[UCIMC-Tech] members only pages

[Nicole Pion]

Hey Chris and Josh,
Thank you both so much.  I think this is just what we need now that we have
so many people working on so many different projects.  As long as there is a
space for me to share documents that I've created or useful ones that I've
found, I'll be happy!

Nicole

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Joshua King <josh at ucimc.org> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Sorry to reply back to you after you've already put some work in, but I
> have some thoughts.
>
> It seems to me that there are three use cases we want to enable:
>
> 1. A private workspace/documentation-space where groups or staff can
> collaborate on projects or post their knowledge.
> 2. Public pages which are privately edited.
> 3. A public documentation/workspace where information or questions can be
> submitted but is privately managed.
>
> The way I was sort of thinking this might work is have a role like you set
> up on the main site, and allow that role to edit certain kinds of public
> pages (like an editor, but for static information pages, so that we can have
> more than one separation of privileges on the site). This could also include
> private pages on the site. This would fill use-case 2, which you've already
> taken care of.
>
> I'm also very close to finishing, once I work out a couple of permissions
> problems, a private "backpage" using the Drupal-based OpenAtrium project.
> This could allow each group to have a private documentation space,
> twitter-alike, blog, calendar, and project tracking mechanism. These would
> be located at <groupname>.project.ucimc.org, or .backpage.ucimc.org, or
> whatever. I may be able to get this online as early as this afternoon. This
> could fill use-case 1.
>
> Some groups, like IMC-Tech, might want others to be able, for instance, to
> submit problem tickets and help requests. OpenAtrium could also provide a
> public functionality like that, filling use-case 3.
>
> What do you think of this as an overall plan? Any suggestions or changes,
> or a different direction we should take?
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I did go ahead with this implementation this afternoon, althought there
>> are no users currently assigned to the UCIMC members role. Once we get the
>> list of folks for the member list we can cross check them against the users
>> online.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>> Part of the recent discussions about the IMC list changes also included
>>> creating a members only space on the IMC website.
>>>
>>> I wasn't sure if anyone (Josh, Brian, I'm looking at you) had already
>>> started work on this.  I was going to if you had not and thought before I
>>> did too much I'd ping the tech list.
>>>
>>> Here's what I'm thinking:
>>> - create a new content type: UCIMC Members Only page
>>> - create a new user role: UCIMC member
>>> - set permissions on creating and viewing such pages to the new role.
>>>
>>> This would allow admins to distinguish UCIMC members from any old person
>>> signing up on the website (authenticated users).
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>
>>
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Nicole Pion
Outreach and Development Adviser
AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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