As we browse through various wikis here at Wikidot we can clearly see there is great demand for tools to create blogs. Although Wikidot was not designed with blogs in mind (at least not in the very beginning), many authors have found various ways to do blogging after all — either by using forums we provide or by creating pages for each new blog post. So far however there has been no clear nor recommended way of blogging on Wikidot.
So, we have decided to create tools that would help you blog. There is a quick proposal that lists things that would constitute a useful set of blogging features. (Your are welcome to add your comments!)
We have already completed the live templates that allow one to define custom page layout for chosen categories by creating special _template pages.
Last week we have introduced the ListPages module which takes a lot of select criteria (tags, categories, dates…) and can list pages in a custom format — e.g. as a list, a blog-like summary and many others.
From now we will try to stick to the "one week - one new feature or improvement" rule which mean new stuff should be introduced every week from now. In the near future you can expect more work towards the mentioned blogging platform and a Wikidot-wide system of user karma.
Stay tuned!
The Wikidot Team
Michał Frąckowiak @ Wikidot Inc.
Visit my blog at michalf.me
