Weblog (aka "blog") is arguably one of the most popular categories of applications on the Internet today. Naturally, this makes a Blog module a very important part of the DotNetNuke family of free BSD modules. The DotNetNuke® Blog is actually a collection of related modules which comprise all the working parts of a Blog. When you add the blog module to a page, you actually add all of them (which you can choose to delete or move). These presently include:
- Menu: List of blog related actions that a user can take, based on permissions (e.g. changing settings, adding a post, etc).
- Search: Utility for searching Blog content.
- Roll: List of blogs on the site (or in some logical grouping)
- Archive: Calendar indicating dates when blogs have been posted
- Posts: Display of the lists and content of the blogs.
This blog module was contributed to DotNetNuke (and thus to you) by Hans-Peter Schelian, who based his work on a blog module originally developed by Matt Fraser for version 1.x. Thanks to Matt for his initial vision, and to Hans-Peter for giving it continued life in version 2.x and 3.x.
For some interesting reading on Blogs... and ideas about where this might go... please consult the following: