http://www.cocomment.com/comments/ScottFrangos Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-23T08:48:54.596+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1169961&comment_id=22941131 Scott Frangos Hello - While it may be too early to gauge what's coming based on the early leak of the new admin. interface, people can talk intelligently about what they have seen, compared with other WP admin. functionality in plugins like "Tiger" (http://orderedlist.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-tiger-administration/), MyDashboard (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mydashboard/) and the complete redesign work done by the "Shuttle" team at BrokenKode.com (see detailed screenshots at: http://brokenkode.com/shuttle) C'mon, Matt... telling your core, power users -- who have tried and reviewed other interfaces -- that it's "too early to comment" AFTER your early revisions leak out doesn't seem very respectful. It is reactive, rather than proactive, at best. Why not poll what users have liked and disliked in the different admin. revision plugins, and the Shuttle interface? - Scott 2008-01-04T18:57:06.987+01:00 2008-01-04T18:57:06.987+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1161197&comment_id=22758816 Scott Frangos Hey... careful what you wish for. I took a Google peak at blogging in D.C., and found out that a lot of Congressmen have blogs -- one that came up #4 in my search, Mike Conway's Blog has archives going back to 2005. His blog includes a post by an intern that in part reads, "There is an energy that flows through DC that is intoxicating and takes over your body and your mind." And that energy seems to be finding its way into Blogs, and thus Content Marketing. - Scott 2007-12-27T18:50:35.173+01:00 2007-12-27T18:50:35.173+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1150828&comment_id=22669564 Scott Frangos Hi Tom - I did a comparison of Shift This to WordPress Mailing list (see: http://tribulant.com/products/view/1/wordpress-mailing-list.html)... and I like the second one much better... so next time you're looking for a newsletter, you might try it. Scott 2007-12-20T19:16:40.114+01:00 2007-12-20T19:16:40.114+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1150828&comment_id=22639859 Scott Frangos Hi Tom - Great blog and post. Glad I found it (Googled you) -- will be subscribing. I enjoyed the list of plugins at the end of your article. Found a couple I didn't know about. Have used ShiftThis Newsletter and wrote a comparison of it to a close competitor (also paid): http://webhelpermagazine.com/2007/10/testing-wordpress-newsletters/ Finally... you may want to drop by, vote, comment on the plugin list at WebMaster-Talk.com (I started the thread with 10 favorites): http://www.webmaster-talk.com/blogging-forum/112970-wordpress-plugins-you-have-to-love.html Yours, Scott 2007-12-18T00:33:24.300+01:00 2007-12-18T00:33:24.300+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1094530&comment_id=22227639 Scott Frangos Hi BlogSolid & All - Some excellent points here, and you raise what I would call the "publisher's callenge," that is, how to balance valuable content with the need for revenue. This assumes that you wish to be paid for your time. I don't think "money" kills blog design. I think that the expected placement of ads in a position (top right for example) limits one, and only one, element of a blog's design. Nothing really dies, though, does it? There is still much good design shown in the examples you provided -- in the other graphic elements of each blog. Also, blog design is both a science and an art -- and the art part is always a matter of taste and some debate. For example, most designers agree that "reverse type" (light type on a dark background) is harder to read -- but you have chosen to use it here. Why did you violate this functional goal? Form should follow function, after all. And if the primary function of a blog is to be read -- then your choice is up for criticism. If another function of a blog is to provide revenue for its publisher, as some posters here have noted, then the form of the blog must be shaped for successful achievement of that goal. The trick is to juggle a number of choices as you conduct the symphony of design, writing, and advertising in your publishing "orchestra." Opinions will vary. In the end each publisher will have to judge for themselves how well a blog's mission has been met. Regards - Scott 2007-11-15T03:07:09.393+01:00 2007-11-15T03:07:09.393+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1094530&comment_id=22212426 Scott Frangos Hi BlogSolid & All - Some excellent points here, and you raise what I would call the "publisher's callenge," that is, how to balance valuable content with the need for revenue. This assumes that you wish to be paid for your time. I don't think "money" kills blog design. I think that the expected placement of ads in a position (top right for example) limits one, and only one, element of a blog's design. Nothing really dies, though, does it? There is still much good design shown in the examples you provided -- in the other graphic elements of each blog. Also, blog design is both a science and an art -- and the art part is always a matter of taste and some debate. For example, most designers agree that "reverse type" (light type on a dark background) is harder to read -- but you have chosen to use it here. Why did you violate this functional goal? Form should follow function, after all. And if the primary function of a blog is to be read -- then your choice is up for criticism. If another function of a blog is to provide revenue for its publisher, as some posters here have noted, then the form of the blog must be shaped for successful achievement of that goal. The trick is to juggle a number of choices as you conduct the symphony of design, writing, and advertising in your publishing "orchestra." Opinions will vary. In the end each publisher will have to judge for themselves how well a blog's mission has been met. Regards - Scott 2007-11-13T20:20:10.569+01:00 2007-11-13T20:20:10.569+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=ScottFrangos&conv=1102947&comment_id=22204509 Scott Frangos Here goes the test 2007-11-12T23:27:14.639+01:00 2007-11-12T23:27:14.639+01:00