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==Features==
 
==Features==
 
*User accounts (with password reset, changing etc)
 
*User accounts (with password reset, changing etc)
*Abstract submissions (incl. editing of already submitted Abstracts)
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*Abstract submissions with tags support for easier voting (incl. editing of already submitted Abstracts)
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*Nice admin interface (thank Django, not me)
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*Nice ajaxy interface to vote on Abstracts (that also works without JavaScript)
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*Pagination
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*Abstracts are presented to the user in random order, but the order is specific to the user
  
==Features that will be implemented soon==
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==Missing Features==
*Nice ajaxy interface to vote on Abstracts (that also works without JavaScript)
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*You can't sort the Abstracts as you like (e.g. by author).
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*You can't search the Abstracts
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*The current system is very unflexible. 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.
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*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.
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===For next year===
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*Make it possible to have more than one person per submission.
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*Store date when the Abstract was submitted
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[[Category:FOSS4G2009]]

Latest revision as of 23:48, 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.

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