Observer Interactive

PubsysEdit 2.1 Released

By droberts on 11/11/2008 – 10:11 am in efficiency, technology

Version 2.1: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/static/firefox/pubsysedit_v21.xpi


FEATURES

- Direct access to edit a story if you are on a story level URL.

- Access to the following section-specific items (menu appears at the top of the screen):

  • Highlight Lists
  • Published Items
  • Edit Section
  • Templates
  • Page Elements
  • Aliases
  • Rebuild Index
  • Site Hierarchy (this is for entire site)

- Access to the following on a per link basis off the web page (icons appear in the mix with content):

= Edit Story
= Edit Tout (If your site uses these)
= Story Assets
= Gallery
= Published Items
Bulk Story = Bulk Story Mgmt


How to install

  1. Make the template modifications* and get all the features available (my recommendation)
  2. Give me your site ID so I can add it to the configuration and you can at least edit stories and galleries. I have pre-seeded the plugin with the following sites: Miami and Raleigh.

Depending on your comfort level — you choose the path :)

Notes

  1. You still must log in to Site Manager before using this extension
  2. You may see edit buttons on links to other MI sites but not have the ability to edit. Example: McClatchy DC content. It all depends on your permissions.
  3. If you are hiding <divs> the extension only works on what is revealed.

* TEMPLATE MODIFICATIONS

  1. Add the following tag below the <body> tag in your generic.comp:<div id=”pubSys” editUser=”*Site Manager ID” editSection=”<& /mi/pubsys/section/id &>”></div>*Site Manager ID is the ID for your installation. You can grab this by looking at almost any link generated by PubSys while you are logged in.
  2. All story links generated by your components should have two attributes added (name and storyid). Inserting this code: name=”story” storyid=”<& /mi/pubsys/story/id &>” inside the <a> tag will accomplish this nicely.
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  • Ian
    Dave, I'm looking for a way to utilize the plugin with a tool for turning on and off a live video player. I have a php script written to fill in the embed code to a currently blank SSI. I want to be able to add the SSI to an html module that can sit on a section and when the logged in user clicks the pubsysedit tool they see some content that is not usually visible. What is the easiest way to make this happen?

    Thanks,

    Ian
  • Dave, just discovered this plugin. This is really a godsend. Thanks for doing this and sharing it. (I am looking forward to being able to toggle it off. ;) )
  • Two updates:

    1.) I misspelled hierarchy (sad thing is I should know better... I ALWAYS misspell that word)

    2.) Tout icon is only working for Charlotte. I'll get that fixed soon.
  • Dave, want to second these comments about how awesome these tools are. Apart from making the online desk's job easier and quicker, I think this will be a godsend for newsroom section editors, who can now go in and make a fix on a story quickly, without having to get the full workbench training session. And I also second the pencil toggle, although we're very happy to just refresh the browser for now!
  • That's what I'm talking about...
  • Thanks a lot for this Dave. Not sure what issues with the pencil button you're referring to in your comment, but it would be great if clicking it toggled the links on and off. Keep up the good work.
  • Excellent. I'll tackle issues with the pencil button next version.
  • Thanks for adding all those new features Dave. Works like a charm.
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