Specifications

Issues

http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10400&status=1

• Layout Suggestions:
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-32 (Displaying blog-specific panels on the left of the screen in the Blog space)

• Layout Bugs:
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-25 (Entering a category with a very long name completely breaks the layout)
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-29 (Layout issue when blog article has long content in IE6)
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-27 (Article date not displayed properly in IE6)

• Usability issues:
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-26 (Blog.Categories looks weird for newbies)
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XABLOG-8 (Publishing at a future date is not clear)

Proposal

1. default blog article
   • in view / published mode
   • in edit mode
   • in hidden mode
   • in unpublished mode
2.  blog homepage
   • in view mode
   • in edition mode
3. blog administration
   • categories
   • wiki administration

Requirements

• needs to be easy to skin for customer projects;
• use point of view:
  • creating a new blog in my wiki
  • creating a new post
  • publishing a post
  • using blog categories

Suggestions

The blog is a typical XWiki application:

• It requires a creation form to create new articles
• It lists existing items with a custom display
• A blog post has its specific page with a custom look
• Blog posts can be edited as forms (inline mode)

Stuff to improve

• Creating a new blog post
            o Step 1 -> create the page
            o Step 2 -> fill in the fields
• Edit / view a blog post
            o Look of the blog post page

Other

Wordpress usability testing report: http://wpdotorg.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/wp-testreport-205-crazyhorse-1028a08jw.pdf