Luke Wroblewski, has posted some interesting entries on his blog, Functioning Form discussing the idea of Continuums. Ultimately the idea comes down to providing the user a way to track a single topic or discussion as it continues to evolve, no matter what page they entered it from. This idea is simple in concept, but not necessarily easy to implement and maintain in a way that is immediately understandable and usable by the average user. I’ve struggled with the same need myself, as I have many entries that cross the categories I use on this site, but may well be related to, or a direct descendant of an earlier post. I am still searching for the best way to implement the idea within WordPress, the content management system I use for this site. The hard part is finding a way to create the bi-directional links easily, or even better, automatically.
Well, once I figure it out, I’ll be sure to post about it, and I’ll be sure that this entry links to that post. ;)
Luke’s posts:
- The Rebirth of the End of the World - The time has come for Apocalyptic Dreaming to rise from the pitiful state that it has devolved into. Running for years with an old design...
- Favatars, WordPress and Me - A while back, I posted about implementing Favatars on this site. While I ran into many small issues, I was relatively happy with the feature....
- Wordpress Gallery2 - Wordpress Gallery2 - Just a quick self-reminder that this exists - perhaps to be used on this site. "WPG2 is a Wordpress Plug-in that embeds...
- Redesign ‘007 - Redesign '007 has hit the site, it's first form known as Ashes. In time I plan to add its alter-ego, Frost. For now though, let...
- Disabling Google’s Autolink Functionality - A recent post by Jeffrey Zeldman alerted me to the fact that Google's new IE toolbar inserts links into Web sites. While the idea sounds...
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