new IPDB testing (results)

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:20:38 -0300
From: "Michael J. Cormier" <mcormier@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>, Chebucto Editors <editors@chebucto.ns.ca>
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David;
    Is there any new functionality planed to help keep ip editors and their
mailing lists in sync without having to do them as separate items?
    Mike


"David L. Potter" wrote:

> Thanks Mark,
>
> The behind theory that applies is that:
>
> Commment 1
> -------------
> CCN Editors or office staff would use the New IP form to input raw data.
> The Category field actually allows a new Category to be created
> 'on-the-fly' so to retain this functionality we need to be able to enter
> (new) text....
>
> My expectation was that the office or editors would basically know what
> categories were in use and would simply enter that information. I could
> conjure up some mechanism to list Categories and new ones as they are
> added but that's likely version 3.45.2...;-)
>
> Comment 2
> -------------
> This is a function that I expect will never be used by anyone except
> office staff... It basically uses the same mechanism as the current
> account processing script and I expect that Andrew is simply hitting
> 'back' or 'account processing' and doing another...
>
> Comment 3
> ------------
> I'm not exactly sure what you are thinking about here but the 'renew'
> function is (as 2 above) an office function and is handled by the 'acount
> procesing' (memfind) routine.
>
> The edit function only works for non-money items, all money items are
> part of the 'account processing' office function.
>
> Comment 4
> ------------
> To be honest, I have no idea what the 'new webstats' function is all
> about. That is a project that Giselle was working on...
>
> That was pretty easy!
>
> Does this mean we're ready to have Andrew look it over...?
>
> david potter
>
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mark Rushton wrote:
>
> >
> > 18 October 2000
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > >re:
> > >     http://dev.chebucto.ns.ca/adm/ip/
> >
> > Okay - here's a bit of feedback....
> >
> > 1/ the "Register New IP" page:
> >       - would be helpful if beside "Category" we had a pop-up menu
> > listing the current possibilities, plus an "other" which would lead
> > to a warning page saying "do you really want to create a non-standard
> > category?".
> >
> >       - Once I reach the page at the end of the New IP registration
> > process which says, for example,
> >
> >               Chebucto Community Net
> >               Serving Your Community's Online Needs.
> >
> >               Update Member Record Results
> >
> >               IP ip-1108 will be queued for activation
> >
> >               0.00 cash+Other: recorded for account: ip-1108
> >
> >               Account Processing   (BUTTON)
> >               Audit Accounts Processed   (BUTTON)
> >
> > ....where do we go from here?  No other links to... anything, except
> > account processing, and I'm not sure what that is.
> >
> > 2/ in the Edit/Update IP Database,  the search function is
> > CASE-SENSITIVE (try  "directors"  and "Directors") which should
> > probably be changed, if possible.
> >
> > 3/ in the Update Status Report (under Edit/Update IPDB),   it would
> > seem that we require an additional field on that pop-up menu, which
> > reads  "RENEWED", no?
> >
> > 4/ the "New Webstats" link doesn't work.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------
> > Mark Rushton, Editor
> > Community Support & Development
> > Chebucto Community Network (CCN)
> > <Mark@chebucto.ns.ca>
> > <http://www.chebucto.ns.ca>
> > ----------------------------------------
> >

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