how do i use the blogs feature of my tikiwiki?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

Blog, or weblog, is a collection of posts on a specified topic ordered by date. You can have a personal blog, or you can allow other users to post to your blog. The TikiWiki Blogs feature is quite powerful as it allows you to implement additional applications such as wBLoggar or BLogbuddy to manage and edit your blogs. Here is how to enable/disable the Blogs feature of TikiWiki using the Aplus.Net Control Panel:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
2. Select Websites from the top navigation bar.
3. Next, select Hosting Domains and click on Manage Hosting Domains.
4. Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
5. Click on the Design tab.
6. Click on the Tiki Wiki icon.
7. Go to the Features tab.
8. Use the respective radio buttons to enable/disable the Blogs feature.
9. With the Anonymous View checkbox you can set whether or not anonymous users will be able to browse your blogs.
10. Click Modify to save the changes.

Now, you have only enabled the blogs feature for your TikiWiki. You can see below how you can create a blog, post a message, and set permissions for other users. To proceed with the management of your blogs, click on the respective Manage button in the Control Panel. The other option would be to go to: http://yourdomain.com/twiki and to login as user admin using your administrative password (please make sure to replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual domain name).  

CREATE A NEW BLOG:

1. Expand the Blogs menu found in the left navigation and click on Create/Edit blog.
2. A form to create a New Blog will be displayed.
3. Once you have filled in your preferences, please do not forget to click the Save button.

POST A MESSAGE TO THE BLOG:

1. Click on Blogs >> Post in the left navigation.
2. Use the “Blog” drop-down box to choose the blog you wish to post to.
3. Then, type your message in the respective text field and click Save when ready.

SET BLOG PERMISSIONS:

1. Click on Blogs in the left navigation.
2. Click on the perms link in the “Actions” section of the desired blog.
3. Now, you can assign specific permissions for the groups you have created, as well as for the two default groups: Anonymous and Registered.

Note: The tiki_p_blog_admin is a “master” permission which automatically includes the other permissions for Blogs.  

Related links:

• I have already installed the TikiWiki software. How can I create my first web page?
• How do I add a new page to my TikiWiki?
• How do I manage my TikiWiki permissions for anonymous and registered users?
• How do I customize the look and feel of my TikiWiki based website?
• How do I change the logo of my TikiWiki website?