Blog AddOn

A simple weblog application that:

• Integrates blog posts with TWiki topics
  • Writing a post is like writing a topic
  • Any TWiki user can be a blog author
  • Topics can be searched using default WebSearch and scripted SEARCH
• Is easy to set up: just copy the nine addon topics to your Web. No other plugins are needed than CommentPlugin (that is already installed by default).
• Integrates with other plugins - for example, TWiki:Plugins/TagMePlugin can be used to tag posts
• Uses editable categories to filter or group posts. Categories can also be used to distinguish multiple blogs with separate 'owners'.
• Provides a handy interface with sorting and filtering options that can be INCLUDEd in any topic in the same Web

What's not provided:

• A calendar display of posts
• Paging controls to navigate lists of postings
• The ability to close commenting or hide comments

When installed, see _BlogAddOn.BlogAddOnHome for additional details.

Settings

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Simple blogging application

Installation Instructions

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
• Unzip BlogAddOn.zip in your ($TWIKI_ROOT) directory.
• Copy the files from /data/_BlogAddOn to the web you want to blog in
• BlogAddOn is based on TWiki 4.1 with CommentPlugin.
• Alternatively,
  • Manually resolve the dependencies listed below. %$DEPENDENCIES%

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