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Devstatus
Statusimplemented
Target4.x

Implementation tracked in MGNLBLOG@jira.

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Purpose

Implement a simple template / set of templates to collection of page and component templates that enable blogging with STK/Magnolia

Motivation

Blog Magnolia CMS. Blog functionality is often asked for on RFP's. While we don't see Magnolia CMS as a blogging platform per se, the infrastructure we provide out of the box should make it almost trivial to provide blog functionality , that to some extend might even supersede exceed some of the existing options.It  It could also be useful for our own bloggers, or used as a system to provide blog space for the community once we have a proper forge.

Functionality Delta

Goals

Map between typical blog functionality and Magnolia CMS features.

Blog functionality

Magnolia CMS feature

Create

Functionality

covered by

create a blog entry

standard Magnolia Standard page creation

edit Edit a blog entry

standard Magnolia Standard content editing & paragraphs

list List of recent blogsblog posts

STK ( teaser lists)list

commentingCommenting

STK / Commenting module

list List of latest comments

STK / CommentinglatestComments component

RSS feedsfeed

RSS Aggregation Aggregator module

Post archive

use paginated Paginated list of blog entries

social Social bookmarking

showTextFeatures option in the intro area

Calendar

STK

calendar

STK

tagsTags

Categorization Modulemodule

Search

STK search

standard Magnolia

securitySecurity, administration & all the other goodies

standard Standard Magnolia functionality

Missing Functionalityfunctionality

Status

trackback & Trackback and ping

out Out of scope for first version

Status

Teresa has done a prototype for a recent demo; this is working but not yet what I [BK] want. A wire frame has been attached to this page that describes what it should look like. The wire frame is done exclusively using existing paragraphs or stuff from the STK html prototype. No specific new design would be necessary, however, we should make the templates reside on a top level (multi-site support !) as a blog generally looks better without being embedded in a corporate site (we don't want all the menu entries etc).

Next steps

As soon as someone has time, it would be nice to see this template(s) come together. Please also document your steps, either in daily blog entries or otherwise, as the goal is also to put together a tutorial (Antti) that shows how to create your own blog system using Magnolia.

To Be Decided

  • should the blog module be part of standard STK or its own module?