I think a co-dev on this package could be really good, so it would a shame if the conversation was lost during the transition from the yahoo group, so here's a copy paste:
<strong>Niels Hartvig (umbraco) wrote:</strong>
It's a thrill to see all those umbraco blogs popping up, and I think we're
getting really close on a good blog package if we could collect all the tiny
adjustments from all of them.
Here's what is out now:
- The umbracoBlog package (lacks archive xslts and template/css
adjustments on Kubrick template, but has the basics as well as a technorati
pinger)
- The calendar (by PeterD ->
http://umbraco.bruunebonen.com/2006/5/8/calendar.aspx)
- Gravatar (by Daniel ->
http://weblog.151278.org/weblog/archive/2006/july/9th/gravatar-aware-comments.aspx)
Here's what I miss
- Ajax style category picker (it should be possible to add new blog
categories while writing a post instead of going into the datatype section)
- Trackback
- E-mail comments (a checkbox "Send me an e-mail if anyone comments
to my comment")
- Better installer with configuration (like setting up the
dashboard posting widget automatically and adding rss)
- More template/skin choises?
- Other?
I'm quite busy these weeks, but I'd love to help mentoring this project and
setup svn+bugtracking+campfire chats. So: Anyone up for a co-development
project to create the ultimate blog package for umbraco (I'll donate
"umbracoBlog - I made this!" t-shirts for the first three who contributes
*G*) ?
/n
<strong>Morten (sharpgis) replied:</strong>
What about:
-captcha-image in the comments-section to avoid spam-comments?
-Comments added to the RSS feed.
<strong>Darren ferguson replied:</strong>
Hi Everyone.
I had a mail form Kasper a week or so back who was interested in picking
up dev on this.
I am checking the enhancements that I made into SVN as we speak.
Before anyone picks this up and runs with it, please give me a day or so
to get my stuff in.
By the way. My requested feature is Atom API implementation, so you can
blog to photos from a mobile handset via flickr.
I am interested in doing some of the Atom myself.
Thanks.
Darren.
<strong>Daniel bjørnbakk replied:</strong>
I'm in!
As for categories,
My blog just use a textarea for categories - and when I publish a new post,
it goes trough the children in the categoriesFolder and if a tag is missing,
then it creates the new categoriesItem on-the-fly using actionHandlers.
Daniel
Umbracian Personal blog: Objects.dk