After JavaBlogs

Now that I have topic-based RSS feeds and I could publish to java.blogs, it feels like I'm done coding for the blog -- time to just burn out for a while.

I'm almost wrong, though. I have plenty that could still be done:

• Clean out old finders now that I've switched to an ArticleRequest search object to encapsulate all the filtering parameters.
• Implement a DAO method to select articles by ArticleRequest, instead of filtering it through Java code.
• Preview comments before posting. Selectable HTML formatting for comments.
• Spellchecking.
• User/password management.
• Multiple-author support. I eliminated most the code that supported having more than one login, since it complicated the entire system before I clarified some things.
• Trackback/Ping.
• Data-driven links.
• Smarter login behavior for remembering your location, instead of always sending you back to the article list page.
• Topic management.
• Apply struts validation where possible.

I basically want to start making the whole system more generic so it may be suitable for public release and re-use someday.