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Add a notes box to bulletins to indicate who made them
I thought I saw this idea somewhere, but now I can't find it. I need bulletins to be identified with the user that created them, or more specifically, the channel that the bulletin is coming from. For instance, if users of UCSD's parking channel request that UCSD's Library channel publish a bulletin for them, I'm sure the Library people would like to know who specifically is making the request and what channel(s) they represent. It might also be helpful if there were some way for the Parking people to leave details about the bulletin, for instance "Can you please play this bulletin from July 1-8? Thank you, The Parking Office." In fact, the solution could be that simple, just a notes box.
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Hey Megan,
Thanks for the ideas! In the mean time, I've been trying to brainstorm some ways you could do what you want right now...
Carousel currently does have the concept of who "owns" the bulletin... So one thing you could do is give the parking channel users permission to create bulletins on the Library channel zones, but don't give them the auto-approval permission on that zone.
Then, the Library users would be notified that there is a new bulletin waiting for their approval. They'd log in, see that the bulletin was created by a Parking user, and either approve or deny the bulletin.
As far as adding descriptive notes, there is the bulletin description field (which is shown when you click the "More..." button on the scheduling page) where the Parking users could enter a short message. This part kinda falls down though, because the description is shown publicly, on the RSS feeds/website/etc. So, if you're not using it currently on the public site, you could co-opt that description field for notes. :)
I just tried to do this on our demo server... Here's an example of what the Library user would see when they logged in and looked at the Waiting Bulletins list:
Would something like that get you close to what you want?
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Inappropriate?Hey Megan,
Thanks for the ideas! In the mean time, I've been trying to brainstorm some ways you could do what you want right now...
Carousel currently does have the concept of who "owns" the bulletin... So one thing you could do is give the parking channel users permission to create bulletins on the Library channel zones, but don't give them the auto-approval permission on that zone.
Then, the Library users would be notified that there is a new bulletin waiting for their approval. They'd log in, see that the bulletin was created by a Parking user, and either approve or deny the bulletin.
As far as adding descriptive notes, there is the bulletin description field (which is shown when you click the "More..." button on the scheduling page) where the Parking users could enter a short message. This part kinda falls down though, because the description is shown publicly, on the RSS feeds/website/etc. So, if you're not using it currently on the public site, you could co-opt that description field for notes. :)
I just tried to do this on our demo server... Here's an example of what the Library user would see when they logged in and looked at the Waiting Bulletins list:
Would something like that get you close to what you want?
-John
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Inappropriate?Hi John, Okay. I've actually already done this very thing. Different areas of the Library can create bulletins for other areas, but they have to be approved. This is also what I was planning to do for Parking. I forgot that the owner of the bulletin is listed. The only thing is, that the way I have set it up, it is by their name, and this is a giant campus, so people may not know who Joe Smith is and what area he works for...
This is getting very complicated, with all of our various users wanting to share content, with various levels of approval necessary, but it's great!
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Megan
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You could consider (although I know this is probably a pain) adding a user's department to their last name.. so they'd show up as "John Reilly (Parking)" in the bulletin. Just a thought. :-) -John -
Inappropriate?John, When I set the role to "Submit to this zone" it would be helpful if the person could then at least see a preview of the zone. Right not the user can go to the zone, but there are no options. Nothing. Just a blank screen.
Is this my mistake, or is this just the way it is? Thanks, Megan
PS Good idea above, except that is the username, I think, and then people would have to enter (Parking) each time they logged on... Right?
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