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   1  Phorum Blog How-To
   2  ==================
   3  
   4  This document describes how to create a forum which can be used as a blog.
   5  
   6  
   7  1. Create the Blog Forum
   8  ------------------------
   9  
  10     1. When creating the forum, you should set `Visible` to `No`.  This
  11        will keep it out of the normal forum list;
  12  
  13     2. The template will use the forum's name as the title of the page;
  14  
  15     3. Set the forum to allow only reading by anyone.
  16  
  17  
  18  2. Create a write group
  19  -----------------------
  20  
  21     1. Go to `Edit Groups`;
  22  
  23     2. Add a group by creating a new group.  e.g. Blog Writers;
  24  
  25     3. Click on the group name to edit it;
  26  
  27     4. Add the blog forum to the group and grant `Read`, `Reply`,
  28        `Create New Topics`, `Edit Their Posts`;
  29  
  30     5. You can create additional groups for moderation of comments, etc.
  31  
  32  
  33  3. Make a cool script (optional)
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  35  
  36     Somehow, you have to point people at the blog. You could make a redirect
  37     using any number of things to redirect your readers to the appropriate URL
  38     (list.php?1, where 1 is the forum id of the blog forum). However, I like
  39     the following method. Let's asume you want the blog to be a page called 
  40     blog.php. Then create blog.php like this:
  41  
  42        <?php
  43  
  44        chdir("/full/path/to/phorum");
  45  
  46        // Below, "1" is the forum_id for the blog forum
  47        $PHORUM_CUSTOM_QUERY_STRING="1";
  48  
  49        include_once  "./list.php";
  50  
  51        ?>
  52  
  53     If you wanted your front page to be the blog, just create index.php and 
  54     put this in it.
  55  
  56  
  57  TODO
  58  ----
  59  
  60     At the time of writing, there are still several parts of the default
  61     template that are not yet converted to the blog template. Control Center
  62     for example.
  63