Difference between revisions of "FOSS4G 2009 Abstract Submission Software"
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*Nice ajaxy interface to vote on Abstracts (that also works without JavaScript) | *Nice ajaxy interface to vote on Abstracts (that also works without JavaScript) | ||
*Pagination | *Pagination | ||
| + | *Abstracts are presented to the user in random order, but the order is specific to the user | ||
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| + | ==Missing Features== | ||
| + | *You can't sort the Abstracts as you like (e.g. by author). | ||
| + | *You can't search the Abstracts | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | *The current system is | + | *The current system is inflexible. It was coded to do the things that were needed, not for all cases that might occur. Though [[User:Vmische]] thinks that it should be used as a basis for future FOSS4G conferences. The amount of work that would be needed to add functionality like workshop/tutorial submissions is less than the amount to configure OCS. |
===For next year=== | ===For next year=== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:48, 26 March 2010
OCS isn't suitable for a non-scientific conference like the FOSS4G. It has all the features we don't need but not the features we need. Therefore the website team decided to code a custom solution based on Django. It's develped by User:Vmische.
- Repository: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/django/
- Instance for FOSS4G2009: http://dev.extranet.lisasoft.com/foss4g/
- License: It'll be licensed under MIT.
Features
- User accounts (with password reset, changing etc)
- Abstract submissions with tags support for easier voting (incl. editing of already submitted Abstracts)
- Nice admin interface (thank Django, not me)
- Nice ajaxy interface to vote on Abstracts (that also works without JavaScript)
- Pagination
- Abstracts are presented to the user in random order, but the order is specific to the user
Missing Features
- You can't sort the Abstracts as you like (e.g. by author).
- You can't search the Abstracts
Notes
- The current system is inflexible. It was coded to do the things that were needed, not for all cases that might occur. Though User:Vmische thinks that it should be used as a basis for future FOSS4G conferences. The amount of work that would be needed to add functionality like workshop/tutorial submissions is less than the amount to configure OCS.
For next year
- Make it possible to have more than one person per submission.
- Store date when the Abstract was submitted