I would like to give amateur Catholic Web sites -- such as this one -- a Christmas present. Or rather, an Ordinary Time present, because that's when this project would be completed, without a doubt. I'd like to do a little "Saint of the Day" feature that could be inserted by anyone who wanted to include it on their Web page.
The HTML for the feature would be taken via client-side JavaScript, so the Web site's owner would simply have to insert some Javascript on the site's home page. Everything else would be taken care of by my server. I would think this might be a great little inclusion for many Catholic sites.
My question is 1) has anyone seen something like this out there? I'm not looking to re-invent the wheel; and 2) do you think other sites would like this? I don't want to do this and find that I'm only doing it for my own amusement.
Oh, yeah -- Merry Christmas!
I'm a little bit loath to take up the offer, because I like the fact that CL is a website dependent on only one web server. Unlike some blogs, the user's experience doesn't depend on getting images, comment service, and JavaScript doodads from various places -- a dependency that makes failures and hang-ups much more common.
Merry Christmas Eric (& Richard et al!).
Eric,
We offer a saint of the day feature at CWN (Click on the date on the calendar), although it's not quite the same thing as what you're offering. To be honest, I'm trying to reduce clutter on my front page rather than increase it, so I probably wouldn't be someone who would use it.
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I don't know about the utility of it, though it sounds quite intriguing. However, in several places you can find a "scripture quote of the day" or "psalm of the day" which provides a "of the day" kind of javascript engine you may be looking for. I assume that this is just hooked up to a database of such materials.
If it is kept short and sweet, with a very brief notion of the life/accomplishments, and a brief prayer this kind of thing might make a very nice addition to a great many websites. I'd have to see it--but it certainly would be a possibility.
shalom,
Steven
I think the feature could be helpful, both for homilies and personal encouragement. Please let me know, Eric, when you have it ready.
On my main page, I have "The Daily Roll" at the end of each day's blog(s): it's a collection of links to daily pages such as the day's readings from the Roman Lectionary and the day's saints at Catholic Forum. I do this with Movable Type tags.