Comments on: Of Weblogs and Wikis http://warpedvisions.org/2005/02/26/of-weblogs-and-wikis/ A technical tumblelog of links and articles on programming, design, and other geek interests Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:07:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Allen Pike http://warpedvisions.org/2005/02/26/of-weblogs-and-wikis/#comment-223 Allen Pike Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:55:13 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/archives/2005/02/26/of-weblogs-and-wikis/#comment-223 <p>The problem you're having seems to be that most people are building something that is either in the context of time or subject. You're building something that more or less both.</p> <p>For updates on the status of Engineering Faith, the key needs are to keep people interested in the project, get timely feedback, etc. This content is all about articles and not really about pages, since its context is time. Blog good.</p> <p>On the other hand, the Engineering Faith Help system is all about pages, since its context is subject. The goal is to inform people about what they want to know, and encourage them to research other things. Wiki good.</p> <p>So what about Blog + Categories? Dave Shea's CSS Category listing on his mezzoblue blog has a higher pagerank than either of our websites' homepages. Jakob Neilsen's archives aren't even categorized, but he gets more than half his traffic to them. Categories can work, but blog software treats old posts as archived, with URLs based on date and obscure editing facilities.</p> <p>It seems to me that a blog with wiki editing and linking would work better for you than a wiki with a blog view.</p> The problem you’re having seems to be that most people are building something that is either in the context of time or subject. You’re building something that more or less both.

For updates on the status of Engineering Faith, the key needs are to keep people interested in the project, get timely feedback, etc. This content is all about articles and not really about pages, since its context is time. Blog good.

On the other hand, the Engineering Faith Help system is all about pages, since its context is subject. The goal is to inform people about what they want to know, and encourage them to research other things. Wiki good.

So what about Blog + Categories? Dave Shea’s CSS Category listing on his mezzoblue blog has a higher pagerank than either of our websites’ homepages. Jakob Neilsen’s archives aren’t even categorized, but he gets more than half his traffic to them. Categories can work, but blog software treats old posts as archived, with URLs based on date and obscure editing facilities.

It seems to me that a blog with wiki editing and linking would work better for you than a wiki with a blog view.

]]> By: Steven Fisher http://warpedvisions.org/2005/02/26/of-weblogs-and-wikis/#comment-220 Steven Fisher Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:23:08 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/archives/2005/02/26/of-weblogs-and-wikis/#comment-220 <p>I'm running into the same problem for another web site. I've been looking at using WordPress 1.5 (which moves a little in this direction, but not as far as you or I would like).</p> I’m running into the same problem for another web site. I’ve been looking at using WordPress 1.5 (which moves a little in this direction, but not as far as you or I would like).

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