robotim.net: Outlining Site Improvements

Outlining Site Improvements • 09/22/07

Filed: My Comrade •

Editorial Meeting with Les Simpson, Editor-in-Chief
9/21/07

Short term projects

Buy and read Textpattern book.
Redirect old blog URL to new one. Update old blog banner with new blog URL so people can easily get there if they find an old blog post from an internet search.
On individual articles, put prev/next navigation at the top of the article just below the title. Remove “Filed Under” and at the bottom of the article, output categories as “See Related Articles.”
The “editor” page from the old site should redirect to new site. Redirect other old pages that are found through search results.
Statistics report: which parts of the site are getting more visits than others? Check gallery page stats.

Long Term projects

Improve back-end usability for Les. Can there be more than 2 categories per article? Can the images details page display their URL and current dimensions? Can we dynamically manipulate images in the backend? How can we get image info while writing an article without leaving the page?
Use a versioning system for making changes to the web site so I can easily go back and fix things that I break. Because I have broken things before.
Install and customize a shopping cart system.
Find a way to streamline the gallery process. Right now there are too many steps needed to create and manage gallery images.
Install a mailing list management system, perhaps one line Mailman.
Add subtle animations. Make the comment box expand when you click to comment.
Click to email article: create a way for users to do this. Animate like comment box.
How do we alter comment dates after they have been created?