BlogUp: a twiki based weblog setup
Note: The
BlogUp application is part of the
BlogPlugin.
Introduction
BlogUp is a
TWikiApplication addon package that turns TWiki into a weblog
tool. In combination with the
NatSkin it offers the look & feel of
well known blogging tools like MovableType or WordPress but embedded
into a full-fledged wiki.
The main features are:
- single- or multi-author blogging
- one-click easy publishing and correction of postings and comments
- extensible tagging system
- tagged news aggregation
- semi-automatic computation of "related" postings
- threaded comment system
- full content syndication
- flexible archiving and retrieval
- tag statistics
- completely form-based TWikiApplication using the TWikiWorkbench approach
Screenshots
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Getting started
To create a blog use the
BlogFactory. Note, however, that only members of
the
TWikiAdminGroup are allowed to create a new blog. After entering
the mandatory information you will get a new web that is a copy of the _BlogPlugin
template web.
User Manual
TODO
The
BlogUp TWikiApplication is made up of tree levels that are of use depending on the role
of the visitor.
- application level: that's the view a normal visitor gets on the site
- blog author level: grant access to tools needed to post a blog entry or add new SubjectCategories?
- administrative level: grant access to TopicFunctions that render the site
Roles are assigned using
TWikiGroups, i.e. the
BlogAuthorGroup and
the
BlogAdminGroup. Each blog is contained in one web; one blog can be a multi-author
or single-author blog. A multi-author blog will display authorship per posting, not so a single-author
blog.
Exploring the blog
TODO
Publishing a new blog entry
TODO
Adding a new SubjectCategory?
TODO
Aggregating news
TODO
Commenting
TODO
Implementation
The
BlogUp is implemented using the
TWikiWorkbench approach consisting (at least) of a set of
TopicTypes,
TopicFunctions,
TWikiForms and
TopicTemplates that are used to implement the application.
Each topic is typed using
TWikiForms, that is
TWikiForms define
TopicTypes.
A
TopicType form has a token and a free-form
TopicDescription? that describes the purpose of an
instance of that type.
In general a
TopicType is made up of three parts:
- the TopicType topic named XXX
- the TWikiForm topic named XXXForm
- the TopicTemplate topic named XXXTemplate
The XXX
TopicType topic lists an overview of all topics of the given type and a form to create a new one.
TopicFunctions are the
basic building blocks that are used to render the application.
TopicFunctions are divided into
sections that are extracted using parametrized INCLUDEs. (Note, that the
BlogPlugin does
not
use INCLUDE or SEARCH but DBCALL and DBQUERY provided by the
DBCachePlugin.)
Thereby
TopicFunctions are "called" as functions in a library are called to be executed. Every
TopicFunction is named RenderXXX where XXX describes the output generated by it.
A
TopicFunction is also documenting itself and its parameters.
| Name | Description |
|---|
| TopicForm? | Render a single BlogEntry |
| TopicForm? | Renders the BlogArchive in TAG mode |
| TopicForm? | Render a topic summary for a search hit |
| TopicForm? | Renders a list of TWikiForms that use a given TWikiFormAttribute |
| TopicForm? | Renders a set of BlogEntry teasers in a SubjectCategory |
| TopicForm? | Render a list of all months that have postings. |
| TopicForm? | Render the list of SubjectCategories in the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render an RSS feed |
| TopicForm? | Render a tools sidebar section displayed when using PatternbSkin |
| TopicForm? | Render a list of tracks you currently listen to |
| TopicForm? | Render a list of related BlogEntries for the BlogEntry sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render the PAGETITLE for items in this application |
| TopicForm? | Render list of TopicTypes |
| TopicForm? | Render google adsense banner |
| TopicForm? | Render a teaser for a BlogEntry |
| TopicForm? | Render list of backlings to the BlogImages |
| TopicForm? | Render a set of postings to leaf through |
| TopicForm? | Render the search result in the BlogArchive |
| TopicForm? | Render a list of topics that use a given TopicFunction |
| TopicForm? | Render the list of recent comments in the WebSideBar |
| TopicForm | Compute the next comment nr given a current BlogEntry or BlogComment |
| TopicForm? | Render all BlogEntries of a BlogAuthor as teaser. |
| TopicForm? | Replacement for TWiki's default WebChanges |
| TopicForm? | Renders all comments of a BlogEntry |
| TopicForm? | Render the header of a BlogPage |
| TopicForm? | Render a set of links to alternative formats for the current html page |
| TopicForm? | Render a BlogEntry for a FrontPage |
| TopicForm? | Render all BlogComments recursively |
| TopicForm? | Render a set of teasers |
| TopicForm? | Renders a BlogLink |
| TopicForm? | Display section of affiiations in the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Renders the BlogArchive in CHRON mode |
| TopicForm? | Render a single BlogComment |
| TopicForm? | Renders the BlogArchive |
| TopicForm? | Render a form to post a BlogComment |
| TopicForm? | Render a technorati include |
| TopicForm? | Renders a list of BlogPages put into the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render the sidebar navigation |
| TopicForm? | Renders the BlogArchive in CAT mode |
| TopicForm? | Render list of all BlogLinks of a given SubjectCategory |
| TopicForm? | Render the list of BlogAuthors in the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render the list of recent postings in the WebSideBar |
| TopicForm? | Implements a formatted metadatasearch |
| TopicForm? | Render the visitors for the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render rss an feed |
| TopicForm? | Renders the BlogArchive in CAT mode |
| TopicForm? | Render a double linked list to previous and next documents |
| TopicForm? | TopicFunction to display your blog's license. |
| TopicForm? | Render the list of BlogLinks in the sidebar |
| TopicForm? | Render a navigation to previous/next blog entries on the FrontPage |
TODO
TODO
| Name | Description |
|---|
| TopicForm? | Template to create a TopicTemplate |
| TopicForm? | Template for BlogComments |
| TopicForm? | Template to create an BlogLink |
| TopicForm? | Template to create TopicViews |
| TopicForm? | Template to create TopicTypes |
| TopicForm? | Template to create an AdminTool |
| TopicForm? | Generic template for topics in the TWiki web |
| TopicForm? | Template to create SubjectCategories |
| TopicForm? | Template to create TopicFunctions |
| TopicForm? | Template to create TWikiForm topics |
| TopicForm? | Template to create BlogPages |
| TopicForm? | Template to create TWikiFormAttributes |
| TopicForm? | Template to create BlogAuthors |
| TopicForm? | Template to create BlogEntries |
Customization
TODO
See also:
BlogPlugin,
BlogUp template web
Application Info
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TWiki:Main/MichaelDaum - 08 Feb 2006
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