Create screencasts controller
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Create a controller that takes the form of a web page listing of several informative screencasts (video tutorials) showing how to use different parts of the website. Screencasts are simply videos (flash movies--SWF files--or flash video files--FLVs) that can be uploaded to the server by users with sufficient access and then listed by the controller on the page.

Here's a sample way to start this: create a controller named "screencasts" after logging into the server using SSH. Each screencast entry should have the following attributes: a URL (once video files are uploaded to the server, you can manually search for the direct links to those movies OR query a specific upload directory every time the page is loaded) that can be used to access the video, the date when the movie was uploaded, a text title, and the author (the person who uploaded it). A full upload form is not necessary, but might be a nice feature in the near future.

Some of the aspects of this task may seem daunting, so feel encouraged to consult with anybody else on the Web Tech Group, such as August, Brian Michalski, or Brian Zaik.

10/05 - 10/12