A blogging plugin for GetSimple using n00dles(001)'s The Matrix.
- Full template editing - modify almost any aspect of the blog's look
- Custom field creation - by virtue of using The Matrix, you can use The Matrix to add extra fields that may be needed
- Category creation - easily created from a textarea, with sub-categories created simply using '> ' for different levels of indentation
- i18n integration - entries can be created in multiple languages and can be created exclusively in one language (without being the base langauge of your site)
- i18n searchable - entries are fully indexed by i18n search (and you can remove individual entries from the results)
- Built-in comments system - readers can comment on your posts. Don't worry about commenters trying to impersonate you though - admin comments and author comments are specially highlighted
- Gravatar support
- The Matrix (n00dles)
- i18n (mvlcek)
- i18n Search (mvlcek)
- Pagify (mvlcek)
NOTE: This plugin currently assumes that your apache server has mod_rewrite enabled.
Download and install the CORE DEPENDENCIES first to your /plugins folder. Then to the same for this plugin.
On the Pages tab of the admin panel, you will see 'Blog Entries'. click there to open the main panel.
To show the sidebar, call the function 'mblog_show_sidebar' on your current theme's template/in a component (e.g. )
Click 'View' to view your blog's main page.
- Click 'Create Entry' to create a blog entry.
- Click '#' next to an entry to view it.
- Click 'x' next to an entry to delete it (this can be undone on the immediately following page)
- Click on an entry's name to edit it.
You can also sort your view of the entries via Title, Slug, Creation and Publication date.
- You can edit the look of the following templates:
- HEADER (for HTML, CSS and Javascript at the top of the page)
- ENTRY (for the individual entry)
- EXCERPT (for how entries look on the main blog page and in search results)
- COMMENTS (for how each comment will be formatted)
- AUTHOR (for your author's page)
- SIDEBAR (for reorganizing the widgets)
- You can modify the configuration of your blog.
- Base URL: base URL of all aspects of the blog
- Slug: dummy slug for your blog to be located on (this should reflect the Base URL)
- Template: core template file for blog based on your current theme
- Authors URL: relative path for blog author profiles
- Tags: tags to exist for all blog entries when searched
- Categories: categories for your blog entries to be sorted into (one category name per line)
- Sub categories are created by prefixing the category with '>' for how many indentations are needed, then a space.
- Language: languages you would like to select from when creating an entry; one language code per line
- Image Upload Settings: Set the max file size, image dimensions and thumb dimensions of uploads
- Excerpt Length: length of excerpts on main blog page and search results
- Entries per page: number of entries per blog page/search results
- Comments per page: max number of comments per page before pagination
- Min chars per comment: min length of a comment (NEEDS FIXING)
- Max chars per comment: max length of a comment
- Require name, email, URL: sets whether those entities are required prior to posting a comment
- Censored words: list of words you'd like to censor in a comment (replaced with ); one line per word (and if a line is of the form 'foo, bar', the word 'foo' will be replaced with 'bar' rather than '')
- Banned IPs: one IP per line - restricts users from commenting (user IPs are visible on comment moderation page - go to the entry and click 'Comments')
- Message above form: message above the comments form