sc.blog

Table of Contents

• Life, the Universe, and Everything
• Mostly Harmless
• Don't Panic
  • Installation
  • Usage
  • TODO List
• Not entirely unlike

Life, the Universe, and Everything

This package includes a content type, views and viewlets to represent a blog inside a Plone site.

Any content type inside a blog (except Image, File and Folder) can be a post.

Mostly Harmless

Got an idea? Found a bug? Let us know by opening a support ticket.

Don't Panic

Installation

To enable this product in a buildout-based installation:

1. Edit your buildout.cfg and add sc.blog to the list of eggs to install:

   [buildout]
   ...
   eggs =
       sc.blog
   

After updating the configuration you need to run ''bin/buildout'', which will take care of updating your system.

Go to the 'Site Setup' page in a Plone site and click on the 'Add-ons' link.

Check the box next to sc.blog and click the 'Activate' button.

Note

You may have to empty your browser cache and save your resource registries in order to see the effects of the product installation.

Usage

Just install the package and start adding Blogs and Posts.

A blog may have an associated image that is shown in a viewlet located below the breadcrumb.

TODO List

• Navigation portlet listing posts on chronological order (refs. #4)
• Tag Cloud portlet listing tags in posts (refs. #6)

Not entirely unlike

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