This extension introduces a new type of "Blog" site, allowing you to create personal or community blogs.
Create a blog site
The type of site to be created is selected when the site is created.
Go to the site administration area to create a new blog.
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| Give your blog a name | Then select the "blog" site type |
Generated site map
When you create a blog, a site map is automatically generated (for each language of the site) to help you build your blog.
The generated sitemap contains 5 root pages
Page name | Url | Description | |
Home | fr/index.html | Main blog page for displaying the most recent posts |  |
About us | fr/about.html | Profile page for blog author(s) | |
Search | fr/search.html | Ticket search page | |
Years | en/years.html | Blank page. It contains a virtual tree of tickets sorted by year | |
Categories | fr/tags.html | Blank page. It contains the virtual tree of tickets sorted by label | |
Tickets | en/posts.html | Blank page. It contains the virtual tree structure of all tickets. |
Home page structure
The home page is the main page of your blog. By default, it consists of 3 distinct zones:
- The central zone displays a summarized view of the latest posts and an automatic pagination system (reverse chronological order).
- A zone About us which contains a summary of the blog author's profile.
- One zone Archive which displays a tree of posts sorted by date and category.
The position of these elements depends on the home page template of your graphic charter.
As always, each of these elements can be moved and/or deleted via the CMS interface.
Be careful when making changes, as they will automatically be reflected on all ticket pages.
As an example, in zone 4 of the page in this illustration, we've added a search service.
Blog content
Author profile
The author profile is a type of content. Like all content, it can be edited using thecontent editing tool.
Open the "About" page from the sitemap, then select the content of the central area to be able to edit it.
| Edition | Overview |
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Create a new ticket
1. Click on the New Ticket button in the Home tab tab or the Page to create a new ticket.
2. Fill in the fields in the following dialog box:
3. The content editing tool opens. Fill in the fields for your post.
A ticket consists of the following fields:
| Field | Type | Description | Mandatory |
Title | text | Ticket title | yes |
Subtitle | text | Post subtitle | no |
Ticket date | date / time | Date and time of ticket | yes |
Illustration | image | Illustration of the post (the image can be located on your hard disk or in the resource explorer) | no |
Image alternative | text | Alternative image text (accessibility) | no |
Contents | rich text | Ticket content | yes |
Categories | label list | List of labels to associate categories with the ticket. | no |
Enable comments | checkbox | Allow (or disallow) comments on the post. | no |
During content editing, tags can be directly created and assigned to the ticket being edited.
Virtual tree
The virtual trees in the sitemap are completed once a post has been created. Each post page is arranged in the tree according to its date and tags (categories).
The archives
There are two ways to navigate through the blog archives:
- Archives sorted by date
- Archives sorted by category
The archive's date tree allows you to find tickets by year and month. |
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The archive tree, arranged by category, allows you to find tickets by tag. |
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Flow RSS
RSS feeds keep your readers up to date with new content available on your blog.
Two streams are available:
- Latest posts feed : http://[url_serveur]/plugins/blog/[nom_du_site]/[langue]/rss/posts.xml
- Latest comments feed : http://[url_serveur]/plugins/blog/[nom_du_site]/[langue]/rss/comments.xml
Favourite links
Use the List of links content type to add a list of your favorite links to your blog.
Such lists are usually placed in the secondary areas of your template (to the left or right of the central area).
Comments
Comments is an interactive feature that allows users to leave feedback on a post.
Blog users can leave comments on the post page using a captcha-protected form.
All the information you need about commenting and moderation is available in the user manual: Content comments.
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