looBlogs - Journal/blog system I am developing
 

After much thought I have decided to re-open development on my journal add on, because gold is here and I have some new idea's I am expanding the hack itself :)

This hack will be released to the public soon in beta testing form, you will be allowed to run it with limited support, everything will not be added at first
so some might choose to wait. While I do plan on writting importers at some time they will not be added until after stable status.

This hack will require mysql 4, and probbly a late version of php 4


User Blogs-

- Show users buddys
- Show users latest forum posts
- Show users latest journal entrys
- User news box (allows user to post important news in their blogs)
- Show the user's buddys latest journal entrys
- User hot downloads box - based on attachments, allows users to serv files


Journal Entrys-

- All postbit functions from postbit area's in threads
- Now playing
- Mood
- Number of comments/last comment
- Paging
- Entry Folders/Sub entrys (for multiple entrys per day/week, so one day of alot of entrys dose not push older ones down the page as fast)
- Important entrys (act like sticky threads)
- Buddy entrys (allow you to restrict viewing to buddies)
- lock down entrys (allow you to have private entrys)
- Full comment system so others can reply to your entry
- Friend mods (you can assign friends on the board to help moderate/manage comments)

Posting/editing journal entrys-
- WYSIWYG editor
- Smilies
- Post icons
- mood's (in drop down or input box)
- Now playing (in input box)
- Can view list (allows you to give certain members viewing permessions for private/buddy entrys)

Manging news-

- all options from entrys as listed above

Usercp-

-- Journal permissions page
- Ban list (ban certain members from your blog)
- on/off switches for all blog options (listed in User blogs above)
- Make journal private/for buddies only on a global scale
- Add friend mods (input box)

-- File server

- Probbly will add a switch to the attachment manager to add certain files to this list

-- Web links

- Page will allow you to add links with descriptions, more on this later


Usergroup/access mask Permissions-

- Allow user to open journal (yes/no)
- Allow user to post new entrys (yes/no)
- Allow user to post comments in other memebers entrys (yes/no)
- Allow user to lockout admins (yes/no)
- Allow user to lockout mods (yes/no)
- Allow user to have friend-mods (yes/no)
- Allow user to have web-links (yes/no)
- Allow user to post private entrys (yes/no)
- Allow user to post buddy entrys (yes/no)
- Allow user to post important entrys (yes/no)

Stuff I know needs to go in but wont make it in for some time:

- Allow members to change the GUI of their blogs
- Import scripts
- Searching


So got anything you want to see added? Let me know :)

I was just looking at a seperate blog system (not vb related) that has the option of posting your entry to your existing livejournal blog as well. Seems like a brilliant way to get people to adopt your system while not giving up their lj.

Link? :)

<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/10/3475" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/10/3475</a>

Would it be possible to have categories of journals? Or multiple instances of this journal install?

Purpose: To allow more than one type of journal. Users can choose which "journal" they wish to post their entry.

For example:
Blogs
Sales Updates
Short Stories
Homework Assignments
Travel Reports
Whatever

Multiple journals on the same board would require that admins are able to name them, grant permissions for each, and go crazy with all the possibilites!

Also, could all of the things like "ratings" or "mood" (the things that IMHO may not be appropriate in all types of journals) be OPTIONAL by the admin?

My hope is that this journal will be able to accomodate businesses as welll as the less formal types of boards.

Thank you, Brad.loo, for being willing to tackle this again! :)

okay, you've kicked the journal i was going to make's ass right to the moon and back simply with that feature list

would be very interested in this

I would too, but a possible addon feature i have for you would be to allow the user to specify a RSS feed and get journal/blog info from somewhere else, just an idea.

Can't wait. :) Any firm dates?

I know you're busy, but have you made any progress with this so far?

Thanks