It is certainly generic; in fact my problem with it is that it is too generic allowing for the periodical semantics of a blog to be lost, which is why I didn't look at it as a requirement, but an implementation detail.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Raymond Camden > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] bakeoff > > While I think I see your point - I do think it's more of a requirement > than an implementation detail. You had listed a set of specific filters > that could be done on the blog. I was saying that we should make it more > generic - allow for a filter (entries in cat or entries in date range), > a sort (sort on column foo) and a sort direction. That's nice and > generic, right? :) > > ======================================================================== > === > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:22 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] bakeoff > > > > > > You're not actually being anal; you are letting an > > implementation detail bubble up into the requirements. What > > you suggested allows for a page to be served with blog > > entries sorted in ascending order for example, which breaks > > the periodical semantics inherent in a blog. The approach you > > describe could be used for the implementation of the > > requirements. However, certain combinations of options would > > have to be disallowed to retain the periodical semantics. > > > > Matt Liotta > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com).
