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This proposal makes many good points. If I were rewriting Wordpress, here's what I'd think of: - Seriously consider redesigning the logical layout of the softw

by tibbon 14y ago

This proposal makes many good points. If I were rewriting Wordpress, here's what I'd think of: - Seriously consider redesigning the logical layout of the software. Some sort of rough MVC-ish pattern would be a huge improvement over the 'loop' in Wordpress which is almost impossible to deal with. - I personally dislike PHP, but I do see its benefits in deployment. - Make it easy to make beautiful typographic layouts. There's a reason this 1-page wasn't done in Wordpress itself; it is almost impossible to make 'hand-crafted-web' looks in Wordpress without deep CSS and HTML diving. Great blog post layouts shouldn't be that hard. Not all content is the same.

wmeredith 14y ago
I'm pretty sure the, 'hand-crafted-web' look is going to require deep CSS and HTML diving anyway you slice it.
- tibbon 14y ago
  True. Perhaps a Wordpress varient would allow for per-post CSS files. I haven't touched WP in a few years; does it have the equivalent of the Rails Asset Pipeline yet?
  - wmeredith 14y ago
    I don't know much of anything about Rails. As for the per-post CSS files it would be easy to do with a Posts custom field. You could take text input (CSS) and spit it out in the header using a basic query on the current post.
    - jtallant 14y ago
      Splitting everything up like that also makes it a lot of fun when you want to redesign your site ;-)
  - photomatt 14y ago
    It's old but it still works fine, check out the Art Direction plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/art-direction/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/art-direction/
    - slouch 14y ago
      Does that banner* need to be in place if no one has voted "It's broken" for the latest version of WP? *This plugin hasn't been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
    - mokash 14y ago
      I think is a newer, more recently updated plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/per-post-scripts-and-styles/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/per-post-scripts-and-sty...

by tibbon 14y ago

wmeredith 14y ago

I'm pretty sure the, 'hand-crafted-web' look is going to require deep CSS and HTML diving anyway you slice it.

tibbon 14y ago
True. Perhaps a Wordpress varient would allow for per-post CSS files. I haven't touched WP in a few years; does it have the equivalent of the Rails Asset Pipeline yet?
- wmeredith 14y ago
  I don't know much of anything about Rails. As for the per-post CSS files it would be easy to do with a Posts custom field. You could take text input (CSS) and spit it out in the header using a basic query on the current post.
  - jtallant 14y ago
    Splitting everything up like that also makes it a lot of fun when you want to redesign your site ;-)
- photomatt 14y ago
  It's old but it still works fine, check out the Art Direction plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/art-direction/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/art-direction/
  - slouch 14y ago
    Does that banner* need to be in place if no one has voted "It's broken" for the latest version of WP? *This plugin hasn't been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
  - mokash 14y ago
    I think is a newer, more recently updated plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/per-post-scripts-and-styles/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/per-post-scripts-and-sty...