--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The blog started as a diary format for text. > But what if I dont see my video work as a linear narrative where old > posts gets buried under August 2006. > The fact that i made a video in August 2006 is irrelevant to how I > really feel about it. > > Categories might be a better way to see some video projects. > so how can I format my front page based on highlighting different categories?
I was faced with this, too. I fooled around with blogging software and then went for a content management system, Joomla. Joomla allows me to create menu hierarchy of sections, categories, and individual articles. It freed me from the chronological archive. People can go to a menu and pull what they want based on their interest rather than the chronological order. I wanted to create something on the order of a coffee-table book of text and videos on a rather narrow subject. The videos compliment the text to explore the subject at depth. People go back and forth between stories based on their personal interest at their own control rather than arbitrary categories or chronology. > >[snip] > > The same is true for our videoblog: http://ryanishungry.com > This is why I got excited about the "related video" plugin that Charles built. > When we do a video about Composting, I want all our compost videos to > show up....not be buried in the archive just because they are "older". > But then I had another problem. Some visitors were so unfamiliar with menu-driven web sites they needed the prompt of a thumbnail and some text description. I made a "sticky" post like a center panel on the front page. It was a whole other brain part. It can be seen on: http://www.hestakaup.com/ > As a visual creator, I want to arrange my blog visually and non-linearly. > I think right now, WP, and blogger, and Tumblr all follow the "one > post after another" format that works so well for text blogs. > > Jay > My videos are embedded in text articles. Some of the text stories have five or six videos, others have only one. Joomla with vPIP Flash videos is very flexible with this. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com
