Argh
Again I’m at a point where I want to change the underlying system of my blog. I’ve felt from the beginning that this was just not “stable” enough for my needs. It would work at first, but then knowing myself I knew I would want a more complex structure than just a linear list of blog posts.
I think I’ve found a system that I could use, but I wouldn’t be able to edit it online. Check out TiddlyWiki. I know there are other wiki stuff out there which probably would work as well, as well as online, and I will look around for that. I don’t have my own server so I’ll have to find something that is compatible with my web hotel. Something I like with Tiddly is that it’s… very simple and slick. A standard wikipedia-style wiki feels dry, to me.
What is REALLY good with a wiki is that I can very easily change how I want to present the blog without having to know much html or any behind-the-scenes tweaking. I can also create what I have wanted a long time – sub blogs. Branches, not just one huge unmanagable blog. And don’t get me started on “tags clouds” and “categories” or whatever…
I mean, the “Barefoot Journals” was an attempt at a sub-blog, which I knew would become unmanagable. Once I have too many entries in it, it won’t work well. I also have to go in and tweak in html-code every time I try to add something just so that I get that clickable table of content list. With a wiki, I can design each page better, and using Tiddly the reader will be able to navigate much more easily.
I just have to make sure to somehow make my permalinks to the old blog point to a new system, if possible. Some day…
Anyhow. A new sub-post to the Barefoot Journal thing today and yesterday. I love that spring is finally here!
