liquid_feedback_frontend

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Dynamic interface using XMLHttpRequests, and many other changes

Bugfixes:
- Only allow voting on admitted initiatives
- Repaired issue search
- Don't display delegations for closed issues on member page
- Don't show revoke link in initiative, when issue is already half_frozen
- Localization for voting JavaScript
- Display author of suggestions

Disclosure of voting data after voting is finished:
- Possibility to inspect every ballot including preferences
- Show number of voters preferring one initiative to another initiative

Interface behaviour changes:
- Reversed default order of drafts
- Default order of suggestions changed
- Show new drafts of initiatives only once per day in timeline

Accessibility:
- Barrier-free voting implemented
- POST links are now accessible without JavaScript
- Changed gray for unsatisfied supporters in bar graph to a lighter gray

Other interface improvements:
- Optical enhancements
- Dynamic interface using XMLHttpRequests
- Show usage terms in about section
- Show own membership in area listing
- Show uninformed supporters greyed out and marked with yellow question mark
- Warning box in non-admitted initiatives
- When voted, don't display voting notice and change label of voting link
- Show object counts in more tabulator heads
- Enlarged member statement input field

Miscellaneous:
- Code cleanup
- Added README file containing installation instructions
- Use new WebMCP function ui.filters{...} instead of own ui.filter and ui.order functions
author bsw/jbe
date Sat Feb 20 22:10:31 2010 +0100 (2010-02-20)
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2 ################
3 # Installation #
4 ################
7 1. Choose a directory where to install the software, e.g. /opt :
9 $ cd /opt
12 2. Get the repositories of the core, the frondend and the web application
13 framework WebMCP:
15 $ hg clone http://www.public-software-group.org/mercurial/liquid_feedback_core
16 $ hg clone http://www.public-software-group.org/mercurial/liquid_feedback_frontend
17 $ hg clone http://www.public-software-group.org/mercurial/webmcp
20 3. Install LiquidFeedback Core:
22 $ cd /opt/liquid_feedback_core
23 $ make
24 $ createdb liquid_feedback
25 $ psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -f core.sql liquid_feedback
27 You should initiatize your database using the command
28 "psql liquid_feedback" and the examples shown in file "init.sql".
31 4. Compile WebMCP
33 $ cd /opt/webmcp
34 $ make
36 If you experience trouble during compilation, you might want to edit the
37 file "Makefile.options" (i.e. to add -fPIC to compiler options) and then
38 retry:
40 $ vi Makefile.options
41 $ make clean
42 $ make
45 5. Install Wiki-to-HTML converters
47 Download latest LiquidFeedback Edition of RocketWiki from
48 http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/rocketwiki/liquid_feedback_edition/
50 Compile the binaries by calling make, and copy them to a place of your
51 choice, e.g. /opt/rocketwiki-lqfb/
54 6. Configure the webserver and the LiquidFeedback Frontend application:
56 Edit the configuration files in /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/config/
58 Use /opt/webmcp/doc/lighttpd.example.conf (or apache.sample.conf) to setup
59 your webserver appropriatly.

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