Comments on: WPMU Blogs Directory? http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-194704 dnorman Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:26:56 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-194704 nothing yet. BuddyPress may offer some solutions to this, though. nothing yet. BuddyPress may offer some solutions to this, though.

]]> By: Persa http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-194703 Persa Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:19:30 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-194703 Have you been able to figure this out? I'm searching for an easy way to do it for our College. Have you been able to figure this out?
I’m searching for an easy way to do it for our College.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-184498 Daniel Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:40:12 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-184498 Yup. I taste some Drupal-Wordpress kool-aid, consumed straight out of the grail Cheers Daniel ;) Yup. I taste some Drupal-Wordpress kool-aid, consumed straight out of the grail

Cheers
Daniel ;)

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-142360 Jim Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:05:53 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-142360 Sorry about those trackback spams, I changed the options for all my test aggregator blogs out there. I have too many to track these days, which is becoming a problem. Sorry about those trackback spams, I changed the options for all my test aggregator blogs out there. I have too many to track these days, which is becoming a problem.

]]> By: Bill Fitzgerald http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141502 Bill Fitzgerald Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:41:10 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141502 Hello, D'Arcy, While I can't keep up with Jim's trackback spam ;) I wanted to send this your way: http://openacademic.org/news/aggregation-proof-of-concept Cheers, Bill Hello, D’Arcy,

While I can’t keep up with Jim’s trackback spam ;) I wanted to send this your way: http://openacademic.org/news/aggregation-proof-of-concept

Cheers,

Bill

]]> By: Administrative Faculty Theme » UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141405 Administrative Faculty Theme » UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:37:31 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141405 [...] was something Mr. Fitzgerald (I’ll appeal to his sense of formality) describes in his second comment on this thread that amounts to a more sophisticated interaction between these two applications that would utilize [...] [...] was something Mr. Fitzgerald (I’ll appeal to his sense of formality) describes in his second comment on this thread that amounts to a more sophisticated interaction between these two applications that would utilize [...]

]]> By: » UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… WPMu Ed http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141352 » UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… WPMu Ed Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:49:59 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141352 [...] power of RSS aggregation. All of which makes me think about a thread on a post D’Arcy Norman wrote recently about creating a blog directory for WordPress Multi-User wherein Bill Fitzgerald suggested how Drupal could be easily configured with views to offer this [...] [...] power of RSS aggregation. All of which makes me think about a thread on a post D’Arcy Norman wrote recently about creating a blog directory for WordPress Multi-User wherein Bill Fitzgerald suggested how Drupal could be easily configured with views to offer this [...]

]]> By: UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… at bavatuesdays http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141339 UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree… at bavatuesdays Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:13:39 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-141339 [...] power of RSS aggregation. All of which makes me think about a thread on a post D’Arcy Norman wrote recently about creating a blog directory for WordPress Multi-User wherein Bill Fitzgerald suggested how Drupal could be easily configured with views to offer this [...] [...] power of RSS aggregation. All of which makes me think about a thread on a post D’Arcy Norman wrote recently about creating a blog directory for WordPress Multi-User wherein Bill Fitzgerald suggested how Drupal could be easily configured with views to offer this [...]

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-140739 dnorman Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:04:21 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-140739 mmm... kool-aid... it comes down to picking the best tool for the job. want blogs? wordpress is the way to go. want a website or community space? drupal, all the way. of course, you can do either with each one, but they're predisposed to certain things. The OPML-fed aggregator/portal thingy is a bit like EduGlu, which still hasn't taken off 3 years later. but, it feels like we're getting closer. similar to brian's recent post lamenting the state of rss tools. it's been a long, slow trip, but I think we're starting to pick up momentum. or at least direction... mmm… kool-aid… it comes down to picking the best tool for the job. want blogs? wordpress is the way to go. want a website or community space? drupal, all the way. of course, you can do either with each one, but they’re predisposed to certain things. The OPML-fed aggregator/portal thingy is a bit like EduGlu, which still hasn’t taken off 3 years later.

but, it feels like we’re getting closer. similar to brian’s recent post lamenting the state of rss tools. it’s been a long, slow trip, but I think we’re starting to pick up momentum. or at least direction…

]]> By: Bill Fitzgerald http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-140719 Bill Fitzgerald Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:09:49 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/11/17/wpmu-blogs-directory/#comment-140719 RE: "everybody-blogs-in-a-communal-space place again, which isn’t working out too well…" -- this does seem to be the crux of it, now. Here's what I'm thinking: how is a flexible profile page different from a fully customizable blog? If one had the ability to change the basics (font color, bg color/image, page logo, and widgets for displaying content), what else would need to be added? The main difficulty in doing this in Drupal is that, in most cases, it is rarely a pure blogging platform -- content occurs in a variety of different contexts, and in many sites, these contexts are accompanied with their own UI, and most places aren't too keen on having users (ahh, those pesky users! always interfering with institutional imperatives!) override theme defaults. Which gets us back to the "everybody-blogs-in-a-communal-space place again, which isn’t working out too well…" With that said, the flexible user profiles are pretty simple, and with D6 will get even easier. That provides a flexible, customizable starting point for a user-defined "space." The more I think about it, though, the more I like the idea of an OPML feed coming out of a blog directory, and being fed into a searchable aggregator. Keep in mind that the feedapi allows for mapping of external tags into Drupal's core taxonomy, and that you can then slice those imported feeds up into new sections via views, and then expose that via an rss feed... Yup. I taste some Drupal-Wordpress kool-aid, consumed straight out of the grail :) Cheers, Bill RE: “everybody-blogs-in-a-communal-space place again, which isn’t working out too well…” — this does seem to be the crux of it, now.

Here’s what I’m thinking: how is a flexible profile page different from a fully customizable blog? If one had the ability to change the basics (font color, bg color/image, page logo, and widgets for displaying content), what else would need to be added?

The main difficulty in doing this in Drupal is that, in most cases, it is rarely a pure blogging platform — content occurs in a variety of different contexts, and in many sites, these contexts are accompanied with their own UI, and most places aren’t too keen on having users (ahh, those pesky users! always interfering with institutional imperatives!) override theme defaults. Which gets us back to the “everybody-blogs-in-a-communal-space place again, which isn’t working out too well…”

With that said, the flexible user profiles are pretty simple, and with D6 will get even easier. That provides a flexible, customizable starting point for a user-defined “space.”

The more I think about it, though, the more I like the idea of an OPML feed coming out of a blog directory, and being fed into a searchable aggregator. Keep in mind that the feedapi allows for mapping of external tags into Drupal’s core taxonomy, and that you can then slice those imported feeds up into new sections via views, and then expose that via an rss feed…

Yup. I taste some Drupal-Wordpress kool-aid, consumed straight out of the grail :)

Cheers,

Bill

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