IdeaTorrent

Written by David C the 4 Sep 09 at 11:28.

Build it ourselves or use a third party that can do it.

Build it ourselves or use a third party that can do it.

Written by stevieflow the 29 Sep 09 at 09:32.

Some venues - such as museums and galleries - have general opening times and activities, alongside any targetting activities for young people.

The description field could be utilised for this - but there will then be an issue as to how such venues can be "flagged" for people to pick up through the output API.

Perhaps this can be handled through a "flag" that can be applied to any of these venues that will distinguish them for others. Indeed- we could have three statuses for a venue that could then be output through the same field:

1 - Active venue - there are upcoming activities associated with this venue
2 - Inactive venue - there are no upcoming activities associated with this venie
3 - Open venue - this venue is flagged as being of interest, irregardless of the above two states.

This isnt 100% ideal. The Open status could apply to both active and inactive venues, so it is not an exclusive choice.

Some venues - such as museums and galleries - have general opening times and activities, alongside any targetting activities for young people. The description field could be utilised for this - but there will then be an issue as to how such venues can be "flagged" for people to pick up through the output API. Perhaps this can be handled through a "flag" that can be applied to any of these venues that will distinguish them for others. Indeed- we could have three statuses for a venue that could then be output through the same field: 1 - Active venue - there are upcoming activities associated with this venue 2 - Inactive venue - there are no upcoming activities associated with this venie 3 - Open venue - this venue is flagged as being of interest, irregardless of the above two states. This isnt 100% ideal. The Open status could apply to both active and inactive venues, so it is not an exclusive choice.

Written by stevieflow the 29 Sep 09 at 09:38.

An additional element exists whereby an organisation can provide a positive activity, but these have to be "accessed" or "booked" beforehand. This is just how these organisations operate.

Hence, the activity will be available, but will not have a time and date - or even a time summary (eg every Wednesday).

The time aspects of these activities will therefore be subject to availability/contact.

I havent really a solution spec for this, but can see how some manipulation of the API *could* help.

An additional element exists whereby an organisation can provide a positive activity, but these have to be "accessed" or "booked" beforehand. This is just how these organisations operate. Hence, the activity will be available, but will not have a time and date - or even a time summary (eg every Wednesday). The time aspects of these activities will therefore be subject to availability/contact. I havent really a solution spec for this, but can see how some manipulation of the API *could* help.

Written by stevieflow the 29 Sep 09 at 13:43.

As with the Tag It app (sorry folks this isnt in public demo just yet!) an app could be developed whereby a data feed of venues is taken in for a particular area, and then the user chooses to "flag" a venue as a "place to go".

The reason why this would work as an external app could be that deciding on whether something is a place to go, as opposed to a venue, is more of a subjective decision, patrticularly based on the end use of the data. I could be building a football website and therefore want to highlight sports venues as places to go in my website - rather than museums. Hence, Id use this app to read in the venue data and then set a flag to use.

How this data is then stored is another question

As with the Tag It app (sorry folks this isnt in public demo just yet!) an app could be developed whereby a data feed of venues is taken in for a particular area, and then the user chooses to "flag" a venue as a "place to go". The reason why this would work as an external app could be that deciding on whether something is a place to go, as opposed to a venue, is more of a subjective decision, patrticularly based on the end use of the data. I could be building a football website and therefore want to highlight sports venues as places to go in my website - rather than museums. Hence, Id use this app to read in the venue data and then set a flag to use. How this data is then stored is another question

Written by David C the 24 Nov 09 at 16:13.

Is this just a case of delivering the activity as:
http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74442.json?APIKey...

Although see the other suggestion of also being able to get a list of activities supplied as a list of id's:
http://ideas.plings.net/ideatorrent/idea/22/

Is this just a case of delivering the activity as: http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74442.json?APIKey... Although see the other suggestion of also being able to get a list of activities supplied as a list of id's: http://ideas.plings.net/ideatorrent/idea/22/

Written by David C the 24 Nov 09 at 16:09.

Not sure how to handle it API end, but currently you would make 3 calls:
http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74442.xml?APIKey
http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74447.xml?APIKey
http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74449.xml?APIKey

Perhaps we can work out a better way to get:
74442+74447+74449

Not sure how to handle it API end, but currently you would make 3 calls: http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74442.xml?APIKey http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74447.xml?APIKey http://feeds.plings.net/activity.php/74449.xml?APIKey Perhaps we can work out a better way to get: 74442+74447+74449

Written by timd the 6 Oct 09 at 08:33.

