Pages

[alexwilson]

Background

Today there are eight types of page in this website:

1. Homepage
2. About Me
3. Blog
4. Article (aka Content)
5. Topic
6. Talk (aka Content)
7. Talks
8. Consultancy

These fall into three categories:

1. Content: (Article, Talk)
2. Lists of Content: (Blog, Talks, Topic)
3. Landing Pages: (Homepage, About Me, Consultancy)

To meet a need of allowing easier customisation and maintenance of all of these, I believe that 2 and 3 can be consolidating into two types: Pages & Lists.

What is a page?

A Page is a first-class type, sitting alongside Article/Content.
When it exists, it supersedes a list.
It is an editable list of blocks. There are two types of block:

1. Basic
2. Reference
3. Compositional

A basic block is the default type of block, is specific to a page, and outputs items like a title or some copy.

A reference block is slightly trickier, an allows referencing one or more things in another place. For example, they might allow referencing an article (e.g. "featuring" articles) or a topic (pulling in all posts).

A compositional block allows putting multiple blocks together in interesting ways, for example by stacking two other blocks side-by-side. It might allow placing several "featured" posts side-by-side.

What is a list?

A more formal version of a list today, a list is a collection of content ordered by date. The existing topic view will act as a fallback for all content.