Adding a weblog page
A web log, or blog, is an item of content, such as a news story, which is “date-stamped”, and appears in a list arranged by date. You can view weblogs by clicking on the calendar date you are interested in on the Weblog page.
Web logs are a very effective way for you to disseminate news and items from your website. As with news, you have the option of adding entries, creating and reviewing draft entries, or managing individual web logs.
by clicking on 'Permalink' your user can link to this weblog. A permalink (permanent link) is a type of website address designed to refer to a specific information item (often a news story or blog item) and will remain unchanged permanently, or at least for a lengthy period of time to prevent broken links.
Your users can comment on your weblog. They can click on 'Comment' to view comments made about the weblog. The number of comments made are displayed by the link. User can add their own comments by clicking on 'Add a comment'.
Clicking on 'Manage weblog' on the Weblog page gives you a list of Weblog functions.
Bookmarklet: By dragging the link in the bookmarklet to your browser's bookmarks toolbar it enables a keen blogger to create a blog item whenever they see something interesting. They just select the text then click on the link in their toolbar and it takes them straight to the "new blog entry" page with the selected text already filled in.
Blogroll: A webloggers term for a list of links to other weblogs (blogs) which contains things the author thinks are interesting and relevant. This page allows the blogger to manage the links to other blogs, which then appear on the main "Weblog" page.
Manage your ping URLs - EXPLAIN!!!!
To enable the weblogs page
- Log in to your website
- From home page select ‘Manage Website’ link
- Click on ‘Create standard pages'
- A list of standard pages will appear. Weblogs - click the ‘Enable' link under the ‘Actions' heading
- Under the ‘Enabled' heading it should now say ‘On’
Adding a weblog
- Select Weblogs from the navigation menu found on your homepage
- Click ‘Manage weblog' link
- Click 'Add new weblog entry'
- Create a title for your entry
- If you weblog is related to another website page, then add the website address of that page to the 'Title URL'. Dont forget to add the http:// before the www.
- Add the content of your weblog
- Set the date for the weblog using the correct format: YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS
- Set the status to Publish if you wish it to be made available or set to Draft if you do not want it displayed immediately
- Click ‘OK’
Editing weblog
- From the weblog page click on the 'edit' link underneath the displayed weblog entry
- This will take you onto details of your weblog, click on ‘edit’
- Make any changes and click ‘Ok’
Deleting weblogs
- From the weblog page click on the 'delete' link underneath the displayed weblog entry
- It will ask you whether you are sure you want to delete the weblog. Click ‘yes, delete it’
- You will then be taken back to the weblog page. The entry will be removed.
