RebelMouse for sessions

[anekola]

Other session page notes:

• Fewer sessions will have video
• Resources should have more importance
• Add a right column to session pages
  • Related sessions tagged with the same topic
  • Other sessions at the same time
  • The next session in the same room
  • Student newsroom posts on topic

[anekola]

@jeremiahnpatterson is going to set up the account using ONAconf twitter; we should also "power" the page as soon as possible so we can make sure the design it just right.

We'll also add an extra column to the session spreadsheet with a boolean value purely to note if that session has a RebelMouse page. @danielbachhuber - could you update the importer to look for this column and add it to a meta field?

If a session has a true value there, then the session template page will look for a RebelMouse page with a matching slug.

[danielbachhuber]

We'll also add an extra column to the session spreadsheet with a boolean value purely to note if that session has a RebelMouse page. @danielbachhuber - could you update the importer to look for this column and add it to a meta field?

Sure. What exactly is RebelMouse, and how will it be integrated into the site?

[danielbachhuber]

If a session has a true value there, then the session template page will look for a RebelMouse page with a matching slug.

Actually, we should just make the value in the spreadsheet the slug for the RebelMouse page. If no slug, no RebelMouse page.

[anekola]

That's what I initially suggested to Jeremiah, but he said there is already a slug column and it would end up being the same value.

Either way will work fine programming the page.

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RebelMouse is what they'd like to use for liveblogging. It makes it easy to post links, embed tweets, and other materials.

It uses a script to embed the content; I'll customize the URL of the script based on the session's slug.

I initially thought about checking if the link returned a 404 to determine if the session existed in RebelMouse; but even if it was not set up in RebelMouse, the script returns content - causing a need for this metadata field.

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Also, welcome back and congratulations, Daniel!

[danielbachhuber]

It uses a script to embed the content; I'll customize the URL of the script based on the session's slug.

Are we concerned at all about not permanently storing the liveblog content? This was an issue last year, as the Twitter embeds were unreliable after a time.

[danielbachhuber]

Abstracted out the importer so it can be run from the admin bar:

I've also added support for importing:

• Tags
• Speakers
• RebelMouse column