HOWTO: Configure user blogs
Last modified: November 19, 2007 - 14:53
To implement user blogs on your Drupal site, turn on the blog module and enable permissions:
- Go to administer » modules and check the box next to blog.
- Under administer » users » access control, check the edit own blog box for each role you wish to maintain blogs.
Aftewards, once logged in, each user with the permission to maintain a blog will be able to click create content » blog entry and will see my blog (which displays blog entries as other people will see them) in the user navigation block. At the top of each individual blog post, the original blog author will find an edit tab.
To add instructions for users on creating their blogs and set workflow options such as published, promoted to the front page, etc.:
- Select administer » content management » content types, then click the "edit" link next to blog entry
- Enter your instructions in the "Explanation or submission guidelines:" text field.
- Set workflow options.
- Use the Minimum number of words in a blog entry setting to specify a minimum length for all blog posts.
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for 6.13
administer » users » access control
is changed to
administer » modules - then click the link Permissions in the text at the start of that page
and most importantly it DOES NOT give you a My Blog link - and I have no idea how to get one working because it has to do with getting the right node id into the path - and there are no instructions for that... if anyone finds any i would be greatful if you posted the link here
You have to enable it in the
You have to enable it in the Site Building|menu.
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