Re: [phpWebLog-devel] phpweblog.. the weary path we/she mends...

[philip o. <ph...@th...>]

> Tonight, among a few other things, I added the ability for story posters
> to get comments mailed back to them if they so desire, and if the admin
> so desires to have this feature on.
> I wasn't sure what address the mail should come from, as I don't want to
> cause alot of bad returns or meaningless mail to be sent down any
> pipes.  As of now, when a comment gets mailed, it comes from:
> From: SiteName <SiteEmail>

maybe it can be sent from : PosterName <PosterEmail> .  also, i don't know
the logistics but would digested be quite a task to create?  maybe once a
day?  idk, depends on traffic i suppose.
 
> Maybe this should be a fake address or something it'll bounce if it gets
> replied to. hmm.. Ideas?

fake would work but perhaps having it setup so they'd reply to themselves
would keep that down too <g>.  kinda wacky.

> Well, here's my current TODO:
> 
> * multiple static pages where the html is editable through the
>         config, and the navigation automatically lists them.

i am not sure what this is exactly but am looking forward to seeing it.

> * add threaded comments
very good.

> * add database abstraction layer
good for some, i'm sticking with mysql.  postgresql is temping though.
this is something hopefully someone else will contribute ;)

> * add banner support
excellent.  third party (phpads ...) or are you creating one?

> * add poll
polls are good.  third party?  this may sound crazy but if somehow multipe
phpweblog sites can carry the same polls it would make for some
interesting and perhaps useful results.  so rather then having 30 votes,
maybe a combined effort of 300 ?  dream dream dream.

> * allow blocks to be restricted to a specific topic or all
what does this mean?

> * RDF imports in blocks
most excellent.

> Some of these will not be added anytime soon. (threaded comments,
> database abstraction) simply because I lack the motivation and need to
> do this right now.

that makes sense.  i like the idea of threaded comments but yeah, it can
wait.
 
> On a personal note, I wanted to say that this project is becoming much
> more robust than I ever imagined, and I am having a blast wasting time
> on it.  I'd like to open the doors of innovation to all of you to help
> guide me in direction as to where this thing goes.  If I am careful,
> this can turn out to be a really really good slashcode replacement and
> much more, but at the same time, I am tediously trying to not turn this
> into a 'ok' replacement with alot of bloat.

i must say once again that the speed of development has and still amazes
me.  do you have a life?  i see the HISTORY and note that new features are
added everyDAY.  hopefully you are learning from all this as learning is a
very good thing.

having a niche is definatly important.  what is phpweblogs?  it's the
easiest script to install ever i must say and takes like one minute.  the
layout and config system are much more useful then others too.  hmm.  it
basically rocks!  it's amazing how fast one can get their phpweblog up and
running, wait, i;ve already said that.  the admin is strong.
 
> Does anyone like the idea of having stories sit in a purgatory state
> (unmoderated) until other users vote on whether or not they get
> posted/trashed? (www.kuro5hin.org does this quite well)

i really like that feature but do not need it as to be useful, one
requires traffic and people who care.  in fact, in all honesty it's that
feature that attracted me to using scoop but then realized that mod_perl
is quite the beast to work with so i gave up on it.  then, i somehow
stumbled upon phpweblog and haven't looked back since.  granted i haven't
created a useful site yet but playing is fun, as is thinking of ideas for
the future.  but, that feature is a really good one as it puts the power
to the people, sort of speak.  

when i see a (3/1) (or in the case of phpweblog.org, (16/1) <g>) i am so
curious as to what it is. even if it were just
a simple vote/poll on just the first 255 characters, that might work.
idk, something. this is an important little topic, it's way to late to
discuss it.

> The admin would have the choice in config of:
> Moderation: [] None [] Admin only [] User Voting

oh boy, that would basically rule and make phpweblog pretty damn flexible.

> This would require alot of additional work, and I was curious if anyone
> would want this for their purposes.

i am not sure how i feel on this yet, so many desires, so litle time.  i
personally don't have the traffic or people for this but do see this as a
very useful feature for phpweblog's quest for world domination.

> > 7. easier way to change admin password, in fact, i am unsure how we're
> > _suppose_ to do this now so am using .htaccess .  one way is to "echo" the
> > results and modifiy accordingly, is this how we are to do it?
> 
> This is fixed.  With a default password of 'password', you just go into
> config, and you can change it there.
> Is that what you mean?

err, shows you how up-to-date i am these days.  yes, that's what i meant.
<sigh>.  time for bed.

cheers,

philip