>[snip
I should be in bed - it's 2:32am here in Scotland! But I can't sleep
with so many cool ideas dancing around...
>What we need to do is find a way to tap into Radio's rush of excitement.
>That's the main reason that we released Blogger API support the other day
>(for example).
One of the ideas I'm toying with is a Radio/BloggerAPI 'reception'
weblog template.
It seems to me that Radio Themes are getting quite a bit of attention
(but that they are still flaky). But, and this is a big BUT, one
major issue I can foresee is the preponderance of hard-coded HTML in
the Userland templates. This is going to make it very awkward for
anyone to really give Radio, say, an XHTML compliant structure. But
I digress.
We know that one of the steepest learning curves for those of us
trying to become conversant with conversant is getting a handle on
templates and all the cool customisation. It's almost too powerful
B-} Some pre-prepared Radio/BloggerAPI 'reception' weblog
template(s) that emulated the look of sites hosted by Manila or
Blogger, etc., and that could be easily selected - perhaps during
site creation - would overcome the fear factor of such a powerful CMS.
I know that this sounds like Convresant is being dumbed down and
wouldn't show off it's true colours in such sites. But, if Manila or
Blogger users can see how easy it is initially to set up their sites
in FC, then they can explore under the hood and tap into the
potential bit by bit.
On the radio-userland list I'm starting to detect a growing number of
questions about replacing the Userland-supplied themes and the
issue(s) of integrating these into a the straight-jacket imposed by
the hard-wired HTML in the macros.
In fact, once I've had some sleep I think I'll get right on to
knocking together a simple(r) theme for
http://www.smeed.org/cruxial/
Signing off for the night,
Duncan
