Also, you might want to consider adding the "optgroup" element to the category
form to keep people from adding to the super-categories when submitting
objects.

-Mike

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"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> Will it be possible in the future to add an object to both the Area of 
> Interest
> and Content Type categories?

It should be possible now because it's a multi-select list. When you're 
submitting an object you should be able to use Ctl-Click in the browser to 
select multiple categories and sub-categories. Though the mechanism for 
doing a multi-select may vary between browsers and operating systems.

> Also, will it be possible to modify an existing entry without having to 
> fill out
> all the fields and upload files from scatch? Sometimes you just want to 
> fix a
> typo, or update a file without changing its description.

This is a little more problematic. Certain functions of this sort can be 
done by an administrator but it needs a bit of consistent judgement to make 
sure that significant changes aren't made without changing the version 
number, otherwise people wouldn't be able to tell that an object had changed 
since they downloaded it.

So for changing typos within the description, keywords and possibly for 
small changes to documentation files and other meta-data you can email an 
admin or post a request here.

For changing files that fix problems with the object or change functionality 
you should create a new version which means uploading a complete new copy. 
There are times when it may make sense to make an exception to this. For 
example, if you forget a file or fix a bug and you can get an administrator 
to upload it for you before anyone's downloaded it, then I don't see a 
problem with that.

Regards,
Chris B.

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> It should be possible now because it's a multi-select list. When you're
> submitting an object you should be able to use Ctl-Click in the browser to
> select multiple categories and sub-categories. Though the mechanism for
> doing a multi-select may vary between browsers and operating systems.

Thanks, I didn't notice that.

> This is a little more problematic. Certain functions of this sort can be
> done by an administrator but it needs a bit of consistent judgement to make
> sure that significant changes aren't made without changing the version
> number, otherwise people wouldn't be able to tell that an object had changed
> since they downloaded it.

Well, a step in this direction would be to only require a version number change
if any new files are uploaded. Of course, this would as a result be triggered
any time *any* file is uploaded, regardless if the actual code hase changed.
However, despite this quirk it would still be an improvement.

Thanks for your reply.

-Mike

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> news:47fc07f4@news.povray.org...
> >> I'm running on 1024x768. Are
> >> you running on a higher resolution?
> >
> >  1600x1200.
>
> ok now that resolution is beyond what I can test :-)
> Is the text showing up ok at that resolution? I have used a small font.

There's a site called BrowserShots.org that will load any wab page in any of
about 40 different browsers and then upload a screenshot of what the site looks
like within that browser. You can pick which browser to test (you can test more
than one at the same time), choose from different operating systems and choose
from among several other options such as disabling JavaScript ot Flash. It's
simple and very convenient.

-Mike

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> So for changing typos within the description, keywords and possibly for
> small changes to documentation files and other meta-data you can email an
> admin or post a request here.

I searched for an email address in order to take you up on that suggestion, but
wasn't able to find any. Who do I email?

-Mike

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"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> "Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
>> So for changing typos within the description, keywords and possibly for
>> small changes to documentation files and other meta-data you can email an
>> admin or post a request here.
>
> I searched for an email address in order to take you up on that 
> suggestion, but
> wasn't able to find any. Who do I email?
>

It's on the members page at http://lib.povray.org/members/

Regards,
Chris B.

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"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> Also, you might want to consider adding the "optgroup" element to the 
> category
> form to keep people from adding to the super-categories when submitting
> objects.
>
> -Mike
>

Makes sense. I've modified the script that generates the multi-select.

Regards,
Chris B

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Here's another idea: add a "New!" indicator to objects that are, say, less than
two months old. I suggest a red font color.

-Mike

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> Makes sense. I've modified the script that generates the multi-select.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B

You should probably mention somewhere in the submission form that you can make
multiple selections. As I said earlier, I didn't notice it and had to ask.

-Mike

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"SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> "Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
>> Makes sense. I've modified the script that generates the multi-select.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris B
>
> You should probably mention somewhere in the submission form that you can 
> make
> multiple selections. As I said earlier, I didn't notice it and had to ask.
>
> -Mike

When you move into the multi-select panel the help message at the top of the 
screen describes using Ctrl-Click to select multiple items.

Regards,
Chris B.

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