Monthly Archives: June 2010

Why Not WordPress?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share After a couple of conversations I’ve had with people about Dbasr, I realize that I probably haven’t been too clear on why I decided to build an entirely new CMS, rather than building off of WordPress. WordPress is a … Continue reading →

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Status Report

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share Well, here’s our first weekly Dbasr status report! As I’ve mentioned, I intend to do one of these every week on Sunday or Monday if possible. It’s part of my transparency policy for the Dbasr project, and also to … Continue reading →

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The Popularity/Viability Bell Curve

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share I just had an inspiration, and I thought I’d throw it up here and see what you thought. I’ve been saying for a while that the more popular a band is, the less likely they are to sell records … Continue reading →

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Plugin Architecture?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share Something nobody’s actually asked me about is whether Dbasr’s going to have a plugin architecture. The answer is: yes, probably, but not in the 1.0 release. Building a plugin-capable CMS is hard. Really hard. Part of the reason I … Continue reading →

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Physical Media and Dbasr

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share I hadn’t mentioned this yet, since I’d been trying to figure out if it was definitely doable, but I think it is, so: I’m going to be building into Dbasr the ability to sell CDs and DVDs directly from … Continue reading →

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On the styling of admin panels

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share I’ve been giving this a great deal of thought, and I think that I’m going to give Dbasr’s admin panel an extremely minimalist design. I’m talking black-on-gray, Helvetica-as-the-first-font-in-the-font-family-CSS-declaration sort of minimal. My favorite site that I ever used, back … Continue reading →

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Why Should You Contribute To Dbasr?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share So maybe you’re here from Twitter or Facebook and you’re looking at my video and my features and thinking “This Dbasr thing is all well and good…but I’m not a musician. Why should I part with my hard-earned money … Continue reading →

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Initial Status Report

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Joshua Ellis

Share As we’re just starting off here, here’s a basic report of where I am with Dbasr’s codebase. I’m going to try to post status updates on a regular weekly basis, if at all possible. As of today, I have … Continue reading →

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