Note:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ok, my aim is NOT to repost threads, but I just want to isolate this one aspect from the suggested Editor Monitor Pluging, since this is essentially not monitor but a replacement/enhancement to the existing <%editors%> tag place on pages which have editors assigned to them.

See Editor Monitor Plugin at: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...orum.cgi?post=195385
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I think the way the editors are presented at the bottom of each page could be improved upon. Example from DMOZ:

Category editors: andylehrer, artson, dlugan, funk, inge, indianpipe, tania


I'd like to kick this one off, please feel free to join in and help if you are also interested in this (or you just want to help).

The best thing I think, is just to make a new tag to replace the <%editors%> tag to produce the above output.

1. Finding which editor belongs to this category

I guess the tag needs to know somehow which category is being built at that instant... how I dont know. Lets say it is equal to $category_id. Just use SQL to search the editors table for all the editors where (CategoryID = $category_id) and add it to an array @editors. (push, pop I am not sure).

2. Hyperlinking

I keep my editors profiles in mysite.com/editors/profiles/editoralias.html so the hyperlink could automatically be produced: buildpath/editors/profiles/[Username].html. Just go through the array @editors and produce the hyperlink from this.

Simple??

Of course, the ultimate would be to have dynamically produced profile pages... but the above would be a great start. Maybe this could be my 2nd plugin attempt (with your help), but I think the above could be solved with a simple global.



Its a start.


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