Having put a computing article site together (Here), I've realised that it's going to be quite a bit of hard work maintaining it, which kind of goes against the grain for me.
The reason being that when I want to add a new article, I want to put it at the top of the list on the front page. This means shuffling all the other articles down the lists, pushing them back to other pages. That means I have to edit every index page just to add one article. Not good.
I'm also not 100% happy with the layout. I think there ought to be some editorial, especially on the front page.
I've also realised that the index page selectors at the bottom of the page are all hyperlinks, but the one for the current page shouldn't be. And as the number of pages increases, I'll have to come up with a way of reducing the the space used by the selectors.
Finally, I think it would really help my readers if I categorised the articles and made the site more hierarchical. That way, it would be a lot easier for them to find what they're looking for.
To this end, I'm going to write a program to create and maintain article sites, so that all I have to do is type in (or paste in) the new article and categorise it. Then the program will generate all the pages for me, including a Google sitemap. That will give me more time to research and write more articles.
If anyone is interested in having such a program, let me know. What features would you expect it to have?
