PolarLava::Blog

I need to stop doing these little things and work on packaging a release!  But…I've added the ability to have a tagline in the sub-header area.  In my case, this would be the "Brainwork from the lava flow…" text you see above.

I've completed some necessary changes required to adequately utilize having multiple users on the blog.  This was a realization I had shortly after completing the user management. If you're going to have multiple users, you need to distinguish who posted what!

At the time I did the user management I was thinking of the longer term where someone could register and post comments more easily.  But I hadn't really thought about the mid-term of allowing multiple users to post to the blog.  It's a natural extension, thus a few changes to the entry table, the login process and a slew of changes to the add/edit/display functions and voilà, multi-user PolarBlog!

And the end result that you see?  Well, not much.  Just the "Posted by" line that you now see in the header of all of the posts.

I've completed the User Management module!  This allows you to add, edit or delete users.  I believe this is the last big chunk of required code that provides an important basic function of the system.  At this point I believe the system is pretty well feature complete for what will be V1.0.  A couple of additional small things may make it in, but basically the focus now will be on installation, PWL migration and documentation.

The PolarBlog development has slowed considerably and will likely remain low for the foreseeable future.  The weather is getting nicer and I've started cycling more as well as working around the house, spending time with the family, etc.

Since my last update I've done some more documentation and will likely be continuing with that next.  One new feature was added, that being the "Other Blogs" option.  This will allow you to list and link to other blogs you read.  I also reworked the configuration file to make it easier to add tags/tag sections and to turn various things on and off.  One thing I've been putting off is user management.  I'm still thinking through what I need to do with that more for future use than its current usage.  I'd say it's likely that this will be released as a single blogger system for V1.0.  The big coding at this point will be directed toward building and installation/PWL migration process…and getting it all documented too!

I've been mulling over my previous road map for PolarBlog development and decided it's not really the way I want to do things.  And the first manifestation of departing from the road map after V0.7, would be the new PolarBlog website!  The content there is currently lacking, but it's a start.  At this point I plan on focusing on documentation, release packaging and cleaning up/reworking the existing configuration framework.  The sooner I get these things done, the sooner I can invite others into the fold.