Issue #20 - Suspense & Decision PBM magazine

[GrimFinger]

I like the idea in general but there are still some questions to answer, such as...

• Could we submit such articles as files outside of the blog itself (so they're not visible until they're published)?
  
• Don't forget a place to put ads.
  
• How do we keep control of spammers?
  
• Do we require logins to submit, and how would we manage them? If so, would anyone complain about having to jump through hoops getting permission to make a contribution, and would that cut down on contributions?
  
• Can authors update their submissions, and how could we tell if they were only updating their own?
  
• Would there be an editorial staff with permissions to review/edit the submissions (perhaps using FTP)?
  
• Would the submissions be stored on the S&D site or would they be emailed to someone to handle manually?
  

I'm considering how a compilation program would work, but in any case it wouldn't be as nice as a human publisher could do. But maybe it could ease the work of a human?

1. Well, as I understand it (assuming that I get the right plug-in added to the blog site), one should be able to submit an article that would default to a pending status, which would be unpublished but awaiting a blog site admin to hit the publish button on it. Is there something (some process) outside of that which you're after?

2. Ads where? On the blog site, itself?

3. As for keeping control of spammers, I don't see spammers over-running the place, here (though they do occasionally get through). We try different things until they cease to be a problem, is how I usually go about handling the issue of spammers. We could turn comments off on blog posts, and allow discussion of blog articles to occur elsewhere, such as on this forum, Facebook, etc..

4. I suppose that logins can be required to submit articles.

5. If an article is complete, would it need updating later?

6. As for an editorial staff, historically and traditionally, people don't like to volunteer for such duties. More than one person could be granted access to approve article submissions. Using the blog site as the upload point, FTP access would probably not be needed.

7. The articles would be "stored" on the blog site, itself. If one can access them there, why would they need to be e-mailed manually to anyone?

8. A compilation program for what? To publish a collection of the articles into magazine form?