Blog Aggregator

[login to view URL] ([login to view URL]) is a blog aggregator based on the PlanetPlanet (Venus) aggregation engine - we are looking for a redesign and a better way to display the hundreds of blogs being syndicted on our system? Planet Venus - [login to view URL] can deliver content in htmlTMPL / XSLT / Django / Genshi ## Deliverables [login to view URL] ([login to view URL]) has been serving the Pakistani blogger community since 2006 and has grown exponetianly from a handful of blogs to over 600 actively syndicated blogs growing on a daily basis. we at present utilize Planet Planet (Venus) aggregation engine to scan all blog updates on an hourly basis, it has served us well and we are now looking to develop a dynamic front end to present the information more effectively. We need a comrehensive re-design incorporating useful tools that can be incorporated into this existing system to better enable us to continue serving the blogging community in the years to come. Planet Venus - [login to view URL] can deliver content in htmlTMPL / XSLT / Django / Genshi. We have a couple of ideas that can be used to really soup up the presentation. 1. Effective utilization of Tags 2. Ability to display recent posts * In category sections * Displayed by 24 hours * Displayed by latest post in 48 hours * Displayed by latest post in 7 days and * One month 3. Hot topics being clicked 4. Ability to track blogs click through 5. Ability to display top blogs based on popularity 6. This project will also entail a graphic redesign as well - logo / buttons and other marketing tools etc Though this is just a cursory run through on what we hope to achieve but remain open to better ideas and better utilization of our system - also keeping in light of the sample website we hope to utilize