What about a Postnuke-style portal in which anyone may submit articles?
Portal software is available free in either perl or php, and some portal
programs are pretty easy to set up. I have heard that postnuke itself has
security issues, but have had geeklog http://www.geeklog.net/ recommended
to me. Geeklog refers to itsefl as a weblog system, but it has facilities
for people to sign up and create their own accounts and then submit stories
rather than having a limited number of authors. You can decide if articles
have to be approved prior to publication or if they come up as soon as they
are submitted. Geeklog does polls as well, and forums, etc.
Millie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [WDL] Poll: Should WDL switch from email to a blog?
> Nishant
>
> Thanks for this, and you echo my own feelings exactly. I do worry that the
> blogosphere is more confined than listservs, but am equally attracted by
the
> networked nature of the blog.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might practically overcome
> this? How might the combination you describe below work in practice?
>
> Best
> sue
>
>
>
> From: Nishant Shah <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Dear Sue,
> This mail comes at a very strange time. Strange because I am currently
> working with a friend on the functionality of UI and how it guides user
> behaviour and community formation online and we were only yesterday
> comparing the reasons why blogs are a better idea than mailing lists for
> conversations and discussions.
>
> I would strongly support us shifting to a blog - even if it is only for a
> short trial period and see if life is not easier with it. There are a few
> advantages that the blogs have over the mailing lists: The sense of
> belonging, the power of archiving, storage and navigation, customisation,
a
> more adequate representation of the self etc.However, the idea of a blog
> where only a few users are allowed to write the posts and the rest happen
in
> a discussion below the main post is not something very useful. The whole
> idea of a reading list was that anybody could spark of new discussions by
> creating new topics. Maybe a combination of the two - moderated blogging
and
> a free mailing list might be an ideal form of evolution.
>
> Just some thoughts
>
> Nishant
>
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