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jmueller0823
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Dec 21, 2003, 7:38 AM

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How about this:

We often maintain content in our inventory to be published at a future date.
It would be easier to magage this content if we could specify a future publication date
and let it be published automatically.

Has anyone done this?

Jim


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BillG
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Dec 21, 2003, 10:31 AM

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Re: [jmueller0823] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
I've been considering how to do this, for handling embargoed press releases... you'd need to edit all the templates that include links to the articles, and surround the links, and the text, with server-side scripting (ASP, PHP, etc.) that would check the article date $art_date$, and then publish the link only if the present time is on or after the date.

This depends upon two things I've haven't researched yet:
1. $art_date$ must be translated before the server-side scripting, and
2. A workaround is needed so the Top Headlines won't display one less headline for each embargoed release.


Donna
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Dec 21, 2003, 11:35 AM

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Re: [BillG] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there!

You're right, this is a great idea, and one that I'll certainly add to our list of requested features.

Bill - one thing for your workaround: Yes, the $art_date$ is translated before any server side scripting is done.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. :)

Donna

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jmueller0823
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Dec 23, 2003, 1:33 PM

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Re: [Donna] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
So, has anyone actually got this concept to work?


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BillG
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Jan 3, 2004, 11:15 AM

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I think that this is really going to require support from IT to make this work. The problem with the method that I've described is that the link lists will get screwed up.

For example: I have it set so that I get the top 5 headline links for each category on my home page. Problem is, if my server-side code decides to embargo one press release, then I only get four links. Of course, if the top five articles are embargoed, then I get no press release links. Obviously, the control panel's settings for how many links to display then becomes useless.

I don't know if this is something that can be solved by us lil' ol users. The main issue is that AM does not dynamically create pages - it creates static pages. So, the AM app must create all the data we need on the page, & the SS scripting parses that. I'm not sure if a stable solution is possible without accessing directly the AM article database - and then, Toto, we're no longer in Kansas, are we...?


JamesW
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Jan 3, 2004, 7:10 PM

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This would be very handy. Especially with embargoes or even when working ahead of time if staff are goign to be away etc. Not just press releases, I mean we are building a movie/book review site and on our other site we often get review embargoes. Save having to hang about to make sure it goes live on the dot.

Really I actually thought AM had it when I first logged in with those date selections up top :-)


reviewportals
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Jan 24, 2004, 12:21 PM

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Re: [JamesW] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
that would be a super idea, especially since you can pick the publishing time, why not just have it 'hide' these articles until such time as their time has gone past the publishing date/time. This could be done with a cronjob checked once an hour.

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skaye
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Nov 6, 2004, 2:56 AM

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Re: [reviewportals] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
Greetings:

I see that nearly one year has lapsed since this post was created! Is there any hope for this feature?


JamesW
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Nov 27, 2004, 4:43 PM

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Re: [skaye] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
SKaye,

We use AM and have this working. So it is possible to do. However, our programmer imports all our AM data into a mysql database which we use for our search, displaying articles etc. Though it is still tied to AM since staff still need to be able to delete and edit articles.

I guess it is a half baked sql version of AM. I am not keen to publish exactly how it is all done since I think much of it will be addressed with the sql version of AM. Plus it is heavily tied into our Item database and still under constant development.

If you are familiar with databases and any language (be it php or whatever) then it is possible to use the content stored in AM's .dat files in just about anyway you want.

But we do have publish by date working. Our arts editor uses it quite a lot for likes of Show X opening today type posts.

James


skaye
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Nov 27, 2004, 10:39 PM

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Re: [JamesW] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
Thank you for your reply James. I will most likely wait until the Mysql version is done and made available. Hopefully, this feature will be available.

In the meantime, if anyone else knows a way to make this happen, feel free to post it right in here...

Best regards,

Shawn


JamesW
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Nov 27, 2004, 10:54 PM

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Re: [skaye] IDEA: Scheduled Publication [In reply to] Can't Post
Skaye,

I can elaborate a bit, I looked up the discussion I had with him. We did not want to hack up AM to do this (incase we need to transfer to the sql version). So what happens is all the articles are added or deleted from our database according to what happens in the AM dat files.

The actual articles are created and published in AM regardless of the time setting. BUt since our index pages and search:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/

http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/

http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/

etc. Are created from our database and not AM we can use the time and date info in AM to not display them until the alloted time, despite AM ignoring this.

James


(This post was edited by JamesW on Nov 27, 2004, 10:55 PM)