Make sure Pling.net is compliant and provide guidance to local republishers of Plings data.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-parameter-handling-tool- helps-with.html

Make sure Pling.net is compliant and provide guidance to local republishers of Plings data. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-parameter-handling-tool-helps-with.html

Written by timd the 16 Sep 09 at 10:21.

A small pop-up appears whenever you hover over the share links at the top-right of the Plings.net site stating something along the lines of:

"Who are you sharing with? Make sure you take care not to reveal private information in public."

Or something similar which might link to guidance about not sharing definitive information about activity participation in public.

A small pop-up appears whenever you hover over the share links at the top-right of the Plings.net site stating something along the lines of: "Who are you sharing with? Make sure you take care not to reveal private information in public." Or something similar which might link to guidance about not sharing definitive information about activity participation in public.

Written by stevieflow the 16 Jun 09 at 16:43.

A random button that inherits an area/place and picks out an activity for display

There would then need to be a function for someone to in turn rate this activity:

- I'd go
- Not sure / maybe
- Nah

A random button that inherits an area/place and picks out an activity for display There would then need to be a function for someone to in turn rate this activity: - I'd go - Not sure / maybe - Nah

Written by David C the 13 Jul 09 at 14:45.

Isn't a tag cloud a better way to quickly and easily see what is on in a given area over a given time period?

Isn't a tag cloud a better way to quickly and easily see what is on in a given area over a given time period?

Written by David C the 3 Aug 09 at 15:42.

Take the most popular Output API options and build a form that returns a URL of your choices (e.g. number of days, town/local authority, postcode) Maybe offer some optional parameters (e.g. search date)

I would stop at the point where a URL is built cos this can then be used in a modular fashion by other applications.

So, all this needs to do for now is return a URL that could be used to get raw data.

Take the most popular Output API options and build a form that returns a URL of your choices (e.g. number of days, town/local authority, postcode) Maybe offer some optional parameters (e.g. search date) I would stop at the point where a URL is built cos this can then be used in a modular fashion by other applications. So, all this needs to do for now is return a URL that could be used to get raw data.

Written by timd the 6 Aug 09 at 14:42.

A version of the 'Simple URL Builder Form', but implemented in Javascript in a way that made it easy to incorporate part or all of it into widgets.

Very useful for the preference pane of a Javascript widget that needs to be localised etc.

A version of the 'Simple URL Builder Form', but implemented in Javascript in a way that made it easy to incorporate part or all of it into widgets. Very useful for the preference pane of a Javascript widget that needs to be localised etc.

Written by dhodgson the 16 Jul 09 at 13:51.

Change the API to use providers more like categories and give the ability to tag activities with multiple providers.

Change the API to use providers more like categories and give the ability to tag activities with multiple providers.

Written by David C the 23 Jul 09 at 11:40.

This would involve a change to the RSS format set from feeds.plings.net/rss.activity.php

The spec is here:
http://www.georss.org/Main_Page

I can't see too many problems other than scheduling it and doing it.

It does need to be remembered that our RSS does not act like a conventional RSS feed - i.e. updating as new content/data is added, but rather as a means of transferring data.

This would involve a change to the RSS format set from feeds.plings.net/rss.activity.php The spec is here: http://www.georss.org/Main_Page I can't see too many problems other than scheduling it and doing it. It does need to be remembered that our RSS does not act like a conventional RSS feed - i.e. updating as new content/data is added, but rather as a means of transferring data.

Written by David C the 14 Jul 09 at 16:07.

Unfortunately I don't know how to do this!

Unfortunately I don't know how to do this!

Written by David C the 20 Jul 09 at 10:52.

Why not work on a generic widget that works, say on peoples websites?

Self configurable, uses javascript, shows what's coming up in next 24hrs as default, maybe based on a venue, or postcode (is 20km too much - yes it is!)

Would need to handle most of the relevant data within the widget, rather than send people off to another website.

Doesn't need to be just a sidebar, could be on a full page.

May need to make css style configurable.

Why not work on a generic widget that works, say on peoples websites? Self configurable, uses javascript, shows what's coming up in next 24hrs as default, maybe based on a venue, or postcode (is 20km too much - yes it is!) Would need to handle most of the relevant data within the widget, rather than send people off to another website. Doesn't need to be just a sidebar, could be on a full page. May need to make css style configurable.