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Bug 198726

Summary:	http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/ should list the existing blogs?
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Nick Boldt <nboldt>
Component:	Blogs	Assignee:	Eclipse Webmaster <webmaster>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	denis.roy
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/
Whiteboard:

Description Nick Boldt

2007-08-02 13:43:58 EDT

There appears to be no way to list the blogs available at blogs.eclipse.org. Is this intentional, in that they're not public unless they're added to the Planet?

Comment 1 Denis Roy

2007-08-17 13:24:03 EDT

The blogs are definitely public, but the no index is intentional.  I think we are conditioned to wanting index pages for things that don't typically have any.  

For instance, wiki.eclipse.org *does* have some sort of index page, whereas the true spirit of a wiki is to search for what you're looking for (a la wikipedia.org, which cannot afford to have any kind of index).

A direct example is blogger.com and wordpress.com, which do not feature complete lists of blogs.

From where I sit, if someone creates a blog, it's up to them to advertise it/publish it/aggregate it on the appropriate channels if they want folks to read it. But I could be wrong.

Thoughts?

Comment 2 Nick Boldt

2007-08-17 14:34:56 EDT

Well, then how about revising the copy to mention the fact that if you want the world to hear your ramblings, you need to open a bug in Community > PlanetEclipse and be added to the syndication.

Comment 3 Denis Roy

2007-09-25 13:38:48 EDT

I've added that to the blogs welcome page.