Comments on: MultiUser Weblogs (again) http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/ ce n'est pas la connaissance. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: James Farmer http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79622 James Farmer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79622 Interesting choice D'Arcy, can I proble a little further... Are you planning on grouping users by, say, faculty within Drupal (I presume you're talking about a single installation)? Are you thinking about a social / general implementation here or something that people can use in class? Cheers, James Interesting choice D’Arcy, can I proble a little further…

Are you planning on grouping users by, say, faculty within Drupal (I presume you’re talking about a single installation)?

Are you thinking about a social / general implementation here or something that people can use in class?

Cheers, James

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79623 D'Arcy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79623 I'm assuming that we may have both formal (faculty, department) and informal (class, research group) groups. Groups in Drupal can be self-assembling, so there isn't much admin. overhead, and users who want/need to be in a group are able to do so. At the moment, a single installation (not going to post the link yet, to prevent The Goog from ingesting it until it goes live). Although Drupal 4.5 doesn't have per-blog themes, that's coming in 4.6, so much of the benefit of MovableType will be available in Drupal. I'm hoping it will be used in class, or by students/faculty/staff for their personal blogs, or for something else that I haven't thought of. No idea if it will even take off, but there's only one way to find out... I’m assuming that we may have both formal (faculty, department) and informal (class, research group) groups. Groups in Drupal can be self-assembling, so there isn’t much admin. overhead, and users who want/need to be in a group are able to do so.

At the moment, a single installation (not going to post the link yet, to prevent The Goog from ingesting it until it goes live). Although Drupal 4.5 doesn’t have per-blog themes, that’s coming in 4.6, so much of the benefit of MovableType will be available in Drupal.

I’m hoping it will be used in class, or by students/faculty/staff for their personal blogs, or for something else that I haven’t thought of. No idea if it will even take off, but there’s only one way to find out…

]]> By: Andy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79624 Andy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79624 D'Arcy did you take a look at Blojsom as multi-user blog system? Also, what other packages have you considered? D’Arcy did you take a look at Blojsom as multi-user blog system? Also, what other packages have you considered?

]]> By: Andy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79625 Andy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79625 I just started poking around your blog and saw the post of what other packages were out there for mult-user blogs. I just started poking around your blog and saw the post of what other packages were out there for mult-user blogs.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79626 D'Arcy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79626 I did consider Blosjom, and several others. I quite like Blosxom, so was curious about its derivatives. Full list of candidates is listed here: http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/02/20/massively-multi-user-weblogging and a wiki page where anyone can pitch in with feedback on any of the options is at: http://commons.ucalgary.ca/wiki/index.php/MultiUserWeblogComparison I did consider Blosjom, and several others. I quite like Blosxom, so was curious about its derivatives.

Full list of candidates is listed here: http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/02/20/massively-multi-user-weblogging

and a wiki page where anyone can pitch in with feedback on any of the options is at:
http://commons.ucalgary.ca/wiki/index.php/MultiUserWeblogComparison

]]> By: Gary http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79627 Gary Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79627 This second link seems broken. This second link seems broken.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79628 D'Arcy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79628 Doh! The wiki has since moved to a (hopefully) permanent home at http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/MultiUserWeblogComparison Doh! The wiki has since moved to a (hopefully) permanent home at
http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/MultiUserWeblogComparison

]]> By: Gary http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79629 Gary Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79629 Regarding Wordpress on the above link. Probably the biggest userbase is at wordpress.com which apparently is getting 1000 new members *a day*. Also regarding scalability, this thread suggests that it is scalable: http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/842#post-4497 Is Drupal truly 'multi' in the same way that mu.wordpress is? For example, with wordpress, you can set up too totally independent sites on the same domain *on the fly*. jogging.wordpress.com movies.wordpress.com and both have different level of users and are essentially two independent sites. Is this possible with Drupal? Or is Drupal multiuser in the way, regular wordpress is. ie. you have one site, but there are levels of users. Regarding Wordpress on the above link. Probably the biggest userbase is at wordpress.com which apparently is getting 1000 new members *a day*.

Also regarding scalability, this thread suggests that it is scalable:

http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/842#post-4497

Is Drupal truly ‘multi’ in the same way that mu.wordpress is? For example, with wordpress, you can set up too totally independent sites on the same domain *on the fly*.

jogging.wordpress.com
movies.wordpress.com

and both have different level of users and are essentially two independent sites. Is this possible with Drupal? Or is Drupal multiuser in the way, regular wordpress is. ie. you have one site, but there are levels of users.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2005/03/02/multiuser-weblogs-again/#comment-79630 D'Arcy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-79630 Drupal is multiuser in that each user can have their own "area" within Drupal, or commingle to varying degrees in shared or public areas. WP (and WPMU) creates more standalone blogs, rather than communal ones. I don't think Drupal supports wildcard DNS mapping to individual blogs - that's one of the cooler features of WPMU. So, Drupal gives you one "site" (or you can host multiple unrelated sites from the same installation) and lets users co-publish stuff or maintain their own stuff, whatever they're comfortable with. Personally, I think WP and WPMU are awesome for individual blogging (and having a lot of people blogging) but Drupal is better at "communal" blogging, for projects etc... But, either one could be convinced to do just about anything... Drupal is multiuser in that each user can have their own “area” within Drupal, or commingle to varying degrees in shared or public areas. WP (and WPMU) creates more standalone blogs, rather than communal ones. I don’t think Drupal supports wildcard DNS mapping to individual blogs - that’s one of the cooler features of WPMU.

So, Drupal gives you one “site” (or you can host multiple unrelated sites from the same installation) and lets users co-publish stuff or maintain their own stuff, whatever they’re comfortable with.

Personally, I think WP and WPMU are awesome for individual blogging (and having a lot of people blogging) but Drupal is better at “communal” blogging, for projects etc… But, either one could be convinced to do just about anything…

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