Re: [GMG-Devel] Plugin idea: advertise media on the main page

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Tiberiu C. Turbureanu writes:

> Hey all,
>
> I would like to implement a plugin that provides an option to advertise 
> or not the media on the main page.
>
> This is similar to a Youtube feature I've been hearing about that 
> uploaders can opt for their media not to appear in search results, only 
> if you have the link you can view it.
>
> For my organization (ceata.org) this could be helpful because not all 
> videos are worthy to be on the front page and for others we may need to 
> talk about the right description, tags and so on. Even if it's uploaded.
>
> Do you think this plugin would be interesting for a larger audience?
>
> Is this achievable with the current status of hooks in GMG? What I need 
> is a way to add a "Adevertise" check box to the media upload/edit form, 
> like the License drop box.
>
> Thank you,

I think this might be a welcome feature; at the very least I would like
the front page to be a "special view" that can be switched out by the
user... I think many users will actually want different functionality
for their frontpage depending on what kind of site they deploy.  I've
been thinking of something along the lines where someone can literally
switch which python view is being pointed at via some configuration.

I'm not sure if it would be a plugin that someone would enable to change
this; probably, I guess?

I wonder what others think on the frontpage situation?

 - Chris