by Aaron Boeving on
July 24, 2008
During the beta process, we've been making minor adjustments here and there to improve upon Reflect. We recently made an update to the old "File Widget" that we wanted to point out (this widget allows you to access all your files/links from any edit page). As we add more features, we'll continue to blog about them here. Oh, and keep your feedback coming. One aspect of this feature was directly based upon user feedback.
We've changed the "File Widget" to be an "Assets Widget". In addition to having images, docs, audio, and videos files, there is also a Links tab that gives you quick access to your site. This makes it super easy to add links to your content. Just click on the name of the page and it will automatically create a link in the editor.
Additionally, we've added a "View" icon by each file that allows a quick look at more information about that file. If the file is an image, you'll get an enlarged preview and a listing of all file sizes available. If it's another file like a PDF or Word doc, you'll get the file path with a link to download/preview the file.
We think these small enhancements make it that much easier to gain access and information about your files and links. We hope you feel the same.
by Nate Klaiber on
May 05, 2008
Since showing our pricing model for Reflect, one of the frequently asked questions we have received looks like this:
What is the difference between a page and a blog? Do blog posts count against my page count limit? Couldn't I simply have the blog module serve as my pages and bypass the limit?
As Aaron pointed out in a recent comment: a Page is not a Module. You could have a blog with as many posts as your heart desires. Blog posts do not count against your page limit. Others have asked this same question in regards to getting around the page limit by having posts become your pages. These two things serve two different contextual purposes.
Let's take a look at the Blog Module. With this module you have the ability to:
- Create entries.
- Create categories and assign these to any entries.
- Create tags and assign these to any entries.
- Enable or disable comments at the module or individual entry level.
- Set comment moderation options. You can set what to do when you receive a comment (automatically approve, author must have previously approved comment, or administrator must approve), expiration options (never expire, 3 months, 1 month, 2 weeks), notification options (email all, email author of the entry, no email, or email a specific person), and finally, validate the comment against:
- A Word Filter that you designate with a comma separated list of words.
- A Bad Words text file that holds many commonly used bad words and their misspellings.
- Akismet, if you provide your API key.
- You can set the base URL and provide your own permalink structure. This would let your entries look like:
/blog/2008/09/17/my-catchy-title (or however you organized your structure with month, day, year, postname).
- You have templates based on listing, entry, category, tag, and author.
Now, compare this to a Page:
- You can add and organize hierarchically. You could have URLs like:
/about/staff/nate-klaiber. At any point you could move pages around in the hierarchy.
- With the same URL structure as in above, you could have different layouts or templates based on each of the different pages. The staff entry page (
nate-klaiber) could be a 2 column left sidebar, with specified navigation, and the /staff/ page could have a 3 column layout with different links in the sidebars.
- Pages have the ability to have nested pages, links, and forms.
Some things that are common between the two of them:
- All pieces of content have a publishing status that allow you to have drafts, and give you the ability to publish content now or in the future, and expire content accordingly.
- You have control over your page title (the browser title), meta title, and meta description.
- You have control of your permalink.
- You have access to your site files widget, so you can include them within any piece of content (images, audio, docs, etc).
Have any more questions? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
