Geeklog

I am wondering if anyone can tell me what the advantages are to having both a discussion area and a blog with comment capability area.

Aren't they basically the same thing?

I was impressed with how squatty integrated phpBB into blocks on his main geeklog site.

Can anyone think of reasons why a site operator couldn't use a product like phpBB instead of the blogging that is included with geeklog?

Certain phpBB articles could till be posted on the GL main page, like squatty did.

The main reason I can think of for combining them is that you have all your articles (postings) and comments (discussions) in the same place, which would make maintainence easier, and searching easier.

Anyone with ideas on either side of this?

I recently ran across a drop in html WYSIWYG editor that works well with Geeklog.  It is free and distributed by interactivetools.com.  It only works with Windows IE 5.5 or better, but degrades to the normal textarea with other browsers.  You can see it in action at gplugs by submitting a story or comment.

It is a full featured editor controlling formating, fonts, colors, images, and tables.  It even has a full screen option.

It is easy to install only requiring a simple addition to a few theme templates.  I have put together a modified package (modified to work with some Geeklog themes) with installation instructions.  You can get it from the gplugs downloads section or directly here.

Enjoy

TomW

About 1.5 weeks ago, someone asked how to make his GL site more google friendly. Here are their own published guidelines on how to do that. I also visited a few webmaster forums. In those, others said Google will penalize your site if you use the illicit practices pointed out in their guidelines. Although getting links to your site are important, they also recommended staying far away from any programs or sites which specialize in reciprocal links. Many of the participants in these end up getting penalized.