
something)

Basically, I want to make it so that anyone can submit an item - article,
tutorial, image, whatever - and then an editor reviews it and either
approves or disapproves of it.


Twyst

"Christoph Hormann" <Chr### [at] schunteretctu-bsde> wrote in
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>
>
> A common layout and structure for tutorials, code, gallery etc. definitely
has
> it's advantages, but i doubt it everyone would be content with it.  For
example
> i would not like to be forced to press a tutorial i write into a
predefined
> mask.
>
> On the other hand a site covering a lot of things concerning povray would
be
> good especially for new users and people 'accidently' jumping in.
>
> In any case i would prefer a more open concept without fixed rules for
> everything.  What seems most important to me is to show the individual
ideas and
> opinions of many different people (that's for example what makes things
like
> DMOZ better than commercial web directories IMO)
>
> Christoph
>
> --
> Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
> Homepage: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/

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