Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Dealing with CFP / Conference dates

Eli,

We still need to support people that are not on joind.in related, don't we?

If i missed that part, please forgive me since it was not intentional.

Stelian

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Peter Cowburn <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Copying Paul in. :)
>
> On 26 February 2015 at 13:54, Eli <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to make the point, once again, that we are supposed to be
> > moving away from this system altogether :)
> >
> > For months now we've been waiting for the 'new system' that completely
> > removes this task from us.  (In fact I've been waiting to submit my own
> > conference while 6-7 have come through), just because I didn't want to
> > add to a system that was on the verge of being removed.
> >
> > So I'll ask again.   Can we get the new code pushed live that
> > automatically does the conferences by Joind.in?   As it's the 'end goal'
> > anyway, it solves this issues mentioned here, and ... everyone has
> > already said yes.
> >
> > Eli
> >
> >
> > On 2/26/15 3:49 AM, Peter Cowburn wrote:
> > > On 26 February 2015 at 08:29, Stelian Mocanita <
> > [email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Would it make sense to extend the tool so when you select CFP and
> > >> Conference as categories to ask for both dates and content? Right now
> > the
> > >> organisers have to return after end of CFP and provide new content and
> > we
> > >> have to update it. I do not necessarily have an issue with updating
> the
> > >> entries, but I would so love to automate this and do it once and once
> > only.
> > >>
> > >> Thoughts?
> > >>
> > > I think we should be having entirely separate entries for a CFP versus
> a
> > > conference announcement, rather than going back and editing a CFP entry
> > > once it is closed (and we've been given updated text).  Conflating the
> > two
> > > types of entries doesn't make much sense, to me.
> > >
> > >
> > >> Stelian
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Hannes Magnusson <
> > >> [email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:09 AM, Stelian Mocanita
> > >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> What would be a good way to deal with the CFP / Conference date?
> Most
> > >> if
> > >>>> not all of the conferences have different dates, and organisers
> submit
> > >> it
> > >>>> all at once.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Is there any decent way we can work around this? Maybe add a CFP
> date
> > >>> and a
> > >>>> conference date to the news item?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> The dates definitely should be in the news entry itself - otherwise
> > >>> the organizers are simply being mean to the people reading the entry
> > >>> :/
> > >>>
> > >>> Originally when I cared for markup it was all semantically tagged and
> > >>> pretty using microformats and eRDF, which exposed hCalendar entries
> > >>> which could be easily imported as they contained location and dates
> > >>> and descriptions and what not. Shame that became uncool.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -Hannes
> > >>>
> >
> > --
> > |   Eli White   |   http://eliw.com/   |   Twitter: EliW   |
> >
> >
> >
>