[Actionchix] ChixBits Format

[Cristina Ingram]

<design team hat on and twirling around with the thought processes>

I agree with the update issue.  I think that changing content with previews
and other goodies will keep people coming back till the issue for that
quarter is done.  I am thinking that regular news and updates on technology,
people, etc. will keep the magazine in peoples minds.  Also offering update
alerts to be emailed to those who subscribe to this feature, but I am unsure
if this feature is available with Drupal (I need to RTFM) or if we could do
a script.  Either way, there should be a way to work this out.

Cristina

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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:50:05 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Isabelle Hurbain" <isabelle.hurbain at pasithee.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Actionchix] ChixBits format - voting results
> To: actionchix at linuxchix.org
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> > **DESIGN TEAM:  would you find it easier to design articles on the web
> > or in pdf format?  If through the web, is the current Drupal setup
> > sufficient for you, or would you like to start from scratch and create
> > your own setup?
>
> <design team hat="on">
> For the web, I cannot really tell without digging a bit more into drupal.
> For the PDF, I believe the design is a bit harder and more time-consuming
> BUT I clearly am a volunteer for this (I mean, to "double" the web
> publication with a PDF publication).
> </design team hat="off">
>
> On a side note, I was wondering. I do believe that quarterly updates for a
> website are not enough.
> Maybe a per-article basis for "some" articles (like, you know, a "preview"
> for the upcoming issue) could be a nice idea. It would allow to have
> regular updates and regular "shots" for ChixBits addicts (who, I don't
> doubt it, will be numerous ;) ) while not being overwhelming - working on
> the "background" for major/hard to layout pieces for the main issue and
> "dropping" some bits for the web site from time to time.
> What I'd see (tell me if it's totally stupid, unfeasible, not a good idea,
> a genius idea, whatever) would be a "front page" with the current and past
> issues and a "back page" with "look at what we're working on for the next
> issue, you have some preview, doesn't it look nice?". And, why not, some
> columns that would not necessarily be in the final issue (for whatever
> reason, like things that happen on month n+3, that are planned on month
> n+1, that could not be in issue for month n and that would be outdated on
> month n+4, well you see the idea).
>
> What do you think?
>
> Isa
>
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