Hand Rolled Blog

ranjan · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2003, 08:14 AM

I am building a blogging appication from ground up using Dreamweaver and ASP. Currtently I have a few basic features.

One of its unique features is that you can use Dreamweaver MX as your blog editor and post from within Dreamweaver.

What are the more advanced features that one requires in a blog application?

The Blog : http://www.ranjan.ws

jmcbride · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2003, 01:46 PM

Right now I am using Web Wiz Site News on my site, mejoe.com which I definitely have some qualms with. Here is what I would most like to see:

XML Sydication
Web Based administration (who works at one computer anymore?)
Easy file upload from Web based admin
You mentioned Dreamweaver, are you not going to use a database? You definitely need a db
Configurable categories (I don't post on the same topic everyday!)
Code that makes it easy to include your blog on various pages (via an include file or function)
XHTML and WCAG compliant code

Not too long, right? ASP is defintely lacking in a good Blogging tool as there are some great ones out there in PERL and PHP, as well as other languages.

Best of luck and keep me updated on the progress. I would love to help code or beta test - time pending of course though.

Joe McBride

ranjan · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2003, 03:23 PM

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XML Sydication

Currently has RSS 2.0 Syndication. Still need XML? If so why?

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Web Based administration (who works at one computer anymore?)

Yes, Available

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Easy file upload from Web based admin

Yes, Available

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You mentioned Dreamweaver, are you not going to use a database? You definitely need a db

Currently runs on Access 2000 DB, can be ported to MS SQL

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Code that makes it easy to include your blog on various pages (via an include file or function)

Within your own domain or on a any domain. If "any domain", whats wrong with RSS Syndication, already present?

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XHTML and WCAG compliant code

Currently HTML Strict, So XHTML version will be easy to shift to. Currently Section 508 compliant, Will work on WCAG - AAA conformance

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jestersi · #4 (**permalink**) 11-05-2003, 04:17 PM

I've developed many advanced CMS/Blog facilities, I was even briefly involved in the Tiki/Wiki project on source forge. Of all the technologies out ther ASP .NET Perl C/C++, PHP is the best and perl is second for web development. ASP has so many drawbacks like it can only be used on an IIS server. And since the majority of the serious web hosting companys out there use Apache on Linux this really limits your application. There's hundreds of free blog code on sourceforge and freshmeat.

Don't get me started on the glorrified flat file they call an Access Database.

Here's a free tip use HTMLArea off of sourceforge as your blog editor. Believe me this tool rocks compared to anyother javascript based html editor. Because there aren't really any others. And not everybody can write html and not everybody has dreamweaver.