jasig-ssp IRC Logs-2013-02-21

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Last updated: Feb 21, 2013
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[08:09:57 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> good Morning Jason

[08:10:04 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> hey man

[08:10:09 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> hey

[08:10:18 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> I wanted to give you a head's up on another issue

[08:10:22 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> let me know if you have any objections

[08:10:39 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> so another issue with trying to link from the task is

[08:11:06 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> we can't have html in the description

[08:11:22 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> because in some cases the text will render literally

[08:11:49 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> so I want to introduce a new field to Task

[08:11:52 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> 'link'

[08:12:01 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> so we can put link html in it

[08:12:44 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> a new field for all tasks, not just MyGPS

[08:12:44 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> and we will show the link when we display Task detail

[08:13:21 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> well it will be in the task data/object model but at this point only MyGPS would use it

[08:13:24 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> I don't think actually

[08:13:40 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> it would be too hard

[08:13:51 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> to add it to any sort of place where we create tasks

[08:14:39 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> this way if we want to link a resource to the task we dont have to clutter the description

[08:14:44 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> so you are saying, add it to the object model but only use it for this use case of the MyGPS student intake

[08:14:53 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> for now

[08:15:02 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> but the hook will be there for expand its use

[08:15:12 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> right now I don't know where we manually enter tasks

[08:15:21 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> but I can look into adding it to some other guis

[08:15:23 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> and the MyGPS display will show two sections in the task- description and link, just for the intake task

[08:15:25 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> probably wont be to difficult

[08:15:46 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> well MyGPS would display the link when we click on the details button

[08:15:53 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> and only intake would have one populated right now

[08:16:20 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> that sounds fine

[08:16:26 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> can you talk about this on the phone? probably easier to nail down the details

[08:16:31 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> i have a couple of other questions too

[08:16:36 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> phone is fine

[08:16:44 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> should I call you?

[08:16:49 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> email me the number

[08:17:24 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> you have my number in any email

[08:17:34 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> ok

[08:17:35 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> calling now

[09:01:35 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> hey Jason, in reference to the uPortal stuff

[09:01:47 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> do you run initportal after updating?

[09:02:10 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> not normally

[09:02:19 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> only when I wipe out the db

[09:03:05 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> okay, I think thats why MyGPS isn't working for you

[09:03:38 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> you think I need to initportal with the latest code?

[09:05:26 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> yeah

[09:06:05 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> the new group stuff need to be loaded in the DB

[09:06:10 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> for everything to work

[09:07:17 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> does initportal wipe out my ssp tables also?

[09:07:21 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> or just the up?

[09:08:45 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> heh, I want to say just UP

[09:08:54 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> i can test it quick

[09:08:57 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> doesn't hurt me much to run it

[09:09:18 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> it takes 3 minutes, starting it now, ill let you know

[09:16:49 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> yeah only UP data gets wiped

[09:16:56 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> just ran it and my SSP data is safe

[09:17:36 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> sweet. thanks

[09:25:22 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> you guys get any snow in phoenix?

[09:26:08 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> the news here said that Tucson got hit with the same storm we did

[09:43:47 CST(-0600)] <dmccallum54> it was really isolated

[09:44:19 CST(-0600)] <dmccallum54> i'm at 32nd street… at 44th st and a few streets south they got covered

[09:44:49 CST(-0600)] <dmccallum54> picked up the kid at daycare yesterday… were two cars in the parking lot covered with snow

[10:38:30 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> Shawn provided some information about the task types in SSP:

[10:38:40 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> Essentially, the differences between the two are whether or not the task contains a link to a specific Challenge and Challenge Referral or if it's a custom description from the user.

[10:38:40 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> In MyGPS you can see create a custom task when you search for a Challenge by a tag and no Challenges match the search. You should see a custom option, where you can fill in a personalized description for the task.  Also, a Custom Task should be displayed with a blue background in your MyGPS task list.  

[10:40:25 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> ok

[10:42:07 CST(-0600)] <JasonElwood> its not a complete definition as he had to run. He thought there may be documentation some place

[11:50:38 CST(-0600)] <TonyUnicon> I'm going to be out of pocket for about 45 minutes to shovel the seven inches of snow we got this morning