[UCIMC-Tech] Fwd: syndication

Sun Oct 5 11:12:07 CDT 2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:47 AM
Subject: Fwd: syndication
To: imc-web at ucimc.org, Tommy Griscom <rgriscom at gmail.com>, Stephen Fonzo <
fonzo.stephen at gmail.com>, "Amy L. Dalton" <ald at riseup.net>

Hey IMCstas.

We're again having tech problems with syndication I'm wondering if any ucimc
tech-savvy folks can look at.
The images from ucimc.org are showing up at usimc.org as oversized pictures.
There's something in our Drupal software that's causing this.
Can anybody help?

See Amy's email below.
Amy Dalton graciously handles much of the design for usimc.org.

Thanks, BD

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ald <ald at riseup.net>
Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: syndication
To: Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>, ald at riseup.net

hi brian,

the uc-imc drupal code often sends oversized images. i am totally out of
the loop with drupal development but i've been meeting to grit my teeth
and try to elbow my way into the conversation with regards to the specific
question of syndication. i have been ignored in the past by tech folks
regarding my feedback on website issues and it really is difficult to keep
trying to raise points when people ignore you. so maybe if there is a way
you could help my comments get thru, as i am trying to respond to your
question -- we could help each other in that way.

basically the rss code output needs to be configured in a way that sends
the proper feed. then there is additionally a dilemma sometimes in terms
of how it interacts with the contacts database. i do not always know which
is which. however i am fairly sure that for urbana champaign the problem
is in the output feed.

i have put together three examples of feeds with images to try to address
this. one thing that is confusing to me is how different the code is
between them. for this reason i do not know how to suggest a change.
whereas when errors occur in the other code base's feeds they are simple
and i can tell what is wrong. so here are the examples -- i am giving you
the link to the original article on the home imc site, the link to the
page where it shows up on the imc-us archives, and the feed as it appears
in the mir "abstract" field when I get it.

the third one is the one we want to mimic -- twin cities feed.
worcester's works but looks a bit awkward.
urbana-champain's are oversized so it creates a "big" problem, literally,
that has to be fixed by hand.

let me know if this is helpful. i'm assuming you'll need to forward this
to "someone" and maybe they could also suggest how to have this
conversation among the drupal development crew (whoever that is!!!)

from the margins of technophilia,
amy

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(1) UNWORKABLE:
Urbana-Champaign Code with Oversized Image:
article link: http://www.ucimc.org/node/3452
syndication visible here:
http://www.indymedia.us/en/topic/elections_vote/archive.shtml

 <div style="width: 400px" class="image-attach-teaser"><a
href="/node/3452"><img src="http://www.ucimc.org/files/images/Unity March
061.thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title=""  class="image thumbnail" width="400"
height="300" /></a></div>
<p>It was a beautiful day for the fifth annual Unity March, an event
organized by Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice. This year's
march was dedicated to passage of the coming Township referendum on the
ballot this election day, a measure that would raise funds to help the
poorest of the poor in Champaign. A diverse crowd of approximately 150
people marched to stamp out poverty. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ucimc.org/node/3452">read more</a></p>

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(2) WORKABLE:
Worcester code with properly-sized image appearing after intro text
article link: http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/40123
syndication visible here: http://indymedia.us/en/topic/housing/archive.shtml

 On Thursday, September 25th, members of the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure
Team, residents from 244 / 250 Pleasant Street, and neighbors stood
outside buildings that for months have been plagued with issues as
serious as broken sewer lines, and thousand dollar electric mis-wirings.
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-main-image">

 <div class="field-items">
         <div class="field-item"><img
src="
http://worcester.indymedia.org/files/imagecache/article_mainimage/files/DSCF8608.JPG
"
alt="DSCF8608.JPG" title=""  /></div>
     </div>
</div>

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(3) IDEAL:
Twin Cities code with properly-sized image appearing before intro text
article link:
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/oct/september-deadly-bicyclists-memorial-ride-begins-saturday-morning
syndication visible here:
http://indymedia.us/en/topic/transportation/archive.shtml

 <p><img
src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2906782421_0bbddc3d10_o.jpg"
align=left width=250">Between September 11 and September 27, at least
four bicyclists were killed on Twin Cities streets.  On Saturday, riders
are invited to take part in a memorial ride visiting the sites of these
recent crashes, leaving from Saint Paul in the morning and traveling to
Uptown and Downtown Minneapolis, followed by an afternoon ride to Blaine.
 The stepped-up assault of car culture on cyclists is not limited to the
Twin Cities; activists in the Midwest are also mourning the apparent loss
of a participant in August's PNC2RNC bike ride after a car struck her
bike.</p>
<p><a
href="
http://tc.indymedia.org/2008/oct/ghost-bike-memorial-ride-honor-fallen-bicyclists
">Memorial
Ride to Honor Fallen Bicyclists</a>: meet 10:30am Saturday at Summit and
Snelling in St. Paul<br />
<a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/89109">Route</a> | <a
href="http://www.ghostbikempls.org/">Ghost Bike MPLS</a> | <a
href="http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/">TC Streets For People</a></p>
<p><a
href="
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/oct/september-deadly-bicyclists-memorial-ride-begins-saturday-morning
">read
more</a></p>

On Sat, October 4, 2008 7:14 pm, Brian Dolinar wrote:
> Hey Amy.
>
> Why are ucimc.org images buggin out at usimc.org?
>
> BD
> --
> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
> 303 W. Locust St.
> Urbana, IL 61801
> briandolinar at gmail.com
>

-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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