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jmstacey's picture

We can all agree that one of the areas that Drupal has a lot of room to grow in is media management. To that extent, I think that the Media project is headed in the right direction. My proposal will consist of helping boost development of this project. More specifically, I would be focusing on 1-3 elements from the roadmap that are needed to help the Media project through the Alpha stage. At the moment, views integration and token integration are on my most likely list. These areas are relatively segmented, allowing a separation of code for performance reviews. In addition, this method will allow contribution to the existing project without duplicate work on yet another media management solution.

So, with those in mind, let me have it! Following are some starter questions. What should the views integration be capable of? What filters are you looking for? What variety of starter templates? Pretty much anything that you can think of (doable within a 3 month time frame of course). I will be submitting my official proposal to Google on Thursday, so now is your chance to help me focus on what will be the most beneficial.

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Awesome!!!

alex ua's picture

@jmstacey- I was just writing up a media module community proposal yesterday- so, Yaaaaay! I'm really excited about this one, and I know that aaron, arthurf, and many others will be excited as well!

The key thing to keep in mind when writing your proposal is that the landscape is going to shift as the summer goes on. But, as long as you're willing to work closely with the media crew I'm sure this project can be a big success.

Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
ZivTech: Illuminating Technology

Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
ZivTech: Illuminating Technology

@Alex UA - Excellent! Would

jmstacey's picture

@Alex UA - Excellent! Would you be willing to post your original proposal here or send it to me? It might help me gather a specific set of goals that are achievable within the allotted time frame.

Download my proposal

jmstacey's picture

The official proposal for this project can be found at http://socghop.appspot.com/student_proposal/show/google/gsoc2009/jonstacey/t123857117147

Be sure to download the latest available revision as noted in the most recent comments.

Accepted!

jmstacey's picture

This proposal was accepted and I'm thrilled to have this opportunity! I will be setting up an informal blog with daily reports for those interested in tracking the progress of this project from my end. That link should be floating around sometime toward the end of May :-)

Congratulations!

aaron's picture

Great to have you officially on the team! I look forward to working with you through the summer to bring the Media project to fruition.

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (book, in October!)
AaronWinborn.com (blog)
Advomatic (work)

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (my book, available now!)
AaronWinborn.com
Advomatic

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