In reality i’m looking for a framework that will be a little nicer to live with with categories, sub categories, tags, image uploads…etc. But without the junk of say expression engine. And a little more done for me than say, cake. Anyone have any suggestions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hauntedpalace/1153135875/

It’s quite coming from the “future” [the short one] and I think that timing is really important while releasing such a platform [for bloggers e.t.c.]

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By the way: Habari is also used in Greek Language and I didn’t knew it comes from Swahili [see Google code]. I think the roots of this word are Turkish [haber] but anyway.. :p [It has the same meaning everywhere]
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Abhijit: we feel strongly that Habari’s use of newer technologies will greatly improve our functionality. As an example, our use of object oriented development means that plugins can extend a base Plugin class, and immediately inherit a lot of core functionality, saving the plugin author from the tedium of recreating the same methods with every plugin they create. The same (hopefully) will hold true with our plans for media management: a base Media class can be extended by different media handlers (images, videos, audio, etc) and each of these media handlers can immediately benefit from not having to reinvent basic storage functions.

Pawka: to the average user, there ought not be too many differences. I mean, WordPress, Drupal, TextPattern, and Habari all essentially do the same thing: they let people publish web content using their web browser. We hope that Habari will be intuitive and easy-to-use for everyone, yet be powerful and extensible enough to create unique solutions through the use of plugins. Remember that Habari is not yet ready for prime time, so drawing comparisons between it and other tools is not a particularly useful exercise at this time.

Cheers for checking it out Paul.

Believe it or not after 3 or 4 years of wasting my time on web dev stuff, I’ve ditched my Flickr Pro account and canceled my web host. I moved to .Mac + iWeb + web galleries… far less cheaper, far more storage and…it just works. Sometimes the simplest tools are not always targeting noobs but people who just want to actually “use” their tools and not tweak them. I would have jumped on Habari 6 months ago though.

Regarding our not-quite-5-minute-install, I’ve heard of WP installs taking that short a time, but I’ve also heard of them being much more involved. One of the things we’re trying to address with our installer (perhaps complete in version 0.3) is that it gives you feedback when it notices that something is wrong, rather than just throwing inexplicable errors. Clicking the questionmark on the page in your screenshot of the installer will reveal inline help for every field, and eventually links to the bundled documentation. We’re really proud of these types of refinements to the user experience in Habari.

To address Geof’s question, Habari is designed to be good blog software. To make it “good” it has to be built on a good foundation. I think people will be pleased by what our foundation will let you do beyond blogging.

Thanks again for the trial, and I hope you’ll give our next release a whirl when it’s ready.