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A simple logging system, created as a proof-of-concept. Fully standards compliant and accessible, it is designed to quickly set up a functional and structured site to conveniently track related and unrelated items.

—Alexander Becker

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‹#› Saturday, 2011-11-26 00:58

Lightning Notes available on Sourceforge

This whole application is now available with documentation on Sourceforge at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lightningnotes/.

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‹#› Tuesday, 2003-07-29 20:23

Accessibility Statement

Standards Compliance, Navigation Aids, Resources:

The official accessibility statement for the Lightning Notes system. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at ab@alexanderbecker.net.

Category: Features, Accessibility

‹#› Tuesday, 2003-07-29 00:11

What's missing?

The entries.app doesn't let you edit an entry after it's published. But -- this is a feature -- you get a preview, which is editable and when the post is published, it's published. The end user can't change it anymore. Uses: Accountability, lab journals, etc...

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‹#› Monday, 2003-07-21 01:38

About Lightning Notes

This is an example install of Lightning Notes, a simple logging system, created as a proof-of-concept. Fully standards compliant and accessible, it is designed to quickly set up a functional and structured site to conveniently track related and unrelated items.

—Alexander Becker

Category: Admin, About

‹#› Thursday, 2003-07-17 20:54

Features

Automatic Archiving
Every entry is assigned a unique ID.
The interface displays links of next and previous entries.
XML-Powered
Entries are saved as xml-data, in one single XML-file; contra: constrained by size of file, pro: easy search and manipulation, dynamic sort, no static html-pages necessary.
Automatic RDF
Every entry with <status>published</status> is automatically indexed in a standard RDF 1.0 file, available for syndication.
Outline Processor Markup Language
Parsing OPML-files, shown on the front page as a definition list.
Textinput
Simple mark up with Textile.
Search
Substring in title, body, keywords...
Cross Referencing
Related entries are shown with individual articles.

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