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Blogs

Use blogs and blog libraries to provide news and commentary on a variety of subjects pertinent to your intranet and extranet sites. Blogs and blog libraries typically combine text with graphics and links to other blogs and websites. Entries that you create and post are arranged in reverse-chronological order, with the newest entry displayed first. Readers can post comments about your entries, fostering discussions and online networking. You can manage your own blog entries and comment on other blog entries. You can also incorporate tagging and rating as you would with other WebSphere Portal content.

Tip

Use a blog for sharing information on a single subject. Use a blog library to share information on multiple discussions.

  • Learn about the template libraries used by blogs and blog libraries
    Blogs and blog libraries use the template libraries provided by HCL Web Content Manager. Blog libraries use Web Resources v70 library and Blog v70 library. Blogs use the Web Resources v70 and Blog Solo v70 library. The page hierarchy that is provided for these components is the common one defined by the Web Content Manager template libraries.
  • Adding a blog or blog library to a page
    With Editor access to the portal or the portal page, you can add a blog or blog library to a page. Choose a blog to collaborate with your team on a single topic. Choose a blog library to collaborate with your team on multiple topics in a centralized view.
  • Adding existing blogs or blog libraries to a page
    If you created a blog or blog library for another page and now want to use it again, add a web content viewer to the new page and edit its settings to point to the existing blog or blog library.
  • Assigning blog access to users
    The Portal administrator can assign Editor access to you if you need to create and manage blogs within the site. If you are given Editor access to a blog, you can create or modify posts in that blog. If you are given Editor rights to a blog library, you can create and modify blogs and you can create and modify posts in that blog library. If you have Manager rights to a blog, you can create, modify, and delete posts and delete comments in that blog. If you are given Manager rights to a blog library, you can create, modify, and delete blogs. You can also create, modify, and delete posts and delete comments within the blogs.
  • Viewing blogs and blog posts
    You can view the blogs that are created in a specific library and you can view the posts in a blog by descending order. If you are a contributor, you can view blog pages. By default, all portal users can view content in a blog or blog post once it has been created.
  • Deleting blogs or blog libraries
    If you are the owner of a blog site, you have Manager access and can delete any blog, pages, comments, or posts on that site. -->