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02-23-2007, 01:47 AM
I have a very large suggestion on changing the way blogs are being done now. I do not like the way they are submitted and laid out. Let me try to explain what I mean by this. This is just my opinion and I wanted to share it.
Here is what I found. If you submit a blog the way it is set up to do it then I think it is really screwed up in the sense that what it does is creates a new thread for every entry you have.
What I found what seems to work and look better and looks cleaner, is easier to manage is to create one entry and then to just turn the replies on and then just reply to your own thread. The only downfall to this is that everyone can reply to your thread if you have replies on. Brian, Is there any way you can add the option in the Category Permissions like VB has to set in forum permissions where is has “Can Reply to Own Threads”. This way we can set it so that only the person that created the post can reply to the thread. I hate the way it creates a new thread every time you submit a blog entry. I see the reason behind it, it is because you are using the replies as user comments, but that in my opinion stinks. It is going to take away from the blog or journal idea and end up being like a forum thread. This is just my opinion.
Here is a suggestion.
1. Why not set it up like I said above and let the creator reply to his post only and create a link so that someone can click on to leave comments and all comments for that blog will go in one thread by themselves linking it to that blog and listing the newest first and also let the user of that blog be able to edit those comments.
2. Then under the blogicles navbar My Stuff menu change the My Entries to My Blogs and then it would list the blogs as one blog. The way it is now it lists every single entry ever submitted. If you do it the way I am suggesting then it would only list the blogs created and all other replies you submitted would fall under that.
Here is a sample of that I am talking about.
Here is what a blog would look like http://www.vbadvanced.com/blogicles/members/attroll-91/.
Now if you click on that thread/blog it brings you to this http://www.vbadvanced.com/blogicles/main-category-2/2006-my-first-thru-hike-20311/.
Now you can see that postbit1 is the thread that started the blog. Now postbit2 is all the replies to the blog. I personally think this is a much cleaner way of doing a blog then how it is being done now through the SUBMIT Entry link.
I hope what I am trying to bring across makes sense.
Here is what I found. If you submit a blog the way it is set up to do it then I think it is really screwed up in the sense that what it does is creates a new thread for every entry you have.
What I found what seems to work and look better and looks cleaner, is easier to manage is to create one entry and then to just turn the replies on and then just reply to your own thread. The only downfall to this is that everyone can reply to your thread if you have replies on. Brian, Is there any way you can add the option in the Category Permissions like VB has to set in forum permissions where is has “Can Reply to Own Threads”. This way we can set it so that only the person that created the post can reply to the thread. I hate the way it creates a new thread every time you submit a blog entry. I see the reason behind it, it is because you are using the replies as user comments, but that in my opinion stinks. It is going to take away from the blog or journal idea and end up being like a forum thread. This is just my opinion.
Here is a suggestion.
1. Why not set it up like I said above and let the creator reply to his post only and create a link so that someone can click on to leave comments and all comments for that blog will go in one thread by themselves linking it to that blog and listing the newest first and also let the user of that blog be able to edit those comments.
2. Then under the blogicles navbar My Stuff menu change the My Entries to My Blogs and then it would list the blogs as one blog. The way it is now it lists every single entry ever submitted. If you do it the way I am suggesting then it would only list the blogs created and all other replies you submitted would fall under that.
Here is a sample of that I am talking about.
Here is what a blog would look like http://www.vbadvanced.com/blogicles/members/attroll-91/.
Now if you click on that thread/blog it brings you to this http://www.vbadvanced.com/blogicles/main-category-2/2006-my-first-thru-hike-20311/.
Now you can see that postbit1 is the thread that started the blog. Now postbit2 is all the replies to the blog. I personally think this is a much cleaner way of doing a blog then how it is being done now through the SUBMIT Entry link.
I hope what I am trying to bring across makes sense.