BlogPlugin

This plugin comes as a WikiApp to run a weblog using Foswiki. Based on the WikiWorkbench approach, it may be used to instantiate as many blogs as you like on the same Foswiki site.

Features

• easy to use
• comes with a simple two step workflow to publish blog postings
• extensible categorization and tagging system
• automatic recommendation system for further reading (based on Foswiki:Extensions/SolrPlugin)
• pluggable commenting system, either locally hosted using Foswiki:Extensions/MetaCommentPlugin or integrating Disqus using the Foswiki:Extensions/DisqusPlugin
• full content syndication: blog postings are published via rss and atom in full length
• full-text search using Foswiki:Extensions/SolrPlugin
• easy to use pagination among blog postings
• optional infinite scrolling blog postings using Foswiki:Extensions/InfiniteScrollContrib
• optional pingback integration using Foswiki:Extensions/PingBackPlugin

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Getting started

To create a new blog use the WebCreateNewWeb tool and select the _BlogTemplate template. This will create a new web by copying the content of the _BlogTemplate web into the new target web.

Now check the WebPreferences of this newly created web and review its settings, i.e. the access rights for the web.

Make sure you add a nice description of your blog in the WEBSUMMARY preference setting.

Create a new posting by clicking on BlogEntries on the sidebar. This will list all existing blog entries, as well as a form to create a new one.

Note that your posting will not be publicly visible unless you switched its State property to published.

Plugin Installation Instructions

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server.

Open configure, and open the "Extensions" section. Use "Find More Extensions" to get a list of available extensions. Select "Install".

If you have any problems, or if the extension isn't available in configure, then you can still install manually from the command-line. See http://foswiki.org/Support/ManuallyInstallingExtensions for more help.

Plugin Info

Plugin Author:	Foswiki:Main.MichaelDaum
Copyright ©:	2006-2014, http://michaeldaumconsulting.com
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
Release:	3.10
Version:	3.10
Change History:
27 Nov 2014:	added publish/unpublish feature
15 Apr 2014:	improved topic info layout
04 Apr 2014:	flag rest handlers that don't require authentication
18 Mar 2014:	improve css of headings
07 Nov 2013:	rewrite migrating most features to other Foswiki plugins
24 Jan 2006:	initial version
Dependencies:	Name Version Description Foswiki::Contrib::NatSkin >=4.0 Optional. Foswiki::Contrib::WikiWorkbenchContrib >=2.00 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::AutoTemplatePlugin >=3.0 Optional Foswiki::Plugins::ClassificationPlugin >=3.01 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::DBCachePlugin >=4.10 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::DisqusPlugin >=0.01 Optional. Foswiki::Plugins::FilterPlugin >=2.08 Required; Foswiki::Plugins::FlexFormPlugin >=2.60 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::ImagePlugin >=2.41 Optional. Foswiki::Plugins::JQueryPlugin >=6.00 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::MetaCommentPlugin >=2.50 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::NatEditPlugin >=7.11 Required. Foswiki::Plugins::SolrPlugin >=2.00 Optional. Foswiki::Plugins::TagCloudPlugin >=2.21 Required.
Home page:	Foswiki:Extensions/BlogPlugin
Support:	Foswiki:Support/BlogPlugin