In terms of the default image to use when the image layout is selected I like version 1.
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Mohamed Boussaa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello XWikiers, > Starting from the version 9.4 of the Blog application we introduced the > notion of blog post layouts (see details here: > http://extensions.xwiki.org/ > xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Blog%20Application). > > Currently when a user creates/edit a blog he has the possibility to select > the layout of the blog posts, 2 layouts are available FTM: the Calendar > layout (default) and the image layout. > > The image layout uses an image thumbnail in order to allow a more visual > and appealing display of the blog posts this is why an image selector was > added to the blog post form. > > Because the default layout is 'Calendar' the image selector on the blog > post form can be confusing for the user because the uploaded image doesn't > appear anywhere. > > This proposal is about changing the default blog posts layout from > 'Calendar' to 'image' in order to avoid the confusion. > > I propose to: > > > - Change the default post layout to 'image' layout for new blogs > What is the rationale for this? I wouldn't want users to feel obligated to add images for all their blog posts. There is a certain type of blogs that need images, while others are not. I feel like that the blog layout will get spammed by the default image everywhere. Thanks, Caty > - Change the layout of the default Blog to 'image' layout > - Add an image to the introduction blog post created when installing the > blog app. Find attached some examples of images that can be used on the > introduction post. - On the blog post form add a short description to the image selector to > explain the objective of the image. > > > *Introduction blog post images* > > *1) * > > > > *2)* > > > > *3) * > > > > *4)* > > > > ** > > WDYT? > > Thanks, > > Mohamed >
