October 28, 2004
reworking the work
we haven't touched the blogs since the mt upgrade, and i am doing precious little of it tonight, however, we did... 1. tweak the "create new entry interface" to limit its options and 2. change the weblog config to change the default status of posts from draft to publish, and email new comments to us.
there were some other config items i was tempted by but it seemed like it would just invoke more spam. :(
other things on my todo list... * creative commons license * category templates * add sven & gretchin to post notification? * tweak the templates again, especially to denote multiple posts in a day
Posted by gretchin at 11:13 PM | Comments (0)
zines!
sven & i got to talking about zines today to see if that would be a small-step way to work on publishing the youthlib essays. zines could then move to small books, and then compiled into a larger book. sven was so excited he's already made a mockup (in word!).
other potential items of interest: 1. collapsing notepad & generator together so that generator becomes a place for all types of content, categorized by type of essay (fragment, exploration, draft, essay etc.). each type would have a different template including a colored label & explanatory text. we would need to use the import/export feature or sven says we could take an afternoon and move them manually.
- zine subscriptions could include artwork and other outside contributions; hopefully, they could even get paid. it would be a good reason to get a paypal account and have a "subscriptions AT youthlib.com" address. getting outside contributions might require the help of an editor (carl?).
Posted by gretchin at 10:29 PM | Comments (0)