Comments on: Polopoly and XML http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/ a group discussion about the future of student media Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Harry Montevideo http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217942 Harry Montevideo Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:14:17 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217942 Brad- I think you hit the nail on the head with your web-to-print comments. This is a major topic in the newspaper industry and while most of the larger operations will get this option in their K4, MediaSpan, Woodwing and various other editorial front-end systems, there are many paper both college and commercial that rely on a less complex word processing/page layout, file folder, method (us included). IF College Publisher doesn't get this right, there are other open-source content management systems that may offer a better solution for little or no cost. Drupal has a newspaper group that is currently trying to tackle this module: http://groups.drupal.org/node/10012#comment-32130 Other open-source platforms such as Django and Joomla may be working or have web-to-print solutions as well. I'm also optimistic that we're not too far away from having integrated off the shelf solutions for publishing to the Web and back, with software enhancements to InDesign and similar publishing products. As next in line for the College Publisher upgrade, I'll be anxiously watching how your migration goes. Keep us posted. -Harry Brad-

I think you hit the nail on the head with your web-to-print comments.

This is a major topic in the newspaper industry and while most of the larger operations will get this option in their K4, MediaSpan, Woodwing and various other editorial front-end systems, there are many paper both college and commercial that rely on a less complex word processing/page layout, file folder, method (us included).

IF College Publisher doesn’t get this right, there are other open-source content management systems that may offer a better solution for little or no cost.

Drupal has a newspaper group that is currently trying to tackle this module:

http://groups.drupal.org/node/10012#comment-32130

Other open-source platforms such as Django and Joomla may be working or have web-to-print solutions as well.

I’m also optimistic that we’re not too far away from having integrated off the shelf solutions for publishing to the Web and back, with software enhancements to InDesign and similar publishing products.

As next in line for the College Publisher upgrade, I’ll be anxiously watching how your migration goes. Keep us posted.

-Harry

]]> By: Brad Arendt http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217812 Brad Arendt Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:38:46 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217812 I'm with The Arbiter at Boise State University. Our website is currently using the CP 4.0 system. We are beta testing the new Polopoly system, or CP 5.0. The site isn't live so really don't have anything I can show the world - yet. I’m with The Arbiter at Boise State University. Our website is currently using the CP 4.0 system. We are beta testing the new Polopoly system, or CP 5.0. The site isn’t live so really don’t have anything I can show the world - yet.

]]> By: albert http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217737 albert Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:27:10 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/03/24/polopoly-and-xml/#comment-217737 Brad, what newspaper are you with? Can we see your new Polopoly site? Brad, what newspaper are you with? Can we see your new Polopoly site?

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