[Imc-alternatives] REMINDER: Code-a-thon: This Friday/Saturday

[Jay]

(this is a reminder that there is an imc-alternatives code-a-thon 
happening this Saturday, December 27, with a first check-in tonight, 
Friday, December 26, at 9pm U.S. eastern time on the imc-alternatives 
channel at chat.indymedia.org.  See you there!)

Hello imc-alternatives!

A couple weeks ago we talked about having an Alternatives site 
code-a-thon some time over the weekend of December 27-28 to get the 
site up and running as much as possible by the end of the year.  We 
have pinned down

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27

as the code-a-thon day, with possible spill-over to SUNDAY, DECEMBER 
28 if there are Drupal coders around who can particpate that 
day.  Our goal is to get the very basics of our test site at 
"<http://alternativesimc.org>http://alternativesimc.org" in shape, 
with Nick's proposed design in place 
(<http://thunderwhip.com/imc/>http://thunderwhip.com/imc/) and with 
the SolutionsWire and features columns fully functional.

Our site is going to be a Drupal site, so this should be managable -- 
but we could use all the help and experience we can get.  We are 
going to need people who are familiar with Drupal help us achieve the 
our goals for Saturday, which we'll post below.

We should have at least one IRC check-in before Saturday where people 
can update each other on progress and get plugged in to focused 
projects!  Check out the proposed schedule below.  We should hang out 
in IRC at other times (the imc-alternatives channel on 
<http://chat.indymedia.org>chat.indymedia.org) so people can get 
plugged in during other times, but having set check in points makes 
it easier for folks to get involved and gives us a chance to check in 
with each other.

Friday, 26th -- 9pm EST  -- Preparation for the weekend.  Are things 
in place?  Let's talk about our plans.
Saturday, 27th -- 2pm EST
Saturday, 27th -- 8pm EST

Does this work for everyone?

On Saturday, December 27 we hope to achieve the following goals:

1) help Nick translate his proposed design into Drupal

2) assure SolutionsWire has the following functions:
-- allows moderators to move articles and comments off the newswire 
to a "hidden files" area linked from the main page
-- allows moderators to promote SolutionsWire articles to the features column
-- allows moderators to rethread articles as comments (in case 
someone replies on the newswire instead of commenting on the article)
-- allows for different levels of user logins, enabling both 
anonymous publishing of articles and comments with no logging of IP 
addresses and also an opportunity for users to login and keep track 
of their articles and comments (eventually to be used on their 
profile page as part of the "networking" function)

3) Extra credit: Implement other features through configuration work 
if we have the time and help!

Please e-mail 
"<mailto:imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org>imc-alternatives at lists.indymedia.org" 
and/or "<mailto:josh.marcus at gmail.com>josh.marcus at gmail.com" with 
questions about any of this.  See you on Friday night on IRC!

--j
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