Documentation - JoomBlog

JoomBlog
JoomBlog component includes significant and necessary functionality to make your Joomla! blog extension management easy and user-friendly. This blog component allows configuring template, avatar, blog text settings; moderating comments; adjusting permissions on posting and publishing, and many more.

Change Log

v 1.0.3

Huge code revision.

Administrator Panel:
  • Updated Settings
  • Added integration with Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.
  • Added a multi categories.
  • Updated integration with Disqus and AddThis services.
  • Updated permission system.
  • Fixed minor bugs.
Front End:
  • Added social buttons to posts and list of posts.
  • Added Multicategories.
  • Added the ability to grant permission to create a blog.
  • Updated RSS.
  • Updated SEF router.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

v 1.0.2

Joomla! 1.7 supported.

Code revision.

Administrator Panel:
  • Added a section for bloggers management.
  • Added a section for blogs management.
  • Fixed minor bugs.
Front End:
  • Fixed minor bugs.

v 1.0.1

Huge code revision.

Administrator Panel:
  • Added a section allowing user to manage JoomBlog bloggers.
  • Added a section allowing user to manage blogs.
  • Added integration with Disqus service for managing comments.
  • Added integration with AddThis service for social sharing features.
  • Added advanced settings allowing user to adjust the arrangement of main menu items in the front-end toolbar.
  • Added management of bloggers avatars. Added support for JomSocial avatars.
  • Changed Sample Data. Two demo blogs containing three posts each are available.
  • New menu types available when creating menu items (Blogger Posts, Category Posts, Archives, Tags, Blog Posts).
Front End:
  • Added new menu items to the toolbar main menu (Bloggers, Categories, Archives, Tags). Menu items can be either displayed or hidden. Added possibility to change titles and order of menu items.
  • Added the Previous and Next buttons allowing user to navigate between posts.
  • Added the Back to Top button to the toolbar of every post in the post list.
  • Changed order of entries in the posts list: blog->post title, category title.

v 1.0.0

The first version released.

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System Requirements

Joomla!

Before you can use JoomBlog, you need latest version of Joomla! installed on your web server. We always recommended you to use the latest version of Joomla!. Please check Joomla! official website to check the most recent updates.

PHP

PHP version 4.3.2 or above is required. JoomBlog has been tested and working with some warning message in PHP 5.3.x.

MySQL

MySQL version 4.1 or above is required.

Minimum Width

To make sure JoomBlog Dashboard displayed correctly, minimum width is 640px wide (English language). It never been tested with other language. But please let JoomBlog use at least 700px of your template section.

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Installing JoomBlog in 7 Easy Steps

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Creating menu item and setting your blog as a home page

Creating a blog based on a Joomla! website you may want to make it open by default when user enters your website home address. Here's the steps how to achieve this:

  • Step 1: Select Add new menu item from drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel.
  • Step 2: Click Select button to choose menu item type.
  • Step 3: Select Frontpage menu item type from JoomBlog category.
  • Step 4: Enter a Menu Title and click Save & Close.
  • Step 5: Set new menu item as a default by clicking star icon in Menu Items list.
  • Step 6: Now your home page should display a JoomBlog frontpage.
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Installing Sample Data

In order to get started fast we recommend to install sample data:

  • Step 1: Select JoomBlog from Components drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel.
  • Step 2: Click on Sample Data item in right component menu.
  • Step 3: Click Yes button when you asked to create demonstration blogs and posts. You could clean them later.
  • Step 4: That's it. Sample Data is installed to your JoomBlog component.
  • Step 5: Go to Frontpage to see changes.
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Bugfixes

v 1.0.3

  • Additional blank category creation removed.
  • Relative URLs in RSS feed fixed.
  • Removed unnecessary images for Untagged and uncategorized posts.
  • Post links in notification email fixed.
  • Localization for post date fixed.

v 1.0.2

  • Permissions system fixed.
  • Admin blog creation after reinstall removed.
  • AceSEF router compatibility issue fixed.

v 1.0.1

Hooray! No bugs are found yet!

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