The Blogs Summary portlet

The Blogs Summary portlet

The IBM Connections Blogs Summary portlet gives you a targeted view of the blogs activity from within IBM WebSphere Portal.

Purpose

Use the Blogs Summary portlet to display a targeted view of blogs, such as most popular blogs.
The Blogs Summary portlet has two views:

Recommends displays the most recommended blogs.

Date displays blogs with the newest first.

Edit the shared settings for the Blogs Summary portlet

You must have at least editor access for the page and for the portlet to be able to edit shared settings for Connections features. For more information on access levels, see the WebSphere Portal product wiki. Settings entered on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet. Choose Edit Shared Settings from the portlet menu and choose which view to display in the portlet:

Configure the Blogs Summary portlet

You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it. Choose Configure from the portlet menu and configure these options:

Option Description
Homepage Handle Enter the Homepage Handle for the Blogs deployment.
Display link to open IBM Connections in a browser window Opens IBM Connections in a browser window so that users can interact with the full application.

Parent topic:
Use the Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal

Option	Description
Homepage Handle	Enter the Homepage Handle for the Blogs deployment.
Display link to open IBM Connections in a browser window	Opens IBM Connections in a browser window so that users can interact with the full application.