Reading a Blog

When you select a blog from the Blogs list page, Tiki displays the blog's header information and a full page of posts.

 Tip

By default, Tiki will show 25posts at a time. You can change this by configuring the Displayed Posts option on the Create Blog page.

Configure the number of items to display.

This section includes information on the following blog functions:

Searching in Blogs

Use the Find box to perform a text search within this blog's posts.

Searching for the word HELLO in the blog.

Only blog posts that contain the search text will be displayed.

 Tip

You can specify if the blog has its own search feature by selecting the Allow Search option on the pagename page when you create a new blog.

Configuring the blog for searching.

Using the RSS Feed

Tiki can automatically create an RSS feed for each blog, if configured. The RSS link will appear in the blog's header.

Click the RSS link to subscribe to the RSS feed for the blog.

Viewing the Permalink

A permalink is the permanent, complete, URL for a specific blog post. Tiki automatically creates permalinks for every blog post.

When viewing a blog, the permalink appears at the end of each post.

The permalink for a blog post.

Click Permalink to display only the selected blog post.

Viewing the blog post -- its permalink.

Emailing Blog Posts

You can easily send blog posts to other people. Tiki includes a "Send to Friend" feature for every blog entry.

1. Click the Email This Post ( ) link at the bottom of the blog entry.
   
   

   Send this post to a friend.
2. On the Send Blog Post page, enter the email address of people that you want to to send the post to.
   
   

   You can enter multiple email address. Separate each with a comma.
   
   
   
3. Click Send. Tiki will send the following email to each person:
   

   Hi, ''YOUR USERNAME'' has sent you this link:
   Blog post: ''TITLE OF THE BLOG POST''
   at:  ~np~http://www.yourdomain.com/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=1&blogId=1

   
   

    Note

   The email will come "from" the Sender Email address that you entered on the Administration: General page.