TP BLOGS

[brianjw]

YA I WANNA BETA TEST

[seaofsin]

If you are looking for a blog mod you can check out this

http://www.johncarpenterforum.com/snake

[domineaux]

If you are looking for a blog mod you can check out this

http://www.johncarpenterforum.com/snake

Your point is taken.  I think the difficulty with a forums type format is the public of users are used to a type for formatting that is uniquely addressed.  The format of Bloc Manuscript gives the quality of appearance and display that infers quality of content. 

I think quality of content and easy readability is very important with blogs.  The Joomla CMS doesn't address Blogs well, but Wordpress does it extremely well.

It's important not to try to change the wheel from being round. Let's keep Blog appearance, formatting and operation of a blog...just like people expect in a blog.

In other words, the Blog is the Blog and nothing else.  The forums is the forums and nothing else.  You can link the two easily from TP, and have Blog/Forums site that would be teriffic. 

THen we need to add a Wiki..  LOL

[domineaux]

I just came from the SMF site.  SMF has a dedicated blog category. The click on was in the rotating news line at the top of the page.

Blogs are such a HOT ITEM right now. I'm not surprised at all to see a Blog section on the SMF site.  It's just not appropriately done or easily found.

Blogs are a natural spin-off from forums, because so many security issues have already been addressed over time with forums.

If the forums devs keep the forums type formats for their Blogs, or make users wade through the forums to get to Blogs, they will not be of much interest to users.  Users will respond to separate standing Blogs apart from forums. The Blog formats must be site pages rather than forums categories or forums, in disguise.

There must be plenty of access to sharing of RSS and other information with the Blogging community built in, a good comments system, and strong Spam protection.  Video, photos, sound files must be allowed and adequately secure software to support them is important.

The editor must have broad functionality and still have enough security provisions built in.  Some permissions levels must also provide ability for trusted users to use HTML or PHP in postings as well.










 

[Assistance]

i just did what Bloc said
now i have a blog

TP + SMF makes it rather easier then one would expect

it actually goes againt what domineaux said
" Let's keep Blog appearance, formatting and operation of a blog...just like people expect in a blog. "

why do something just cause everyone else does?
hardly seems creative and rather limited by expectations

the irony of all this
I used Bloc's theme Simplicity (hacked up the links sections)
TP Article w/ ssi_boardNews(20,5);
and made a hidden board added child board

looks like a blog, acts like a blog it must be a assblog

[brianjw]

i just did what Bloc said
now i have a blog

TP + SMF makes it rather easier then one would expect

it actually goes againt what domineaux said
" Let's keep Blog appearance, formatting and operation of a blog...just like people expect in a blog. "

why do something just cause everyone else does?
hardly seems creative and rather limited by expectations

the irony of all this
I used Bloc's theme Simplicity (hacked up the links sections)
TP Article w/ ssi_boardNews(20,5);
and made a hidden board added child board

looks like a blog, acts like a blog it must be a assblog

I would like to do that; how do you hide boards?

[Assistance]

create a cat (Cat 1)
add a board < visible to no one > (board 1)
create a child board parent to board 1, and make visible to readers (reply only)

[brianjw]

I tried it, but its not worth it to me

I WANT A MOD

[Assistance]

 

ya I wanted a mod too, but just like waiting on a mod, u have to wait on updates

[clarkkent93]

Do you have a website that I can see how this further integrates into the software? 

And can you break down further how to do this (yes I'm a mental midget!).  I'm using the TP Enterprise theme.

Assistance, you made mention of how the child board "make visible to readers (reply only)".  What if you want members to be able to create their own blogs as well?