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Storage and Display of OMR Files
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:21:41 GMT
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I need some pointers and input on how the OMR should display the download
pages and also where the files will be stored.
I remember when discussions on the OMR first started the general consensus
was to use a Lugnet newsgroup to store the information. I feel since then
standards and methods for approval have thrown a wrench into that
idea. But could a newsgroup or newsgroup heirarchy still be used to store
the files and allow them to be searchable and allow databases to generate
pages that accurately sort them by theme, subtheme, etc?
One of the main problems I see is people posting files that have not been
approved/edited yet. So if the newsgroup could be blocked except for the
model editors, that would work well.
But would a newsgroup really be necessary? The point of a newsgroup is
discussion, and it seems a little silly to me to make it the main storage
area for dat content. This dat content is intended to be referenced to by
one website, not to be looked at by people browsing the group. So would it
be better to store it within the subdirectory structure on ldraw.org?
And for the display - I need a clean concise way to store the information
for each model entry. I like the new newsgroup pages and the way the
entries are displayed with the shaded tables, etc. I wouldn't mind
alternating background shades of each entry to clearly separate them like
that and like download.com search results. Is there a way to do that
cleanly or would it have to be done by hand?
Also, I would like to link to the page on Pause corresponding to the set so
it can display set info and the picture if the users would like to preview
the set before downloading. Is there a standard structure to the location
of pages on Pause, or is it all on the fly or what? Is there a possibility
that the server can sense the request is coming from ldraw.org and display
a small 'return to ldraw.org' or 'return to Official Model Repository'
image at the bottom of the page?
Just some thoughts...
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Storage and Display of OMR Files
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| (...) To add some clarification to the original newsgroup idea, I didn't mean that things like the Lugnet sets-DB would automatically root through the newsgroups and point to any old version of a model that happened to appear in the .models.sets (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | Re: Storage and Display of OMR Files
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| (...) Ok, I see. And I can see advantages and disadvantages to that too: Advantages: - Set can be publicly accessible for comments and editing before placed on a site and approved. - Set can be sent to one place and multiple model editors can have (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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