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Blog not so good?
Hi,
I am new to using Joomla (although I did mess with mambo some time ago).
I was my site to have a blog. I noticed Joomla has a blog, but it seems to be lacking. IE site feed (rss,xml,etc), pinging
Is this true and would you advise adding software like MT or Word Press instead of using built in blog?
Thanks
I am new to using Joomla (although I did mess with mambo some time ago).
I was my site to have a blog. I noticed Joomla has a blog, but it seems to be lacking. IE site feed (rss,xml,etc), pinging
Is this true and would you advise adding software like MT or Word Press instead of using built in blog?
Thanks
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Re: Blog not so good?
My opinion... I'd use Wordpress...its a lot easier to set up and is tailored to blogging while Joomla is general purpose and its "blog" function is quite utilitarian when compared to Wordpress, etc. Of course, you can make Joomla do just about anything Wordpress can do, but its a bit more work to get there...
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Blog not so good
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Re: Blog not so good?
Ok thanks 
I was thinking of doing WP.
I also did not want the blog simply mirroring what was posted to the site because that would be duplicate content.

I was thinking of doing WP.
I also did not want the blog simply mirroring what was posted to the site because that would be duplicate content.
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I think the RSS 2 Joomla auto import http://developer.joomla.org/sf/sfmain/d ... uto_import May solve the blogging issue for many people. You use a true blogging tool like WordPress to manage your blog and then have the content automatically created in Joomla from your blog feed.
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Re: Blog not so good?
You could also try mamblog
its a blogging component which also allows registered users to have blogs on the site
its a blogging component which also allows registered users to have blogs on the site
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- wp1
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Re: Blog not so good?
Hello!mediawizard wrote: You could also try mamblog
its a blogging component which also allows registered users to have blogs on the site
Is it possible in MamBlog to limit blogging to specific registered members, or to only authors and/or publishers?
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Re: Blog not so good?
Yes, you can restrict the authors by using a specific e-mail address for their blog posts.
The EasyMoblog then gets them on a regular, scheduled basis (via a cronjob) using the username & password via POP3. The cronjob was tricky, but I had my webhost (diywebhosting.ca) help me get it up & running -successfully- on 3 sites last month. Look for the blog link in apodo.com.mx or mangodigital.com; third one is still in development. One more thing: the module at mamboforge is also buggy, so I would suggest installing it in its own directory (as you would without Joomla) and then using Joomla's backend wrapper (menu item) to integrate & publish it.
Although EasyMoblog has been moribund for more than a year, a new branch called CoMoblog ("co" = community, I think) is in final testing and should be released next month (November). I am eager for it, and expect to integrate it in other Joomla sites.
Good luck!
The EasyMoblog then gets them on a regular, scheduled basis (via a cronjob) using the username & password via POP3. The cronjob was tricky, but I had my webhost (diywebhosting.ca) help me get it up & running -successfully- on 3 sites last month. Look for the blog link in apodo.com.mx or mangodigital.com; third one is still in development. One more thing: the module at mamboforge is also buggy, so I would suggest installing it in its own directory (as you would without Joomla) and then using Joomla's backend wrapper (menu item) to integrate & publish it.
Although EasyMoblog has been moribund for more than a year, a new branch called CoMoblog ("co" = community, I think) is in final testing and should be released next month (November). I am eager for it, and expect to integrate it in other Joomla sites.
Good luck!
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Re: Blog not so good?
All registered users can setup their own blogs.wp1 wrote: Is it possible in MamBlog to limit blogging to specific registered members, or to only authors and/or publishers?
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Recommend you install and take it for a spin.
To see a working sample, see the secong link in my sig
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Re: Blog not so good?
Is Mamblof fully customizable? Can I use it for as a news sytem also ?
I've been trying to use Joomla and customize the "news" module to display the intro text like I want, but it's frickin impssible...
I've been trying to use Joomla and customize the "news" module to display the intro text like I want, but it's frickin impssible...
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Re: Blog not so good?
Please note that EasyMoBlog has a branch called CoMoBlog which integrates/wraps into Joomla 1.0.x - more info here:
http://comoblog.serialmonkey.com/comoblog/
http://comoblog.serialmonkey.com/comoblog/