[drupal-docs] Developing vs Empowering : Or how the wording inside Drupal/CS affects a sites design

[Dan Robinson]

I have been noodling around with this over on drupaldocs - see my 
comments below.

>
> So for the sake of netroots sanity, the following has to go because it 
> is not flexible :
> ______
>
> /Choose the appropriate item from the list:
>
> ** book page*
> A book is a collaborative writing effort: users can collaborate 
> writing the pages of the book, positioning the pages in the right 
> order, and reviewing or modifying pages previously written. So when 
> you have some information to share or when you read a page of the book 
> and you didn't like it, or if you think a certain page could have been 
> written better, you can do something about it.
>
> ** forum topic*
> A forum is a threaded discussion, enabling users to communicate about 
> a particular topic.
>
> ** image*
> An image you can insert into nodes, or see in image galleries.
>
> ** issue*
> Add a new issue (bug report, feature request, etc) to an existing 
> project.
>
> ** personal blog entry*
> A blog is a regularly updated journal made up of individual entries, 
> often called posts, that are time stamped and typically arranged by 
> the day, with the newest on top (a diary is the reverse). They tend to 
> be quite personal, often containing links to things you've seen, or to 
> editorials that you find interesting. Some blogs also contain original 
> material written solely for the blog. Since a Blog is personal, you 
> and only you have full control over what you publish. The most 
> interesting blog entries or those blog entries that fit the site's 
> topic well might get promoted to the front page by the community or by 
> users with the access do this.
>
> ** project specification*
> Description of a CivicSpace project.
> /_____________
>
What is not in this list is Story and Page - it seems (based on feedback 
from the Drupal community) - that there is _no_ difference between the 
Page, Story and Blog entry.

>
> This works great for people in the know of Drupal --ie, we geeks and 
> freaks of all kinds. For your regular Bob and Bobette --no matter how 
> techy skilled they might be-- if they have never used this system, 
> there's a learning curve to use. I have a particular problem with the 
> fact that BLOGS, is not at the top. If blogs are each users 
> co-ownership of a community space, they ought to be able to find it in 
> a snap. Fast. Effortlessly. I also have a problem with the fact I 
> cannot easily change this text. Nobody I know, NO ONE, talks about 
> personal blog entries. They BLOG IT! They RANT IT! They whatever it.
>
> I am first and foremost a communicatrix. So publishing is not just 
> about using Movable Type vs. CivicSpace. It's about setting up a tone 
> through the design, the flow of content and the language used 
> throughout the site's interface. Being able to change "News Feeds" to 
> "Sheroesphere", on a nav bar (which I can), is part of my job. And is 
> in the language, in the vocabulary I use all throughout the site that 
> allows me to set a tone, a message, a vision. So I don''t setup and 
> design a blog --a turn a blog into personal loudspeaker. I don't just 
> use community platform as social software (whatever that is). My goal 
> is to develop it into a commons, a real life yet digital town square 
> --or a community loudspeaker. I should be able to change this. Easily. 
> Effortlessly. Fast.
>
> So with this entry I would like to do two things :
> (1) Could the real coders please tell us mere mortals where to change 
> the links on the modules. I want to do away with "Book page", "Forum 
> topic", etc. I want to know if changing those would affect anything.

I asked this question - it is hard-coded into the content modules.  
There is a way to override it (according to one person) but it is a 
kludge using the localization system (usually used for language 
translations) - overly complex and non-obvious.

>
> (2) Those explanations have to go. Sorry, they're just not doing it 
> for me. Node? NODE? WFT is a node to someone outside of the 
> Drupalsphere? Seriously! Let's use this forum for alternative blurbs.

This is a drupal issue - in the meantime you can organize your site so 
that whatever you want shows up there.


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