[pmwiki-users] Blogging support in PMWiki

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:34:34PM -0500, The Editor wrote:
> On 12/8/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:05:20AM -0500, The Editor wrote:
> > >
> > > Pm is a true genius, and no one questions whatever he does will be
> > > right for PmWiki.  However, from what I have read of his blogging
> > > plans, ZAP has one HUGE advantage.  It fully separates form from
> > > content allowing you to do things with comments/blogs, etc, that are
> > > simply impossible in setting up comments as simply embedded/included
> > > wiki pages.
> >
> > FWIW, the plans I have for PmWiki's commenting feature isn't limited
> > to embedding them in wiki pages -- that's just one configuration.
> > The commenting feature will also allow individual comments to be
> > stored on separate pages.
> 
> Yes, I understood what you have in mind.  But whether a comment is
> embedded in a page, included from another page, or even
> embedded/included onto another page--that's all still fundamentally
> different from storing the various bits of information as data values
> which can be retrieved, sorted, and displayed in any format you want
> at will  (essentially database like w/o the database). 

Oh, I guess I wasn't completely clear.  PmWiki's commenting feature 
will also allow individual comments to be stored on separate pages 
*as data values* using page text variables, not just as formatted
comments.

Pm