Re: Any Drupal modules for online voter guides?
Jamie Holly <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:18:29 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090209000500030502040604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree with George. As far as more advanced integration, that really depends on what you are wanting to do. Drupal is used heavily in government sites (including congressional). You might want to take a look at openpublic for some ideas: http://openpublicapp.com/ For data, there is also the Sunlight Foundation module, which pulls in data from the numerous API's Sunlight Foundation offers: https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight Jamie Holly http://hollyit.net On 6/22/2014 1:10 PM, George Dawson wrote: > What is the difference between a voter guide and a blog with the > comments turned off? Seems to me that your solution is already built > into Drupal. If you want an online poll, that is available as a module > for Drupal. If you want a practice ballot, that could be done through > themes and a simple form. This is really very simple, and could even > be done without Drupal. Seems to me that the real challenge in this > project is simply getting the content right. I suspect you would want > position papers for the available candidates. Some character and work > history might be in order. > > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Steven Clift <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > We are working of this idea - http://bit.ly/openvoter - at > http://hackformn.org this weekend. > > We will be working on this for the next 24 hours. As we have > Drupal developers/users on our team and I know lots of media sites > use Drupal and likely create voter guides, I am looking for any > tips about available code to leverage. > > Any suggestions? > > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.org > > --------------090209000500030502040604 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I agree with George. As far as more advanced integration, that really depends on what you are wanting to do. Drupal is used heavily in government sites (including congressional). You might want to take a look at openpublic for some ideas:<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openpublicapp.com/">http://openpublicapp.com/</a><br> <br> For data, there is also the Sunlight Foundation module, which pulls in data from the numerous API's Sunlight Foundation offers:<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight">https://www.drupal.org/project/sunlight</a><br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://hollyit.net">http://hollyit.net</a></pre> On 6/22/2014 1:10 PM, George Dawson wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAP8yWEn5br9gAfCEbXWwykkwZ_SBFNBy7=fMFg4YVo0KxgzGNQ@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">What is the difference between a voter guide and a blog with the comments turned off? Seems to me that your solution is already built into Drupal. If you want an online poll, that is available as a module for Drupal. If you want a practice ballot, that could be done through themes and a simple form. This is really very simple, and could even be done without Drupal. Seems to me that the real challenge in this project is simply getting the content right. I suspect you would want position papers for the available candidates. Some character and work history might be in order. <br> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Steven Clift <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <p dir="ltr">We are working of this idea - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bit.ly/openvoter" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/openvoter</a> - at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hackformn.org" target="_blank">http://hackformn.org</a> this weekend. </p> <p dir="ltr">We will be working on this for the next 24 hours. As we have Drupal developers/users on our team and I know lots of media sites use Drupal and likely create voter guides, I am looking for any tips about available code to leverage.</p> <p dir="ltr">Any suggestions?</p> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> <p dir="ltr">Steven Clift<br> E-Democracy.org</p> </font></span></blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------090209000500030502040604--