+1 from me, the only question open is if it will work easily enough for devs to use it without hassle
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Jarred de Beer <[email protected]> wrote: > With respect to aggregators, just an idea for a layout which i've been > exposed to: > http://myjoomla.co.za/ > http://animation.jarred.co.za/ > > Something which may be worth looking into is Joomla running a CCK such as > flexi > content <http://www.flexicontent.org/> or k2 <http://getk2.org/>. They can > really go a long way in setting a site up for ones needs and allow for > placement of text, images, galleries, videos and any extra fields anywhere > on a page if the template allows for it. They can also be used for > translations if the site incorporates multiple languages. > > This site (probably not the best example) was built with flexi-content: > http://media24.com/. The only 'static' part is the top and left menu > blocks, otherwise content has access to be placed anywhere else on the page, > e.g. http://media24.com/en/digital/24games.html - The content text and image > is in the top block, everything else (contact, website, mobile etc..) is > pulled through by the template as extra fields, its great for consistency > between multiple editors as they can't mess up the layout. Access control > can also be granted to editors so they don't get confused between categories > etc. This example includes an Afrikaans translation. > > Two examples using K2: > Here's a (probably overblown) example using k2: http://www.surfski.info/. > This site http://www.cometcorp.org/ is pulling through articles from k2 > categories and displaying them as markers on google maps, along with the > articles' info. You can even filter by category and define the marker icon > from an extra field tag. > > The possibilities can be very cool, > Jarred > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Bassam Kurdali > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The only issue with the current aggregators is that they are not >> restricted - or even exhaustive - to the code/coder related blogs. This >> is arguably something that could be added to one or the other of them >> (increasing the number of blogs subscribed and making sure there is a >> 'code' tag filter) >> Ton's point of providing a blog to coders who currently don't have/ >> don't want to maintain their own, is a valid one. >> Cheers >> Bassam >> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:36 -0800, Alex Combas wrote: >> > 2010/11/8 Gustav Göransson <[email protected]> >> > >> > > >> > > Can't it be both? >> > > >> > > >> > I can't speak for anyone, but myself so its really just my opinion. >> > >> > But I think it is wiser to be one or the other, and I'll tell you why. >> > >> > Blogs are picked up by aggregators, but aggregators do not pick up other >> > aggregators. >> > >> > This is why Blendernation and Plantblender do not aggregate each other, >> it >> > would just be total duplication, every >> > interesting post would show up at least twice on each site, maybe more, >> this >> > would be very annoying for everyone. >> > >> > So if code.blender.org starts to aggregate content which is already >> being >> > aggregated by Blendernation and Planetblender >> > then I do not think that those sites would pick up code.blender.org, and >> > also I think that people who are already >> > subscribed to those two aggregators will not see much benefit to >> subscribing >> > to a third aggregator. >> > >> > So on the other hand, if code.blender.org keeps its content unique (not >> > hosting content already published on other blogs which >> > are already being aggregated by other portals) then people will subscribe >> to >> > code.blender.org for its own sake, and it will >> > likely be picked up by both Blendernation and Planetblender thus >> spreading >> > it's reach to a much >> > broader audience than it could do on its own. >> > >> > Just my opinion, I dont speak for anyone involved in any of these sites. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bf-committers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
