Current process:

• go to Web Log Index page

• edit page to add a reference to a new date-stamped entry (in practice, I typically start the day by adding ~4 at one time - then I either have unused [Wiki Names] at the end of the day, or I have to add more batches later (ending up with unused names)). Save change

• click on appropriate datestamp Wiki Name (If I haven't reloaded the Web Log Index page since my last entry, there's a risk of clicking on a stamp that's already been used. Not the end of the world if it happens. And can avoid by noting the color of the question-mark. But still sloppy.)

• Make entry, save.

Preferred process:

• go to new-blog-entry page

• fill in form. Save. It generates its own id automatically

  • do I want to set the parent to Web Log Index (as happens now)? Something else (Front Page, Recent Changes, Web Log History)? Nothing?

  • optional - auto-ping weblogs.com

Log of work (move to Zwiki Customizations?)

Mar20'02

• note [URL] of new-entry form under current manual approach is WebLogIndex/editform?page=z2002-03-20-f

• confirmed that manually hitting that [URL] auto-generates the same hidden fields as if I'd followed the question-mark link. So perhaps the hackitecture should be to have a simple [URL] which figures out the appropriate id and then redirects to that [URL].

Mar 21

• make [IE] Favorites Java Script shortcut where I enter the date-stamp and it generates the correct entry form. I just have to keep track of which letter I'm up to. Then manually ping weblogs.com.

  • actually, changed to using real words in title instead of just sequential letter

  • bookmark script is:

      javascript:window.location='http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/WebLogIndex/editform?page='%20+%20escape(prompt('Add WikiWebLog for?',%20'z2005-mm-dd-a'));
    

• Which inspired me to make another Favorite which pings weblogs.com! Of course these two hacks are tied to this browser on this machine. But that's where I do 99% of my entry for now. So maybe I'll consider this a good application of Buy Build Avoid.

  • hmm, I wonder if I could stick those scripts into a page in the wiki so I could call them from anywhere? I'll worry about that if I start to need it.

• happened to discover this Java Script for formatting the current date. Could use this to auto-assign the current date-stamp as a default...

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