A Primer on [Most of] the B&C Features

[Brother Tyler]

 

This was originally conceived as a response to comments in the discussion about the upcoming Pages/Articles function (see here), but it grew far beyond what is reasonable there, so it has been posted as a blog entry. Realistically, this is just a precursor to something that should be either an article or a series of articles. Here's the basic summary:

 

The most important thing to realize is that all the site features (all but Events are shown in the image above) exist within an ecosystem. Each has a specific function and works best for different types of outcomes, though there are many commonalities. Yes, the discussion feature can be used to emulate blogs and articles, but blogs and articles each do their own thing better than discussions. Many of these features support or are supported by various other features.

 

 

If you're interested, you can see the full blog entry here.

 

Eventually, there will be more in-depth articles on each of the functions in the Articles area and the + Bolter and Chainsword 101 + forum. For now, though, this will have to do as a basic primer on why each of these features is important and distinct from the others.