MenuWare - Weblogs

How do I create a weblog?

If you're looking for a way to keep your users up to date with your news on a somewhat more personal level, try out our Weblog feature (from the Weblog item of your site's Features menu). Also known as blogs or online journals/diaries, this is a great way to informally keep others up to date with what's going on.

Here are some things you should know about our weblogs:

Each weblog post has a start date associated with it. If this date is set to the future, it will not show up until the day you specify.
A blog entry can be either set to "Active" or "Draft". Draft entries will not show to the public until you activate them. This is a handy way to save entry ideas for a "rainy day", or to save a partial entry to finish later.
Topics can be created to tag your content. For instance, you could create topics for "Personal", "Music", "Events", etc. Each post can have multiple topics, and users can filter based on topic.
When adding an entry, you can post an image. This image will show as a thumbnail in the top-right of your post. You can click the image to reveal the whole image.
If you have a long post, consider clicking the "Add Read More..." button to put most of the content into. This will keep your main weblog page shorter.
The URL of your blog is http://www.yoursite.com/d/yourusername/. You can give this to people who wish to view your blog, or link to it on your site.
Your site can have multiple weblogs. Each user account can have one weblog.
- If you'd like multiple weblogs on your site, create multple users, one for each weblog.
- Each weblog can only be updated by one person. To have a communal weblog, create a separate user and share the account with others.
Our software has some more advanced features that are not enabled by default, such as template editing and trackbacks. These features are not supported, but if you'd like to use them, drop us a line.

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