Comments on: Make Your Blog More Evergreen with Movable Type http://www.devlounge.net/code/make-your-blog-more-evergreen-with-movable-type Design, Develop, and Grow Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Movable Type Monday: Movable Type 4.2, Pro, Mid Century Theme, Tutorials Galore! | The Blog Herald http://www.devlounge.net/code/make-your-blog-more-evergreen-with-movable-type/comment-page-1#comment-175319 Movable Type Monday: Movable Type 4.2, Pro, Mid Century Theme, Tutorials Galore! | The Blog Herald Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:32:51 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=1558#comment-175319 [...] Evergreen Blogs - using Kevin Shay’s DateTags plugin, Billy shows you how to place less emphasis on the dates entries were posted on (something ProBlogger discussed the benefits of). [...] [...] Evergreen Blogs – using Kevin Shay’s DateTags plugin, Billy shows you how to place less emphasis on the dates entries were posted on (something ProBlogger discussed the benefits of). [...]

]]> By: Billy Mabray http://www.devlounge.net/code/make-your-blog-more-evergreen-with-movable-type/comment-page-1#comment-174586 Billy Mabray Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:27:29 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=1558#comment-174586 klevo, in your example I would agree completely. But did you read the ProBlogger article? He doesn't use dates on his photography blog, and in that particular case I think it makes sense. How to take good photographs doesn't change much over time, so dates are far less relevant for that blog. In fact they can be detrimental, since visitors might see an older date and think the information isn't useful, when it really is. For most sites, you're right, this would not be a good idea. But for a certain type of site, I think it's a useful technique. Plus, it was an easy way to demonstrate date calculations in MT which, as I mentioned at the end of the post, have other applications. klevo, in your example I would agree completely. But did you read the ProBlogger article? He doesn’t use dates on his photography blog, and in that particular case I think it makes sense. How to take good photographs doesn’t change much over time, so dates are far less relevant for that blog. In fact they can be detrimental, since visitors might see an older date and think the information isn’t useful, when it really is.

For most sites, you’re right, this would not be a good idea. But for a certain type of site, I think it’s a useful technique. Plus, it was an easy way to demonstrate date calculations in MT which, as I mentioned at the end of the post, have other applications.

]]> By: Tom Sieron http://www.devlounge.net/code/make-your-blog-more-evergreen-with-movable-type/comment-page-1#comment-174569 Tom Sieron Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:39:55 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=1558#comment-174569 I'd second klevo's opinion. Terrible, terrible idea. I’d second klevo’s opinion. Terrible, terrible idea.

]]> By: klevo http://www.devlounge.net/code/make-your-blog-more-evergreen-with-movable-type/comment-page-1#comment-174559 klevo Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:10:36 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=1558#comment-174559 To me hiding such a relevant information is really a bad idea. When you write programmers advice, like this one, the older the posts gets the more is the date important. Over time a new releases of MT may come and you need to be able to determine from the date of the post if the information you're reading is still valid. For example. To me hiding such a relevant information is really a bad idea.

When you write programmers advice, like this one, the older the posts gets the more is the date important. Over time a new releases of MT may come and you need to be able to determine from the date of the post if the information you’re reading is still valid. For example.

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