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marcd
#1 Posted : Monday, 1 February 2010 6:07:50 AM(UTC)
marcd

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Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Hi Roger,

Its me again with some ideas. I know, the latest-n-media objects took quite a while to get this little feature done :)))

Anyway... I am looking for more features like user comments, a "like" button and tagging like for example in facebook. Just read somewhere on your website that you have plans to do that but didn't find the time/money to implement it yet. Are you interested in some help getting it done from a dev like me? Can one be of any help here? Just let me know.

Cheers,
Marc
Roger Martin
#2 Posted : Monday, 1 February 2010 10:10:22 AM(UTC)
Roger Martin

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Yes, I would love some help. I will even share some of the donation revenue with significant submissions that are incorporated into the code base.

See this thread for a long list of feature requests. Feel free to pick one of interest.

You mentioned comments and tagging, and those are good candidates. Both of them seem simple on the surface but need to be thought through and will end up being quite a bit of work. Comments, for example, need the ability to be enabled/disabled, moderated, and occasionally deleted by an admin. Tagging needs to have a super easy workflow so that large numbers can be easily and quickly tagged, coupled with a good way of viewing all items that match particular tags.

My plan was that before I started these - especially the tagging feature - was to study how other apps did it. Pick the best ideas, throw in some innovation to be the best, and then get to work.

How you want to contribute is up to you, but if you hope to have your ideas incorporated into the codebase, you should keep the lines of communication open to be sure your architecture fits with the current system and my ideas for moving forward. I can help design the architecture and spec out some of the detailed requirements if you want.
Roger Martin
Creator and Lead Developer of Gallery Server Pro
marcd
#3 Posted : Monday, 1 February 2010 5:36:16 PM(UTC)
marcd

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Joined: 13/02/2009(UTC)
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Ok, I'll try to get some time for GSP. Btw: I am not interested in money - keep the donations for you as you already did a lot of work ;-)

The best tagging I saw yet is the one from Facebook. Something like this would be very nice.

- Switch tagging on
- Click on the picture to get a "box"
- Pick up the person from the user list or enter a custom text / name
- When picking is done, click "done" so save the changes

Commenting is more or less what you mentioned. It's the same on nearly every comment-feature. Maybe one need something like the captcha.

Voting: Regarding voting I also like it is done in facebook. One does not need to think about how good something is but if i "like" it or maybe "don't like". That's simpler for users, solves the issues and results in less clutter on the page itself. Here we also have to think about anti-spam / anti-hacking stuff a little.

I keep these tree features in mind and try to get some time to work on it but can't promiss anything. I let you know of progress and get back to you for "how to" run into problems.

cheers,
marc
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