Blog Post Formats

I’ve been using post-formats over the Summer. The implementation and layout isn’t quite what I wanted. And when posting, there are too many decisions to make.

Is this post a Standard, Aside, Quote, or Image? Well, it’s an Aside, but is has an image in it, so…it’s tricky? Or, here’s a photo I took, and with it is some text beyond a mere caption. So it’s an Image post, but maybe it’s an Aside.

And what constitutes an Aside when it’s only text? Well, it’s short, like a micropost. Ok, so, well, is that measured by 280 characters? Or a single paragraph? Or is it 300 words or less? At what point does an Aside morph into a Standard post?

What if the Aside is just a quote with a one-sentence comment on it? Is that an Aside or a Quote post?

Let’s SIMPLIFY things.

Everything is a Post!

Long, short, medium, any text in between. Any content: image, video, quote, a combo of those with text. Doesn’t matter.

Everything is a Post!

Simple.