Why Should You Contribute To Dbasr?
So maybe you’re here from Twitter or Facebook and you’re looking at my video and my features and thinking “This Dbasr thing is all well and good…but I’m not a musician. Why should I part with my...
View ArticleOn the styling of admin panels
I’ve been giving this a great deal of thought, and I think that I’m going to give Dbasr’s admin panel an extremely minimalist design. I’m talking black-on-gray,...
View ArticlePhysical Media and Dbasr
I hadn’t mentioned this yet, since I’d been trying to figure out if it was definitely doable, but I think it is, so: I’m going to be building into Dbasr the ability to sell CDs and DVDs directly from...
View ArticlePlugin Architecture?
Something nobody’s actually asked me about is whether Dbasr’s going to have a plugin architecture. The answer is: yes, probably, but not in the 1.0 release. Building a plugin-capable CMS is hard....
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The Popularity/Viability Bell Curve
I just had an inspiration, and I thought I’d throw it up here and see what you thought. I’ve been saying for a while that the more popular a band is, the less likely they are to sell records now. Why?...
View ArticleStatus Report
Well, here’s our first weekly Dbasr status report! As I’ve mentioned, I intend to do one of these every week on Sunday or Monday if possible. It’s part of my transparency policy for the Dbasr project,...
View ArticleWhy Not WordPress?
After a couple of conversations I’ve had with people about Dbasr, I realize that I probably haven’t been too clear on why I decided to build an entirely new CMS, rather than building off of WordPress....
View ArticleThought Of The Day
Ever notice that every torrent site has ads plastered everywhere? And not ads for Amnesty International, mind you; commercial, for-profit ads, the kind you get money for putting on your site. I see a...
View ArticleStatus Report
Sorry for the delay on this one, folks — been busy. Not, unfortunately, mostly with Dbasr. Real-life intruded this week; namely, the need to pay bills. So I spent most of the week working on outside...
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Screenshots
A couple of in-progress screen shots from the revised UI, which uses Ajax everywhere. (updated: Added ‘Audio’ screenshot)
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