Different data types

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Currently I have content broken into three different data types; Posts, Photos, and Links. The thing that I'm wrestling with is how each of those data types gets displayed. Should they all be displayed the same, with a title, date, and permalink? Or should they be treated differently?

Should Photos have a title and a date? Certainly I want them to have a Permalink so I can link to them but I'm really not sure about the title and a date, it definitely looks nicer without them.

If I posted multiple links together then I'd probably want that to have a title, date, and permalink but if I just posted a one off link I wouldn't.

I'm thinking of treating each type differently, I guess the way to decide is to pick one way and stick with it for a while and see how it goes, I can always change it. I think I'll treat them differently and then it gives me the flexability of using a "Post" if I want the extra info as Posts can obviously include photos and/or links..