[Imc-uk-useability] question re: startpage changes

[WietsE]

Zak wrote:
> WietsE wrote:
>
>   
>> I was just wondering if the changes we're making to producers.xml now 
>> would make it possible to (at some point) implement the changes to the 
>> regional startpages too.
>>     
>
> Yes and no.
>
> The blocks in producers.xml for generating the lists used on the UK and
> regional pages are entirely separate; however there's no reason why they
> can't be copied across.
>
> Unfortunately, though, there isn't currently an easy way to vary the
> definitions between regions (eg if one region wants a 100-item newswire
> and another a 20-item one) -- without generating *all* versions for
> every region, which would make regionalstartpage.generate even slower
> than it currently is.

Maybe a seperate one could be created for a region when it specific 
collective requests it? Instead of creating ones for all regions?

Cheers, Wietse