Over at IdeaLab, I’ve posted a bit of background on why I ended up building ReportingOn in Django instead of Drupal. Frankly, to the users of the site, it shouldn’t matter which platform I chose, but to me, and to the future of the project as an open source basis for news organizations, I think [...]
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Notes on building core news site functionality in Drupal
December 25, 2007
If you’re even thinking about using Drupal to power any sort of news or community site, check out this explanation from Jeff Anderson, the product development manager for PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com in Virginia.
(Sidenote: If you’ve never visited those sites, or HamptonRoads.tv, or looked at what the Pilot does in print, you’re seriously missing out on [...]
ReportingOn: An ever so slightly more detailed explanation
October 24, 2007
I gave someone a bit more detail about my nascent ReportingOn concept via e-mail late last night. Talking these things out in public always helps, so here’s a fresh draft of what I’ve been mumbling about:
This post was the beginning of the idea.
In short, ReportingOn.com would be a social network for reporters looking for [...]