django development update for Sept. 15

Eds,

Jeanne asked me to update all of you on where we are with changing our workflow this week:

-- Noah has been on vacation since the week before last, and he wasn't able to make it today. We expect him back tomorrow.

-- The only thing holding us up right now is the notes mode in django. It works, sort of. If you use it, the material you put in notes doesn't show up on the Web site, but it does show up in the source code. For those of you not up on the geek talk, it means that anything you note out in django can still be read by the public. That's bad. And until that's fixed, we can't edit in django.

-- The related problem with notes is that when stories with notes are copied to Falcon, the notes come with them -- but not in notes form. Essentially, that means you're editing it again from scratch, and that's doubling the work of the copy desk.

Here is what you should do this week (or until further notice):

-- Have your reporters file in django. Edit in django if you feel comfortable doing so. Just DO NOT USE THE NOTES MODE.

-- City editors and ACES should then copy the story back to Falcon and send it to RIM.

-- The desk will proceed as normal from there.

Once we have this notes bug squished, we'll start migrating the desk over to django. Once the desk is up, city eds and ACES won't have to copy stories back to Falcon.

As always, if you have any questions, see me. And if you're still feeling like you need some django traning, let me know and I'll come by and work with you. I like to work with you. All of you. So let’s spend some time together if you need it, OK?

Thanks,

jake

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