modifiers

Paisley and I have discussed the pros and cons of adding “Author” categories for all contributors. One obvious pro is that the categories show up better than the byline. So, unless someone has objections, I think I’ll start adding categories for every new author who joins ADPS. I’ll go back and add everyone too. Shouldn’t be much to it since we’re just getting started.

Additional food for thought is the possibility of adding additional categories for overall topics — things like addiction, sex, nature, etc. I think that would be preferable to tagging because there’s no way I’m aware of to search a site via tags. The categories might be more off a catchall thing and the tags a way to add as much or little info as the author chooses. (The same goes for cats of course. No one will make you use them, but it might be a nice touch.) For instance “Category: Addiction — Tags: crack, heroin, sex, recovery”. Anyone can add tags but only Editors can add categories.

So, if I don’t get any feedback voicing serious objections, I’ll probably start modifying the site in the next 48 hours. Feel free to comment though. It’s your site too.