Admin for managing Google Docs articles
See original GitHub issue(original description by @mlbrgl)
As part of the migration from Wordpress to google docs (#1597), we’re replacing the Wordpress block editor with Google docs.
Beyond editing documents, Wordpress provides some non-editor features, such as publication workflows, media management, document management or category management.
Wordpress block editor ≡ Google docs
Wordpress admin ≡ ?
This issue aims at filling some of this gap, starting with document management. Other candidate CMS features of the current set-up can be found in the CMS glossary, which will serve as a basis for migration decisions around CMS features.
A possible approach has been developed in the https://github.com/owid/owid-show experiment and might be ported over to https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher. Some other approaches will be considered as well, in anticipation of the port of all remaining CMS features into this new foundation.
Cycle 2022.5 (Aug 29 -> Sep 16)
Wireframes, background work
Cycle 2022.6 (Sep 26 -> Oct 14)
Completed on branch, awaiting PR review
- gdocs refresh flow
- API routes
- content checks
- UI, dialogs
- wiring with Matt’s work
- feedback rounds
- integration of additional metadata (e.g. authors, date)
- UX polishing, probably around document status and available actions
- preview in new tab?
Merged and shipped ⏳
Additional scope
- integration with feed (and newsletter). Done in #1762
- integration with Algolia
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Thanks for the update Matthieu, looks like it’s coming together.
Can you please update the issue summary at the top, and perhaps reorganise the checklist into things that are completed on-branch vs things that have passed review and shipped?
For this project, it would probably look like this:
Status update - Oct 13
This was the last remaining item in scope. PR opened: https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher/pull/1703