Some news about Jadoo Jadoo blog engine analysis Tuesday 01/02/07 04:13:56

Here are some news about the Jadoo blog engine ...

I updated the CSS file (2ko) and corrected some mistakes; now, all HTML/CSS tags are correctly used.
I updated the main script in order to link to Technocrati for all tags
I also updated the footer (= the side bar in the published page); it now includes the Technocrati search box
I added the blogroll. It's not showing links in random order like many other blog engines. But do we need that feature?

Some tasks still need to be done:

Recover all my previous posts and add them here (it will be in PHP since everything is still in the DB on this website)
To show previous posts, I am still wondering how it could be done. I want it to be fast and simple for the engine (no DB, remember?). And I want it to be simple and easy to navigate for the reader.
Correct the RSS file (1ko) by adding the content in it and see why it doesn't seem to work in most RSS feeds readers
Think about how people can send comments. For the moment, readers can't send comments. It's a feature, not a bug. And it's also like that in some other blog engines (like oddmuse but it uses "comment pages"). The vast majority of blog engines do include a comment tool. Do I you need it?

Although I didn't do an in-depth (Merise/UML) analysis of what a blog engine should do and how it should do it (programmatically), I can say a blog is a really easy to write, at least its most common tasks like publishing posts. Nearly everything else is static text added (could be dynamically updated with PHP if you want) and a CSS style sheet. That's why Jadoo can even work with non-PHP hosting plans. And you have a backup of all your posts, you don't need to worry about dumping a database, etc. :-)

Any further comment and/or advice are welcome (by e-mail).