Outside the Box

Outside the Box - Baseball-Reference.com

I've been twiddling with the new program that I'm working on and here is what I'm thinking. The blog will have a similar setup with few exceptions.

The new software creates new entry pages for all of the entries that I add to the page, so each Sheffield entry I did would have a new page. And these pages are in addition to the main page like what I have now. I have the option of including the reader comments on the main page or solely on the entry page.

I'm now thinking that placing the comments on another page is superior to how I have it now. It is a bit more organized. The main reason I liked this setup is that you could easily see if new comments were added, but the volume has grown that even this is hard to do. The new setup will state the number of comments and will sort them in reverse chronological order. It will also reduce instances of posts for other threads ending up on the wrong entry (A la Sheffield and Midsummer Classic ; -) ).

This isn't really set up to be a threaded discussion area, and the new setup will make discussion possible, but won't drown out my comments as is happening now.

Also, the pop-up form will be going away. I've tried implementing it with the new software and it is just too much of a hassle to get a pop up window, so there is a form on the discussion page where you will enter the comments. Also, the cookies remembering your e-mail and webpage will go away, so you'll have to re-enter that data each time. On the plus side, you will be able to preview comments and include some html tags into your comments, so pre-formatted text will now be possible (I think).

This is all a bit hypothetical now, but in a week it will become abundantly clear what I'm talking about.

Comments?