Revision of Publishing on ANLoc from Wed, 17/09/2008 - 14:46

To publish a content item on ANLoc website, you need to choose which content type to use from the user navigation menu on the rightmost sidebar.

All content items must have a title/subject/name, the rest of the fields will differ from one type to another but most of them will have a body/description/notes where you put the content body. Events will have dates and location fields, Software will have version fields, etc.

News item, event, document and software content types can reference the related project(s), and therefore they will be listed in their corresponding project page.

Multilingual support:

Some content types will allow you to have your entry in multiple languages, i.e create an event in English then translate it to French, and vice versa. This support is available for the content types: News item, Event, Document, Software, Partner and Project. Multilingual support is not enabled for Forum topics, Images, Blog entries, Book pages and User profiles.

Classification and Tags:

Syntax

You can use HTML or MediaWiki syntax. Choose which option you want from the input format options below the text area of your content type.

Available content types:

• News item type is for news and announcement.
• Event type is obviously for events that has a start date and might have an end date. Could be used for conferences, meetings, workshops, release dates, deadlines, etc.
• Document type is used to add any documents you create for your project, reports, research analysis, specification document, howto, etc.
• Software type is used for adding tools, plugins, fonts, etc.
• Project type is for adding ANLoc sub-project descriptions, and to be able to refer to it when creating news, events, documents or software.
• Partner type is for adding information about the partners involved in this network, will be referenced by quarterly reports submitted by each partner.
• Quarterly report type is for adding technical or financial reports, submitted at the end of each quarter, for the sake of documenting the different projects each partner is working on.
• Forum topic type is for opening new discussions. You can always have discussions on any posted item through comments, but this is the only space for the non-partner users to open new discussions.
• Image type is for adding photos, screenshots.. images can be inserted in other content types later on.
• Blog type is for personal off topic rants :-)
• Book page type

Access and Permissions

• Anonymous users (non registered website visitors) will be able to view all content except the Quarterly Reports submitted by the different partners, and will only be able to add comments on the various content items.

• Authenticated/Registered users who are not one of the partners, will also be able to view all content except the Quarterly Reports, but they also be able to create new forum topics, and add/edit book pages on the wiki.

• Project members will view all content and create any type of content, except for the project and partner content types, since these are the building blocks of the website. Each project member will get access to update their project and partner pages.

• Editors are project members who will dedicate some of their time to the website, therefore they will have access to create, edit and delete any content item.