Hi.
this is my first feature request!!! let me know if i'm doing it wrong please.
anyway, i work for a newspaper and it would be great if iPaper included support for tracking changes. it would allow the whole production process to basically be streamlined through the newspaper's website.
anybody know if that will be possible at all? (so, if someone makes changes to a document, will they be able to include comments and include what user made the changes??)

thanks

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rares commented

Hi,

The main limitation you are dealing with is that Scribd will only host documents in order to display them. They cannot be edited through the interface, nor can you leave comments at the time.
There are several ways you might be able to accomplish what you have in mind.
1. update the version that is stored with a new revision. if you edit the node that you create with Drupal and attach a new file, that file will be transferred to www.scribd.com as a new revision. You will keep the path you had for your node and the scribd doc URL will also say the same (if your documents are published with the public setting). You can also login to your scribd.com account and manage revisions from there.
2. upload documents that have tracked changes. Take a look at http://papers.calumea.ro/changes for an example. All you need to do is enable Track Changes in word, make your changes, and then upload a new revision. Maybe add a CCK field for 'work in progress' so that people know someone is working on a new version.

It's something of a mistery to me what kind of browser/flash caching goes on for individual iPaper objects. You might find that after you upload a new version the old document is showing the same thing. Clicking refresh will still give you the stale version, but it usually goes away if you view another iPaper on another page.

Rareş
www.calumea.ro

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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)