Builds a simple weblog.

Version todo and above.#

Parameters#

• page - which page is used to do the blog; default is the current page.
• days - how many days the weblog aggregator should show. If set to "all", shows all pages.
• pageformat - What the entry pages should look like. The pageformat can use the %p for the current page name
• startDate - Date when to start. Format is "ddMMyy";
• maxEntries - How many entries to show at most.

The "days" and "startDate" can also be sent in HTTP parameters, and the names are "weblog.days" and "weblog.startDate", respectively.

Example#

[{INSERT WeblogPlugin}]

Example Blog Page#

Here's an example blog or "News" page showing both the entry and display plugins in use:

[{WeblogEntryPlugin entrytext='Create a new entry.'}] Note that if your entry starts with 
a heading it will be used as the title (e.g., "! My Title").

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[{WeblogPlugin days='90' allowComments='true'}]

Questions#

And how do I write the blog?? To me it seems that one should also add [{INSERT WeblogEntryPlugin}] to the same page to get the New entry button. Is there a localized version? --BorisFolgmann

A: Yes, you'll have to add the WeblogEntryPlugin, not necessarily on the same page, though. It has a page parameter to refer to a Weblog on another page. The only localization you can do is use the entrytext parameter. -- Jawe

A: Please consider that the parameter page is a feature of the newer 2.1 release of JSPWiki. In the current stable 2.0.52 release, the parameter page doesn't work. -- SteffenStundzig

A: Note, that the current version 2.1.103a does not support page in WeblogEntryPlugin. page is always encoded as engine.encodeName(weblogName) which is in turn context.getPage().getName() - see com.ecyrd.jspwiki.plugin.WeblogEntryPlugin.java, line 83 -- OlafKock

Q: My blog entries seem to be dissappearing after a few days whatever the days parameter is set to. I've tried the default 180, and all. I want all the entries to stay forever. Any ideas? -- Chris Harris

A: IIRC you'll also have to add days=all --Jawe

Q: I would like to know how to use the pageformat parameter. Thanks. -- ilmazozz

Indeed, how to use this feature? Whatever I do the output stays same. -- juhnu

A: Quick answer: pageformat defines the way the weblog page title is formatted (i.e. Main_blogentry_ddMMYY_N)

Q: Blog entries are never shown. Files are created correctly but then nothing is displayed. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Can anyone shed a light here plz? Thnx. --ncorreia

Q:i am also having the same problem, any help will be apreaciated. - Chris

A: One way is to set the 'days' parameter to 'all.'

A: You need to use the WeblogPlugin to display the pages created by the WeblogEntryPlugin. If the WeblogEntryPlugin is on a different page, then set you must set the page attribute of the WeblogPlugin to that page.

Q: Is it possible to show only a part of the blog-entries... for example just the first 5 lines or something else? -- MartinU :o) Thanks!

A: Unfortunately not, you would need to modify the WeblogPlugin. -- JanneJalkanen

Q: Can you create separate pages pointing to the same blog content? I'd like to have a page with days='all' and another with days='7'.

A: Yes, that should work fine.

How do you edit a blog entry? (sorry if that's a dumb question ;) )

--Dorothy Valiga, 10-Jun-2009 00:15

Answer: You follow the permalink at the bottom of the entry.

-- Keith W