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
Latest version	2.6.0
MediaWiki	1.34+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Example	Development/Testing wiki on Wikimedia Labs
Namespace NS_BLOG (NS_BLOG_TALK)
Parameters $wgBlogPageDisplay $wgUserProfileDisplay
Added rights createblogpost
Hooks used ArticleFromTitle PageContentSaveComplete PageContentSave AlternateEdit CanonicalNamespaces UserProfileRightSideAfterActivity
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The 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

The following extensions are required to be installed for this extension to work:

• SocialProfile extension
• Comments extension
• VoteNY extension

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called BlogPage in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'BlogPage' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

User rights

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

API documentation

blogpage

blogpage
Checks if there is already a blog post with the given title. This module cannot be used as a generator.
Prefix
Required rights	none
Post only?	No
Generated help	Current

This API checks if there is already a blog post with the given title. To call the API, use action=blogpage, along with appending the parameters.

Parameters

• pagename -

This parameter accepts a given title for a blog.

See also

• Extension:Wikilog