[drupal-docs] Difference between a "story" and a "page"

[Dan Robinson]

I think I understand exactly what you are saying.  However it is 
starting to look like blog, story and page (what is this "article" that 
keeps getting mentioned?) are different nodes that have exactly the same 
interface.  We need to have a system that someone who wants to build a 
"blog" site the language they are expecting is reflected in the software 
etc. - however it is really confusing to have "blog", "story" and "page" 
and find out they are the same thing (functionally).  This is all pretty 
interesting.  Once I'm clear on what the differences are between blog, 
story and page (seems like none - although someone seemed to think that 
"blog" had some special characteristics - and I want to get some clarity 
on "article") I think I'll be able to articulate the current situation 
and suggest some options for de-confusing this.

BTW - I think that the use of the word "node" is a loser from the 
beginning - most people will simply tune out when you talk about 
"node".  I think that we might do well by talking about a drupal "story" 
which can be used to create - a "static web page", a "blog" entry, a 
"news item" etc. etc. (not to mention a "forum" post :) ).

Dan


>  going forward it might be best to let the user change the 
> nomenclature on a "node".
>
> so a blog post is also a story post is also a page post etc. all these 
> things are a node. we are just using different names for the same 
> thing. why don't we let the admin set the name?
>
> what we need to do is be able to define a node as a node in the 
> documentation. then be able to let the user or admin change the 
> description of the default node to "blog", "story", "article", "page" 
> depending on what we use the site for.
>
> abstract the nomenclature/terminology on a per site basis. so if a 
> someone uses a drupal site as a blog then they can set the 
> nomenclature of a node to "blog entry". then all throughout the site, 
> instead of seeing the word "node" they see "blog entry".
>
> i'm not really describing this the best but i hope someone is 
> understanding what i'm saying.
>
> bryan kennedy wrote:
>
>>On Apr 30, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Dan Robinson wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Good question - I've been focussed on page/story - but I suspect the
>>>same is true for blog.  The point of this thread is that there is _no_
>>>difference between a page and a story.  Is this also true for blog?
>>>What is this "article" that you speak of? :).
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>I seem to remember that blog gives you the automatic ability to see a 
>>list of postings by author.
>>
>>bryan
>>
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