Re: Implementing "Create Topic" [was: Identical UMO titles in UU]

["Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh" <ilya@total-knowledge.com>]

sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
> Yes, internally. In UI it should look like author updating the current
> version.
>   
You are the one writing UI. What is your problem?
>   
> > 2007/5/5, sergey@total-knowledge.com <sergey@total-knowledge.com>:
> >     
> > > Another argument: once author starts editing UMO he may not know for
> > > sure
> > > if his changes are minor or versioned. He may make his decision only
> > > after
> > > he is finished with his changes.
> > >
> > >       
> > > > This is not what we have in specs and mailing list discussions, maybe
> > > > something changed recently and I missed it, though. Also it's very
> > > >         
> > > user
> > >       
> > > > unfriendly imho.
> > > > Author makes minor changes to the UMO until he satisfied with it's
> > > > content, then publishes it. From UI point of view, when creating new
> > > > version of UMO, user expirience should be exactly the same as with
> > > >         
> > > minor
> > >       
> > > > changes, except selecting "versioned" radio button on submit(or
> > > >         
> > > clicking
> > >       
> > > > "Publish" instead of Save")
> > > > Also new version supposed to be created when user changes UMO
> > > > content(adds/removes children UMOs) and this should be reflected in
> > > > topic_create_version() too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > The idea was - you 1) create version 2) update any information in the
> > > > > topic
> > > > > The reason for it is pretty simple. Title and description belong to
> > > > > content
> > > > > record. Since we may have multiple content records (one per
> > > > >           
> > > language),
> > >       
> > > > > providing a single content record information doesn't make much
> > > > >           
> > > sense.
> > >       
> > > > > This
> > > > > is universal approach for all the UMOs in the database.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2007/5/5, sergey@total-knowledge.com <sergey@total-knowledge.com>:
> > > > >           
> > > > > > I'm working implementing versions functionality for topic and have
> > > > > > problem
> > > > > > with it.
> > > > > > Currently topic_create_version() gets only topic ID as a parameter.
> > > > > > When
> > > > > > author creates new version, he may change title, description and
> > > > > > content(child UMOs that belong to this topic). The way this stored
> > > > > > procedure work now, it only duplicates all topic properties without
> > > > > > updating them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
> > > > > --
> > > > > Alexey Parshin,
> > > > > http://www.sptk.net
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > >         
> > >
> > >       
> > --
> > Alexey Parshin,
> > http://www.sptk.net
> >
> >     
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Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Total Knowledge. CTO
http://www.total-knowledge.com