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Configure Blogs
Configure the Blogs feature so that you and other users can create blogs.
Configure an administrative user before you complete this procedure. For more information, see the Configuring an administrative user topic.
Before you can start using the Blogs feature, you need to configure it.
To configure the Blogs feature...
- Open a Web browser and go to the Blogs Web address that you specified for the Blogs feature.
- From the Welcome to Blogs page, click the New Blog Creation Page link and then log in using the credentials of the Blog site administrator.
You must be a user with administrative level access to the Blog site to create a page.
- Enter details about the Blog site's home page on the Create Blog form. Specify the following information:
- Name
- Enter a name for the My Blog page. For example: home.
- Description
- Enter a description of the My Blog page.
- Blog Tags
- Enter a variety of tags for the My Blog page.
- Handle
- Enter a value to use as the keyword for the home page. For example, home.
- Theme
- Choose
homepage
This value must be changed from its default of blogs to homepage to ensure that user blogs are visible on the Blogs site.
- Click Create Blog.
- From the My Blog tab, click Server administration to open the site configuration settings document, and then enter the Handle value that you specified in Step 3 in the Handle of blog to serve as frontpage blog field. You can also provide values for the following site settings:
- Site name – Enter a name for the blog site which is displayed on the home page of the blog site.
- Short name – Enter a short name for the blog which is displayed in the blog site banner.
- Site Description – Enter a description which is displayed below the site name on the home page and is provided as the feed description.
For information about other configuration options, see the Administration Guide.
- Click Save.
Results
The Blogs feature with the default configuration is ready to be used. When you click My Blog, the default Blog Site configuration is displayed. This is what users see when they access the site. Initially, there are no Blog entries. After users create Blogs and Blog entries, their entries are displayed on the Blogs Home page. Click the Help link for information about how to post entries and create a blog.
Before you start using Blogs, you should edit the default e-mail address from which system notifications are sent. If you do not edit this default e-mail address, recipients might receive a delivery failure notification when they try to respond to any automatic notifications. Specify a legitimate administrator e-mail address that has access rights to send mail. For detailed instructions, see the Specifying an administrator e-mail address for Blogs notifications topic in the Administration section of the information center.
For information about other configuration options, and how to implement them, refer to the Administration section.
Performing feature-specific tasks
Related tasks
Specify an administrator e-mail address for Blogs notifications
Configure an administrative user for Home Page and Blogs