After some toying around with Bludit I quite like the software. However, there are some quirks that make its use IMO unneccessarily complicated/confusing. I'll address some of those in this and other posts (in order not to mix up subjects).
One thing that bothers me is the classification of content as "- Default -", "Sticky" or "Static". To be frank, I find it somewhat illogical and confusing, and apparently I'm not the only one (viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1085). I suppose there are historic reasons, but for a "newbie" like me it looks like Bludit isn't sure if it wants to be a CMS or a blog software.
Right now, I'm thinking of a way to make the use more intuitive. I see multiple problems:
- Terminology: "- Default -" basically is a blog post, while "Static" is a page (or static page). Those are the names used in other CMS and probably the names one would be looking for.
- Hierarchy of classification: "Sticky" content is basically the same as "- Default -" but with one special attribute (the position). "Static" content however is of another characteristic, outside the blog post family.
According to my understanding, "Static" content could be considered on the same level in an organigram as the blog main page, whereas "- Default -" and "Sticky" content are sub elements of the Blog page.
"Scheduled" and "Draft" however are not content types on their own but properties of the aforementioned content types.
Seeing those five things as equivalent menu items is somewhat confusing. - Unclear user interface: The decision whether new content is "- Default -", "Sticky" or "Static" is pretty fundamental. However, to make the choice I have to go to "Options" and then to "Advanced" for something which I would expect at least under "General" if not at the top of the page.