Comments on: indica 2.0 http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/ I'm a Sri Lankan American Canadian graduate trying to make something of myself in Colombo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Step Machine http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/comment-page-1/#comment-241499 Step Machine Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:12:28 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=530#comment-241499 Be not indignant that you cannot create others as you desire them to be, since you cannot prevail upon yourself as you long to be Be not indignant that you cannot create others as you desire them to be, since you cannot prevail upon yourself as you long to be

]]> By: Prabhath http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/comment-page-1/#comment-17717 Prabhath Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:54:46 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=530#comment-17717 Google Ads - that's new right? BTW, Don't buy an IBM. Go for a Dell Precision. Google Ads – that’s new right?

BTW, Don’t buy an IBM. Go for a Dell Precision.

]]> By: Prabhath http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/comment-page-1/#comment-17685 Prabhath Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:00:59 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=530#comment-17685 If you can make Freebase happen, I think it would be one of the most useful plugins for people who use it as a CMS (not just as a blog tool). I would love to contribute to such a project, but programming is not exactly my league. However, if you're interested, I think we'll be able to get some guys from Vesess to assist. If you can make Freebase happen, I think it would be one of the most useful plugins for people who use it as a CMS (not just as a blog tool). I would love to contribute to such a project, but programming is not exactly my league. However, if you’re interested, I think we’ll be able to get some guys from Vesess to assist.

]]> By: indi http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/comment-page-1/#comment-17684 indi Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:55:56 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=530#comment-17684 Freebase isn't anything really, just an idea. I want make Wordpress capable of handling database management, where you can set your own fields. Descriptions of Vocational Courses, for example. There are like 8 fields (location, cost, etc), and it'd be nice if people could leave comments. The options I 've found are 1. Copy the table directly in from Excel. Works OK, and not hard to update. However, it's not especially searchable and I can't add comments cause each entry is just HTML, not a database-driven post. It's basically not scalable. 2. Use Structured Blogging (structuredblogging.org). These lets me hack in fields like cost, rating etc. However, it outputs as XML, which leaves out some of the benefits of using a database - like advanced search. 3. Use Custom Fields. This is what I'm working on. There's a plugin to draw out Custom Fields, the only problem is getting a user interface where the same custom fields will appear every time. That is, you'd have access to 'Write Post', 'Write Page', 'Write Course' and 'Write Institution'. Write Post gives you 'excerpt', 'content', category, etc. Write Course would give you 'name', 'cost', location, etc. Dunno if these makes sense, and I don't actually know enough code to do it. Something like it would enable WP to be used for any type of data beyond blogs - classifieds, retail listings, hotels, etc. Freebase isn’t anything really, just an idea. I want make WordPress capable of handling database management, where you can set your own fields. Descriptions of Vocational Courses, for example. There are like 8 fields (location, cost, etc), and it’d be nice if people could leave comments. The options I ‘ve found are

1. Copy the table directly in from Excel. Works OK, and not hard to update. However, it’s not especially searchable and I can’t add comments cause each entry is just HTML, not a database-driven post. It’s basically not scalable.

2. Use Structured Blogging (structuredblogging.org). These lets me hack in fields like cost, rating etc. However, it outputs as XML, which leaves out some of the benefits of using a database – like advanced search.

3. Use Custom Fields. This is what I’m working on. There’s a plugin to draw out Custom Fields, the only problem is getting a user interface where the same custom fields will appear every time. That is, you’d have access to ‘Write Post’, ‘Write Page’, ‘Write Course’ and ‘Write Institution’. Write Post gives you ‘excerpt’, ‘content’, category, etc. Write Course would give you ‘name’, ‘cost’, location, etc.

Dunno if these makes sense, and I don’t actually know enough code to do it. Something like it would enable WP to be used for any type of data beyond blogs – classifieds, retail listings, hotels, etc.

]]> By: Prabhath http://indi.ca/2005/07/indica-20/comment-page-1/#comment-17682 Prabhath Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:06:45 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=530#comment-17682 Interesting set of tools you're using here, and for the projects. Wonder what that Freebase thing is - a WP plugin? Interesting set of tools you’re using here, and for the projects. Wonder what that Freebase thing is – a WP plugin?

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