Blog

• Status/RoadMap
• Open
• Pending
• Closed (solved)
• Interested community members
• Other notes

Status/RoadMap

We have basic blogs, with flexible permissions, trackback pings, RSS feeds, etc. Blogs need a bit of work on features, and a lot of work of UI & stability. Tiki articles? are very similar and much more flexible and powerful.

Open

	Summary	Priority	Data type	Version	Feature	Rating	created
	Print icon in Blogs does not work. It does work in Articles	6	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.9.x	Blog	-	2007-03
	Allow Choice of URL name that includes page name, not number, for articles	6	Feature request	1.10.x	Article Blog Meta Tag Search Engine Friendly	-	2007-05
	No Plugin-Help when editing Blog-post or trackers	5	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task) Feature request		Blog Templates (Smarty) Trackers	2	2005-07
	Blog post titles truncated after 78 chars. aprox.	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog	2	2005-09
	support media casting (e.g. podcasting) from blogs	5	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog Database MySQL	0	2005-11
	Blog local perms are not deleted if group name contains spaces or special characters	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog Group i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish) Permission	-	2006-03
	submit new blog entry to mailinglist	5	Feature request	1.9.x	Blog Watch (email notifications of changes)	-	2007-02
	Blog entries displayed differently using view_blog and view_blog_post	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog	-	2007-02
	Need a way to NEXT/PREV specific blog posts	5	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task) Feature request		Blog Templates (Smarty)	2	2007-04
	Unable to see blog-level comments from tiki-view_blog	5	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.9.x	Blog	-	2007-08
	Track number of reads by specific blog post ID	5	Feature request	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog	-	2007-10
	Comments that must be approved before being posted	5	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog Comment	2	2008-02
	Users able to post to all blogs - confirming and extending previously reported bug by others	5	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog Permission	2	2008-05
	"Allow others to post to this blog" should be possible to omit as an option when creating blogs	4	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog Permission	-	2006-01
	Trackback spam: better protection and easier to cleanup	4	Bug (error message, broken, etc) Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task) Feature request	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog Spam protection (Anti-bot CAPTCHA) XML RPC	2	2007-04
	Scoring feature causes intermittent blog access error in v1.9.8.3	4	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog Database MySQL Score	1	2008-01
	Trackback pings should not use fopen to open urls.	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog Security XML RPC	-	2005-05
	Can't add blog post title through xmlrpc.php (using blogtk, or gnome-blog-poster)	3	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)		Blog XML RPC	-	2005-05
	blog post editions through xmlrpc.php make post dissapear from Tiki blog	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog XML RPC	1	2005-05
	XMLRPCAPI for using w.blogger or other editors broken	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog XML RPC	-	2005-09
	Blog post: editing a post changes the author	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc) Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.9.x	Blog	4	2007-05
	Last blog posts title is not consistent - needs to be Bold and Underlined.	3	Bug : Consistency	1.9.x	Blog	2	2008-02
	The field with the smilies does not appear in places where they should be available	3	Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog Forum Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc) WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	-	2008-05
	Blog options WYSIWYCA (especially trackbacks)	2	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.10.x 1.9.x A *.tikiwiki.org site	Blog WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access)	4	2007-11
	New blogpost using wysiwyg editor adds a lot of empty lines to the beginning.	2	Bug : Consistency	1.10.x	Blog WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	-	2008-06
	updates to lang/hu/language.php	1 low	Patch	1.9.x	Blog FAQ i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish) Workflow engine (Galaxia)	-	2006-08
	Display external wikis and abbreviations in editor		Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)		Blog Comment Forum Others Wiki (history, page rename, etc)	1	2005-11
	Calendar filter doesn't work for blog posts		Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.9.x	Blog Calendar Date and Time	-	2006-09
	Blog comment notification		Feature request	1.9.x	Blog Comment	4	2007-07
	Categorize individual blog posts		Feature request		Blog Category	2	2007-07
	Make Blog Post link more context-sensitive		Feature request	1.9.x	Blog	-	2007-07
	All users can post in private blogs			1.9.x	Blog	2	2007-09
	Adding images to blog posts is no way as intuitive as it should be		Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.10.x 1.9.x	Blog Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc)	2	2008-01

Pending

	Summary	Priority	Data type	Version	Feature	Rating	created
	Plugins broken in Blog in 1.9.2	7	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax)	-	2006-04
	tiki-send_blog_post.php doesn't check for real -email address in field	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.8.x 1.9.x	Blog	-	2005-05
	OpenID support using the provided PHP library	4	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog External Authentication (LDAP, AD, PAM, CAS, etc) User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning)	6	2007-03

Closed (solved)

