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[dust4ngel <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx>]

also the front page (and only the front page) has a featured video section
(that could use some CSS edits - but only someone with FTP access can make
these), and only the latest published article (along with a pager to see
other articles).

/dust


On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM, dust4ngel <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> we now have support for video objects:
>
> http://beta.theosdf.org/?q=node/11
>
> note we are not just using a youtube <embed /> tag in the free-text portion
> of an article / blog post / etc. - this is a dedicated content type with a
> video field.  this gives us significant power to list and filter content,
> and to manage the display of video elements globally.  (if we used embed
> tags, we would have none of these abilities.)
>
> to add a video, go to 'Add Content' > 'Video'.
>
> /dust
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Toast McFarland <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We have Drupal set up with a theme over at http://beta.theosdf.org.
>>
>> Unless there are major objections, this is the base theme we're going to
>> hack to get what we want. The very first step here is to get this puppy
>> ready for public consumption. This will require specifically 3 things:
>>
>>   * A front landing page
>>         o will have a space for a featured video
>>         o will host the latest or a featured blog post/article
>>   * A blog-listing (index) page. This is currently what we see as the
>>     front page.
>>         o until further notice comments will be disabled
>>   * A regular template for static pages
>>
>> Number 3 is the simplest one.
>>
>> Keep in mind that we're taking the minimalist approach with the
>> look-and-feel of the site. I've attached a quick draft of the new logo. The
>> accent color is #2eb4fd.
>>
>> So we don't run into issues, I put the code at
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~daimoneze/osdf/drupal7-theme. We should be
>> using some kind of version control for several good reasons. I'd prefer
>> bazaar, but I'm open to others if people prefer. See
>> http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Contributing_Code. I recommend
>> setting up a simple local webserver to help developing. If you aren't sure
>> how to do this I would be happy to help you.
>>
>> Happy hacking!
>>
>> -Toast
>>
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