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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| FrontPage (Wordpress style) |
Administrative level showing list of SubjectCategories |
Implementation level showing one TopicFunction |
Customized WebSearch showing headlines and teasers |
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| Editing a BlogEntry |
Editing a BlogLink |
Editing a posting |
FrontPage (MovableType style) |
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| BlogSideBar on FrontPage showing the Archive, Categories and Blogroll |
BlogEntry, sidebar links to related entries |
NewsReader based on HeadlinesPlugin |
BlogAuthors tools in sidebar |
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| Implementation level showing list of TopicFunctions |
Implementation level showing list of TopicTypes |
Monthly BlogArchive and statistics |
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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
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Publishing a new blog entry
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Aggregating news
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Commenting
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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.
TODO
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Customization
TODO
See also:
BlogPlugin,
BlogUp template web
Application Info
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TWiki:Main/MichaelDaum - 08 Feb 2006
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