Everything is just a blog

I am trying to create an online food court. Since I started my attempt, even with websites to "borrow from," I have had a hard time wrapping my head around what exactly I am trying to do how I can accomplish it. Just Archimedes found the solution to one of great problems in the bath, so did I. I am sure that I felt the same jubilation that he did, but instead of running naked down the street shouting "Eureka!" I sat up to exclaim, "Everything is a blog!" Other things may be structured more complicatedly, but after the relationships within the online application are boiled down, that application acts like a blog.

A blog has several posts. Those posts may have one or more comments. Those comments belong to their individual posts. Each comment has a specific title and a body. A shopping cart has several products. Those products may have several varieties or sizes. Those varieties or sizes belong to their individual products. Each variety or size has a specific price and quality about it. This metaphor continues throughout the application. The noticable difference is not in the creation of the products, but in the presentation to the customer. On the shopping page the customer is not presented with either the blog post or the comment, but both at the same time with the relationship instantaneously displayed, all on the same page, in concise detail, and most likely in a grid format.

That last part may not make the most sense, but trust me. Boiled down, everything is a blog. When everything is clearly communicated, everything on a website is a formatted expression of the wishes and desires of the website's sponsor and his audience.