Hi Steve,
Speaking as a webmaster and a reader of blogs I would say the most
important features of any blog would be the following
1. Easy access to archive (providing a calendar somewhere near the main
body of text with clickable links to each day)
2. Bot searchable text, possibly an option for each blog created could
be the option for the Bot to be public or private? (password accessed
only) This would help drive search engines to the community, as blogs
are becoming a much more 'respected' source of first hand opinion, SE's
like Google and Ask for example give you the option to search solely for
Blogs, also there are a number or specialist search engines that search
just blogs.
3. Accessible and 'all browser compatible'
Those are the first things that come to mind, all pretty obvious to web
developers but not always, I am sure people will think of more things
that I have missed out after reading this!
A few good examples of a 'lite blog' would be the incorporated blog tool
within MySpace pages, Livejournal provides a very good minimal blog for
free (features can be upgraded).
Hope that was helpful!
Cheers,
Chris Gower
Chris Gower
Learning Centre Assistan
ALLC
01392 205465 / 205536
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I had developed a web tool for the creation of small (and standards
compliant, javascript free, accessible) online communities.
I want to incorporate a blog into the system which is simple but not
entirely lacking in "features".
What would you say are the "must haves" for a blog tool?
Thanks, in anticipation...
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