Use 'Article' instead of 'Blog' whenever appropriate
Originally, the word 'Blog' was used to describe a website that contained a collection of 'Articles' (or 'Blog Articles'). More recently, some sites have started referring to their 'Blog Articles' as 'Blogs', which is confusing, specially for non-English speakers - i.e., this is a 'Blog in a Blog' is not as clear as this is an 'Article in a Blog'. This confusion is exemplified in the WebBoss interface. When the item says 'Create new Blog', does it mean 'create an entire new collection of articles (blog)', or 'create a new article for the (only) blog'? When you say 'Blog Layout', do we mean 'they layout of the page where the blog articles are LISTED' (i.e., the main blog page), or do we mean 'the layout of a blog ARTICLE'? These not-so-subtle differences in meaning can make learning to navigate the system, and understanding its options and capabilities, more difficult than it needs to be. Precision of language here would be helpful. Sidebar items such as 'View All Blogs', 'Add New Blog', 'Blog Groups' and 'Blog Layout' should be renamed to 'View All Articles', 'Add New Article', 'Article Groups' (or 'Blog Categories'), and 'Article Layout'. In addition, we should do a search through every instance where the word 'blog' is used in the interface, to make sure that it would not be clearer to replace it with the word 'article'.
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