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Flag comment for removal angusparker about 1 year ago
Ah, got it - sounds perfect!
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Lyceaum is compatible with WordPress add ons, it simply allows multiple blogs per installation, as opposed to WordPress, which allows one blog per installation.
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Wordpress might be the way to go given all the add in functionality that is possible but didn't know about Lyceum.
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I vote for this as well, if each user or group had a very simple blog that encouraged cross linking, it would be great. There is a good WordPress derivative that is made by ibiblio called Lyceum. It is open source and was created to be easy to install and operate. Its main purpose is to enable a large number of WordPress like blogs from one website, without relying on a closed source product such as blogspot or typepad.
Might be easier to modify this for a solution instead of creating one from scratch.
Also, I am not much of a DailyKos reader, but their conventions for cross-referencing and cross linking are really nice, the interface allows you to quote someone else using a block quote, very intuative design.
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I vote for this feature. I think this feature would bring more traffic to the site. I would visit more often to post my blogs. As is, there is not a reason to visit WE everyday. Both reading and writing blogs might change this. It would also be a way to get to know people better. I also feel this would be quite an easy feature. Like mentioned by others it is very much like a bulliten board / wikipage.
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@Jon: Yes, that's right.
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I agree that a blog functionality makes sense.... perhaps there are two places for it. Why not have a personal blog capabilioty be part of my person profile and a collective blog be part of the group functionality? Make sense? I think this is what Angus is suggesting as well.
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@ Bowo: Pretty cool what you have managed to do with the basic wiki but I think its time for both users and groups to have real blog capability. Partly because its a highly used feature on many sites and partly because it will drive traffic and users to WiserEarth.
I like the idea of potentially converting the group bulletin into a blog (using WordPress or something like it). Also you could allowing either a group or a user to run a blog that shows up as a separate tab on their profile or the group page. |
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Hey all,
With some HTML hackery, one can make a pretty useful blog out of one (or more) standard WiserEarth wikipage (including space for comments for each entry, categories and archives). I'll soon try to make a template to show this possibility. Currently, I'm making a "simple copy" of my blog in a wikipage. If you'd like to have a look, go to http://www.wiserearth.org/resource/view/cfdbd48bf1d0f1157460fb31b321ae60 A full-fledged blog feature would of course be nice. Wordpress is a good candidate for it's popularity, functionality and it's open-source nature. If only it fits (or can be made to fit) with WiserEarth's architecture. So, my +1 for this. |
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Agree. It's an efficient way for people to post news and comments. I am concerned that comments in blogs would be similar in content to comments made in the forum and they would have no knowledge of each other, but that is a more complicated issue.
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this seems a no brainer - definitely should be on the list, though what priority I can't say
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