even more FYI
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 02:37PM As I was setting up the Kitchen Sinkist Project page, I came to the realization that I can create a Member's Section on The Landscapist. What that means is this -
In order to create the KSP page and give participants full editing capability (in that password-protected section only), I had to upgrade to the most expensive package Squarespace has to offer. This package allowed me to add "editors" and create "permissions" for those editors to edit - create journal entries - in specific areas (modules) on The Landscapist. It also increased my photo storage space and my bandwidth allowance in order to handle the extra load.
So now I have capabilities that I can use in various ways. One way being a Members Section - a module that allows "members" to post photos and get feedback (comments). This module would be separate from my Journal in the same manner as the KSP module is. Member entries would be by date but, within the module, there would be Journal Categories organized by member name. Clicking on a name would go to a page of just that member's entries.
Membership would be by invitation and/or my review of membership requests. I have no desire to have a Member's Section with a zillion members.
I am in no way trying to turn this into a member site. Any visitor to The Landscapist would still have full access to the entire blog and full commenting capability on all journal entries (mine and members) - they just wouldn't be able to post photos/journal entries.
And, here's the catch, there would be a modest - $20-25.00 US - annual fee to defray the cost of even more storage space and bandwidth.
Once again, let me repeat, I have no desire or intent to create a members site - I just have additional capabilities now that could be put to fun use.
What do you think? Please let me know what you think. I am not going to do this unless you out there want this capability on The Landscapist.
Reader Comments (4)
If I am invited, I will come. Sounds like a field of dreams line.
The idea is interesting Mark. The module aspect of it, keeping it separate from your journal, makes it workable I think. It'd be a great gathering place, sort of a hub, to keep seeing some good and varied photography. I'm a little uncertain about the fee but I can understand how it could get expensive for you to maintain. Maybe a trial basis would be prudent to see if it'd work.
Hey Mark, just a general suggestion for the blog: it would be nice if you had a list of recent comments displayed on the sidebar main page; it would be easier than looking through the all the posts to see if someone has commented (especially given that the kitchen sink is on a separate page). Most blog publishing systems have a mechanism built in to support this.
Mark, I'm still trying to figure out how this would work. I think you have struck a chord w/ the "Sinkist" project, and it's showing off the Squarespace software well. But as one who doesn't spend much time updating online material, what sorts of features would be offered here that I might not find at other photo sites i.e. flickr or snapfish - neither of which I really know? Despite my hesitancy, I'm definitely interested.