	Summary	Priority	Data type	Version	Feature	Rating	created
	Broken RSS Feed on post level	8	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog	-	2006-01
	Creator text box missing when creating blog in tiki-edit_blog.php	8	Bug (error message, broken, etc) Bug : Usability (not "hard" bug, but users are not accomplishing task)	1.10.x	Blog Database MySQL Templates (Smarty)	-	2006-11
	WYSIWYG in blogs is broken in BRANCH-1-9	7	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	-	2005-04
	Plugins broken in Blog in 1.9.2	7	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax)	-	2006-04
	Wiki: CODE block may not contain "$0"	6	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog Wiki (history, page rename, etc)	-	2005-06
	Tiki-Mailin drops email body?	6	Support request	1.9.x	Article Blog	-	2005-10
	Users (without admin perms) are able to create blogs in other user's name	6	Feature request Patch	1.10.x	Blog Permission	-	2008-05
	Can't delete blogs or blog posts	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog	-	2005-05
	Mark blog entry as private doesn't work	5	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog Permission WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access)	-1	2006-02
	Comments: anonymous editors must input anti-bot code:	5	Feature request	1.9.x	Blog Comment Spam protection (Anti-bot CAPTCHA)	2	2006-04
	RSS should have permissions checking	5	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Article Blog Directory (of hyperlinks) File Gallery Image Gallery RSS Trackers Wiki (history, page rename, etc)	-	2006-06
	Blogs don't show any headings	5	Feature request	1.10.x	Blog	-	2008-05
	Links produced by RSS module for blogs do not work.	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog RSS	-	2006-05
	Blog: WYSIWYG doesn't work in IE, ok in Firefox	3	Bug (error message, broken, etc)	1.9.x	Blog WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	-	2007-05

Interested community members

Login	Full Name	Interested in features	lastModif
snarlydwarf		Administration Backup Blog Calendar Comment Contact (address book) Content template Custom Home Page & Group Home Page File Gallery Group Image Gallery JS Calendar New feature (not an enhancement to a current one) Security Templates (Smarty) Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center Trackers Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc) WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access)	Thu 17 of Apr, 2008 [17:38 UTC]
koth	Nelson Ko	Action log Administration Ajax Article Blog Bookmark Calendar Category Comment Contribution Dynamic Content File Gallery Forum Friendship network (Community) Gmap (Google Map) Group i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish) Image Gallery Installer (profiles, upgrades and server-related issues) Inter-User messages Lost edit protection Meta Tag Mods Modules Multimedia (1.10) Permission Poll Profile Manager Rating RSS Search Search Engine Friendly Security Structure Tags Templates (Smarty) Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center Trackers User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning) Watch (email notifications of changes) Wiki (history, page rename, etc) Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax) Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc) WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access) WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) XML RPC	Tue 01 of Jan, 2008 [14:41 UTC]
sylvie		Blog Calendar	Wed 09 of May, 2007 [19:45 UTC]
luci	luciash d' being	Accessibility (WAI – 508) Blog Comment i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish) Image Gallery Meta Tag Site Identity Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center Wiki (history, page rename, etc) Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax) WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access) WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	Sat 22 of Jul, 2006 [19:19 UTC]
xavi	Xavier de Pedro	Administration Blog Category Comment File Gallery Forum Homework i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish) Image Gallery Inter-User messages Menu & PHP Layers Menu System Mods Search Spreadsheet Survey Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center Trackers User Administration (Registration, Login & Banning) Watch (email notifications of changes) Wiki (history, page rename, etc) Wiki Plugin (extends basic syntax) WYSIWYCA (What You See is What You Can Access) WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get)	Wed 19 of Jul, 2006 [22:45 UTC]

Other notes

Nelson Ko once wrote:
I don't have time right now to do something detailed. But to get the ball
rolling, these are the features that are needed:

1) Users must be able to be designated as individual blog owners.

2) Blog owners must be able to admin blogs that they own but they are not
necessarily global blog admins.

3) Other users (i.e. tiki groups I suppose) must be able to be set by the
blog admin (whether global or individual blog) to have different
permission levels at the individual blog level (i.e they can be author in
one blog, but moderator in another blog).

4) Blog commenting should be a separate permission from wiki commenting
etc... all other commenting, and should be able to be set at the blog
level as well.

5) Blog moderating is necessary. Something like the article moderation
system but for blogs. This must respect individual blog ACL, see no. 3
above.

6) All of the above must be enforced using something other than the Tiki
category system, because the category system is still needed to categorize
blogs in the normal way.

7) Free tagging must be available for blogs. This includes tagcloud. This
is to be separate (i.e. in addition to) Tiki categories. It will be nice
to enable personal tags (i.e. creation of tag cloud that compose of only
one's personal interests) as well.

8) Spam protection, not just Captcha but something backend based on IP,
repeated posts/whatever algorithm should be available to handle both
trackback and comment spam. See http://akismet.com/

9) Blogs should support XHTML, microformats, and allow structured
blogging. See http://structuredblogging.org/

10) Something like reblog will be nice. See http://www.reblog.org/


Ricks99 added:
Thanks for asking! Many of mine are the same as what you've already got:
- Better CAPTCHA support for anonymous postings/comments. Also need a better way to manage Trackback Ping SPAM.
- Automatic submission/ping support for major sites (Technorati, Feedster, etc.).
- Structured blogging support
- Assign polls to Blog entries (for rankings, like in wiki pages). Or some other rating system. Something similar to Digg.
- I like the permissions suggestion. I see three blog-level permission settings: Admin (Tiki admin/controls everything, Owner (Admin a specific blog), Contributor (Can post to a blog).

My biggest concern, though, is that the blog interface (both contributor and reader) is u-g-l-y. I know that everyone has their own opinion when it comes to "what looks good" and Tiki has unlimited theme flexibility, but IMHO, the default blog interface (http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=26 ) looks bad and is confusing to use.

I'll be the first to admit that my initial redesign attempt (http://www.keycontent.org/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=1) isn't great either. Better themes (http://themes.tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=1) help, but it is still....I don't know.... "messy" looking. Does that make sense?