Untitled Blog Project

[Melooon]

Hello! Iv decided to start slow work on a new blogging zone for MelonLand and I though Id log its progress here so people can provide feedback and get updates!

Here are the key plans so far:

• All MelonLand members will be able to make a blog.
• Blogs will allow you to create unlimited blog books (basically sub-blogs)
• You will be able to create libraries of your favorite blog books, created by you or others.
• Blogs can be chronological (story book format) or reverse chronological (latest post first format), or scrapbook (no order format)
• At some point is may be possible to collaborate on blogs.
• Blogs will use the forums editor, supporting BBCode and all emotes and animations.
• Comic blogs will be possible at some point (e.g. you can upload images instead of writing pages)
• All blog books will generate their own RSS feeds.
• There will be a super blog feed that displays all the latest blog posts from everyone.
• All blog books can be embed in your site.
• Blogs can be downloaded as e-books.
• Each blog and blog book will support custom CSS.

There is no actual schedule for this project, but the basic work is currently underway!

EDIT: Some additional ideas for blog book options:

• Moon and Sun blogs (only viewable during the day or night)
• Password lock blogs
• Forum Buddy Blogs

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

Sounds both ambitious and great.
Do you plan to use the boards database for the blogs?

[larvapuppy]

This sounds like an amazing plan! I can't wait to start writing my own little blog! 

[Melooon]

Do you plan to use the boards database for the blogs

In the sense that it will run on the same database server yes, but it would be a separate database on that server. It would pull info like your username and login verification etc from the forum via an API, which is a little more secure!

[glitterpigeon]

this is very exciting to me, I would use this so much honestly