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gRegor Nucleus PhD  Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 715 Location: Indianapolis, IN USA |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:10 am Post subject: Suggested updates to the "Features" page
So I was thinking recently that the "Features" page could use some updating. Some of the wording didn't have quite the right professional sound (just my opinion). Some other changes were small, such as using "blog" instead of "weblog" (it's 2011, everyone calls them "blogs"  ) I took a crack at updating the page, including taking some cues from Wordpress's Features page.
A more bold edit was removing the list of plugins at the bottom. Similar to my inline comments below about maintaining a software list, I wasn't sure if we wanted to actually include specific plugins on the Features page. I think if we do, we should clean up how it's written and include links to each plugin. And they should be the "best of the best" plugins - well-tested, etc. Thoughts? Additions?
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ftruscot Nucleus Guru  Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 7449 Location: Massachusetts |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:04 am Post subject:
I'm happy you are tackling this. That is good content to freshen. One thing I think we should change are the minimum requirements. We don't officially support PHP4 anymore (though I don't think we've excluded it yet. Also, I'm not sure we're actively trying to support mysql3, either. Maybe we should draw a line in the sand. You are probably right about listing plugins. Maybe just a link to the two main repositories (english and japanese)? In the Fully Customizable section maybe add something about the existence of over NN+ ready to use skins? Not sure what the actual number is now. _________________ Is your question not solved yet? Search our FAQ, read the Documentation, or browse the list of available plugins. Check out my plugins |
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WillyP Nucleus Guru  Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 770 Location: Pembroke, NH |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject:
How about something like 'see the list of plugins here:' (with a link to the plugins list wiki page, of course). _________________ My Skins | Suncook Carpentry |
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TCC Nucleus Addict Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 70 Location: USA |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject:
This is really good. I agree that it make sense to delete the list of plugins at the very bottom, moving some of the wording up into the plugin heading and linking to the wiki near the top of the page and under the plugin heading. Fancy URLs are implemented through a plugin; why list them under core features? Also, the words blog, custom, plugin and blog site seem to be heavily searched terms that could be worked through the copy. Fully customizable, lightweight, extendable through plugins and multiple blogs on the same install are four huge features. Can they be listed at the top? A suggestion is written below: Fully customizable Customize your website or blog according to your design vision using Nucleus skin and template systems, as well as through your implementation of HTML, CSS, PHP and/or JS. This means that your website or blog will appear based on how you implement your concept, not how a system requires. Additionally, the language used in the administration area can be easily changed. Lightweight The Nucleus Core is designed to be a lightweight tool that can be easily extended for different purposes through the use of plugins [link to wiki]. You control the features that go into your website or blog. Less disk space is used on your server. And your pages load faster. Plugins Extend the core features of Nucleus to do almost anything you desire with easily installed plugins [link to wiki]. Some plugins include search-engine-friendly URLs, a state-of-the-art text editor, an events calendar, printer-friendly options, podcasting and much more. For developers, the plugin API is robust. Add features while keeping the core software lean and efficient. Multiple blogs in one installation Nucleus allows you to set up multiple blogs on the same installation. You can even display the contents of multiple blogs on the same page. |
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ftruscot Nucleus Guru Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 7449 Location: Massachusetts |
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject:
Great points, TCC. Just one note about Fancy URLs. They are available in the core in the format described in the text. FancierURL2 is a plugin that gives fancier fancy urls (that make use of concatenating item titles, etc...), as is CustomURL a plugin that gives customizable urls per item (set manually per item, or given name like item_45 and pages have .html extension). So, I would leave that text as it is because it is accurate, but maybe add a sentence that states that other URL schemes are available through plugins. _________________ Is your question not solved yet? Search our FAQ, read the Documentation, or browse the list of available plugins. Check out my plugins |
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TCC Nucleus Addict Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 70 Location: USA |
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:17 am Post subject:
Now the Activate Fancy URLs global setting makes sense. I hadn't connected those dots before now. Thank you. |
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