Remember...like most open source projects, Geeklog was made to scratch an itch. When built by it\'s original author, he included many features which are considered core to Geeklog (links, calendar, etc). With that said, I still agree with you 100% about modularity.

If you were to browse CVS from it\'s beginning (which doesn\'t even include most of the early code) you can really appreciate how far Geeklog has come. Are we where we need to be yet...no. Will we ever be? Well, I think it\'s safe to say someone will always have an itch to scratch.

Simply put, I find these features core to geeklog:
1) news/content management
2) moderated submissions
3) comments
4) polls

That\'s it. However, a base Geeklog install includes a calendar and link system. Should it? Well, sure as long as you can turn it off. Can you now? No. Will you be able to? Someday...more than likely.

See where I\'m getting? This software is evolving. If you want to see a good example of modular code that allows you to snap widgets in to extend the base functionality then I\'d install a copy of Geeklog 1.3 beta (to be released on SourceForge tomorrow) and try either the static page plugin or the book review plugin. With little effort you can upload the compressed file, it installs itself. Not sure if you like it? You can disable it temporarily. If you decide you hate, you can uninstall it completely.

Believe it or not...the people that develop Geeklog agree with you whole-heartedly.

Yep. We agree. Sorry if I sounded preachy, but I kinda got carried away. Keep doing what you're doing, and keep asking for feedback, and everyone will be very happy. And I'll even test the beta-beast. :-)

Tomorrow is now today...AWWWRIGHT!