Technically, from my perspective, a plugin is a particular type of extension that involves additional php script. A skin is a different kind of extension, and a backup file is a third. All of them help to provide solutions to various problems. Of course the plugin/extension distinction is quite artificial, and perhaps even more semantically logical if reversed (adding php extends the code...). But that is at least how I try to consistently use the terms. Extensions => plugins, backups, skins, etc
I've wrestled with what to name this section of our site--really liking PmWiki's analogy to recipes in a cookbook. But nothing really grabbed me. Solutions is nice, but I think people will recognize the meaning of extensions or plugins better. So when changing the skin I thought perhaps we could rename the solutions area to extensions--as being clearer. I haven't actually renamed the pages yet, because that would likely break some links I don't feel like fixing just now. But I will some day. Until then, I just changed the title/labels of the various links. And have been rewriting text as I find references to the solutions area. Guess I should have discussed this with the group, but I honestly uploaded the new skin with my tentative changes accidentally. And then decided to leave it. I'm open to changing it back to solutions, but I see you like extensions too. That's good! I think if you read through the page text just now, you should note a more consistent use of words. I switched the solutions/extensions page to two columns instead of three in light of the new narrower skin. We can try this for now. Eventually though we can make it into a single long column or just list categories. We'll try the two columns for now. Cheers, Dan On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > First, I would like to raise a question: Why are there 3 different > names for the same thing? Or is there any difference between an > extension, a solution and a plugin? In the navigation you can even > reach the same page ("solutions") by clicking "Extensions" or > "Plugins". > > I vote for "extensions". > > Then there is a list of current solutions on the solutions page (you > know, the page with title "extensions"). :) That list is very tricky > to read because of unlucky line breaking. > > Example: "Config Editing" is a subitem of "Administration" but the > line break makes "Editing" looks like a category itself. > > I see two solutions (not plugins or extensions!). 2 instead of 3 > columns might work. Or 1 column plus a table of contents (like that > one in the navigation). Maybe "to top" links would be useful in this > case because a single column might be very long. > > Regards, Markus > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
