Extension:BlogPage

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BlogPage Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Blogging system with commenting and voting features, a special page to create blog posts and a special page to list blog posts.
Author(s)	David Pean Jack Phoenix
Last version	2.1
MediaWiki	1.18+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary • tree • code changes SVN [?]: checkout-url • tree • code changes
Parameters $wgBlogPageDisplay
Added rights createblogpost
Hooks used ArticleFromTitle ArticleSaveComplete ArticleSave AlternateEdit CanonicalNamespaces UserProfileRightSideAfterActivity
Check usage (experimental)

BlogPage extension allows users to create blog posts and others to vote and comment on blog posts.

New blog posts can be created via Special:CreateBlogPost by users who have the createblogpost user right.

Dependencies

• SocialProfile extension
• Comments extension
• VoteNY extension

Installation

1. Download the files into $IP/extensions/BlogPage
2. Add require_once("$IP/extensions/BlogPage/Blog.php"); into the wiki's LocalSettings.php
3. Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version

User rights

This extension adds one new user right, createblogpost, which allows users to create new blog posts via Special:CreateBlogPost.

To-do list

1. Restore the editing toolbar, which was removed in r108096 due to compatibility issues, to Special:CreateBlogPost