WordPress Administration: Blackthorne Style
We all have IRL friends that use some kind of shitty blogging system. This could be LiveJournal (or rather, anything by SixApart), Blogger, Xanga, b2 or even worse - MySpace blogs. When I talk to friends about WordPress and even how easy it is to set up a WordPress.com blog, there is one concern that they express. It is a valid concern so it kind of shuts me up, but shames me as well. This concern is usability and I see their reasoning behind it. WordPress’ Administration Control Centre is nice, but it could be better. So, it is time to make WordPress even more usable. This also renders the question - what IS Blackthorne? Is it something constant or is it something that changes with my whim and desire?
Now, Blackthorne is the personal style of my blog, but it is a personal style and it is what I want it to be. I am willing to admit this. Therefore, I have about 9 variations of Blackthorne lying around my computer and many more in paper or on a whiteboard. Blackthorne Web is my blog style that is in development and I am pretty proud about the way it is turning out. Blackthorne Print HD and Blackthorne Print is a derivation of Blackthorne intended for print. Blackthorne Print HD is meant for books and high quality paper. Blackthorne Print is meant for everyone to print using their own printers.
The Blackthorne WordPress Administration style is going to be a beautiful implementation of what WordPress SHOULD look like. I know that there are other plugins out there such as the Atlantis Project by Bryan Veloso and WordPress Tiger Administration by the guy over at Ordered List. And Shuttle may or may not come through, so I feel that a void needs to be filled. And yes, there will be a Blackthorne Print Adaptation for this as well.