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- Language
- English
- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.3
- Additional requirements
- PHP: 8.3.x recommended (not tested on lower versions past 8.2/8.1)
A user blogging system to allow your users to express themselves.
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Options
[TaylorJ] Blogs - Options
Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Minimum tag amount | How many tags must a blog post have to be able to be posted |
| Blog Posts per page | How many blog posts to show per page on the blog view |
| Moderate blog creation | Force all new blog creations into the approval queue |
| Blog creation limit | Limit your users to how many blogs they can own/create |
| Moderate blog post creation | Force all new visible blog posts to the approval queue |
| Blog post comments | When turned on blogs will be created with comment threads in forum specified below, when off blogs will not have comments |
| Blog post deletion thread action | When a blog post is deleted, take this action with any automatically created thread. |
| Forum for comment thread creation | Pick a forum that will be used to automatically create threads in for blog posts to be used as comments. |
| Show other posts by blog post author | If turned on this will show a random list of other blog posts by that author in any blog. |
| Blogs per page | How many blogs to display per page on the blogs index page |
Permissions
[TaylorJ] Blogs permissions
- Can view own blog
- Can view blogs
- Can view any blog
- Can edit own blog
- Can delete own blog
- Can create a new blog
- Can make a blog post
- Can edit own blog post
- Can delete own blog post
- Can tag own blog post
- Can submit blog posts without approval
- Blog limit
- Can undelete own blog post
- Can view deleted blog posts
- Can view moderated blog posts
- Can undelete owned blog(s)
[TaylorJ] Blogs Moderator Permissions
- Can edit any blog
- Can delete any blog
- Can edit any blog post
- Can delete any blog post
- Can tag any blog post
- Can manage any blog posts tags
- Use inline moderation on resources
- Can view moderated content
- Can hard delete any blog post
- Can undelete any blog post
- Can hard delete any blog
- Can undelete any blog
Widget Positions
Position | Description |
|---|---|
[TaylorJ] Blog Post View:Below (taylorj_blogs_blog_post_below_post) | Position in the bottom of the taylorj_blogs_blog_post_view template. Widget templates rendered in this position can use the current blog post entity in the {$context.blogPost} param. |
Widget Definitions
Definition | Description |
|---|---|
[TaylorJ] Latest Blog Posts (taylorj_latest_blog_posts) | Displays latest blog posts |
[TaylorJ] Other blog posts by author (taylorj_other_blog_posts) | Show other random blog posts by the same author/user. |
[Taylor J] Similar Blog Posts (taylorj_similar_posts) | Show a widget of other similar blog posts to the one being read (requires XFES) |
Cron Entries
Name | Run on... | Run at hours | Run at minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Update the blog post count to reflect visible posts | Any day of the month | 12AM | 0 |
| [TaylorJ] Blogs Update Similar Blog Posts | Any day of the week | Any | 30 |
| Update Blog Post View Counter | Any day of the month | Any | 30 |
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