setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

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Last Post: September 5, 2011   (RSS)

By zaba - June 3, 2011

Hi,
I am probably not the first and will probably not be the last but I need to set up a blog section to a bigger site I am working on, obviously I would like to confine the cms to cmsb rather than using a separate blog system. My question is has anyone succesfully set up a basic blog system with cmsb.

basic requirements:
- set up post categories in cmsb (and ability to add more)
- create new posts by date and assign to the categories
- allow anyone to post comments
- comments form in page which when submitted are emailed to blog owner and sat in cmsb as comments (initially hidden) awaiting approval. Some checking to bin abusive and spam potential injection attacking on submission.
- rss feed
Would love there to be some cmsb tutorial or perhaps sample code to work from, would be very useful pointer in setting this up. Unfortunately, theres no budget left to get priority consulting on this so I am going to have to work it out with a little help from this excellent forum.

but any pointers suggestions would be truly welcome

Re: [zaba] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

By Jason - June 3, 2011

Hi,

Yes, you can easily set up a blog using CMS Builder:

- When you click on "Section Editors" and create a new section, there is an option for "Blog" in the pre-sets drop down. This will give you the basic fields you need for a blog. As always, these fields are completely customizable.

- You can then use the code generator to output the basic code you'll need to display your blog.

- If you want to do categories, you can set up a separate section and then link to that section inside your blog section. Here is an article that discusses doing this: http://www.interactivetools.com/knowledge_base/article.php?Populate-a-list-field-from-another-section-15

- There are a couple of different options for comments. To store comments directly in CMS Builder would require custom coding. We have a comments plugin in development, but don't yet have a release date for it. Another option would be to use a 3rd Party comments script like Facebook.

- Here's a link to our online documentation on create an RSS feed using CMS Builder: http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/rss_feeds.html

Hope this helps get you started. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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Re: [zaba] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

By zip222 - June 3, 2011

Disqus is also a nice comment system. I just recently used this on a CMS Builder site.

http://disqus.com/

Re: [zaba] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

By zaba - June 6, 2011

Thanks guys for your excellent posts, I shall be working through your suggestions and advice over the next few days, I'll let you know how I get on. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond, and thanks to the guys at cmsb for so keenly supporting their excellent product. Keep up the good work.

Re: [zaba] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

By danwilson - September 3, 2011

Hi CMSB team...
Any progress updates or an ETA for a comments plugin?
I'm building a site that would definitely benefit from that!
Thanks,
- Dan

Re: [danwilson] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

By Damon - September 5, 2011

Hi Dan,

We have a basic comments plugin in the last stages of development that is scheduled for release later this week.

When it is available, we will post an update in the forum and also the newsletter.

Stay tuned. Thanks!
Cheers,
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