Blog creation in Drupal

Discussion in 'Drupal' started by Jul, Nov 14, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hi Guys,

    How can I create a blog on Drupal website?
    I only need it on Drupal, not WP - as the rest of my site is on Drupal.

    The Core "Blog" module doesn't fit my needs as it looks like a collection of different people's blogs, while I need a classic view blog - single list of blog posts, even though blog posts can be written by different bloggers.

    Any help is welcome!
     
    Jul, Nov 14, 2010 IP
  2. JamesColin

    JamesColin Prominent Member

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    you can create a new nodetype that you can call blogpost for instance, and give rights to create/edit to the userroles you want.

    Then use module views to create a display of the X last blogpost, that you'll use as your blog main page.
     
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  3. cerno

    cerno Well-Known Member

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    You don't need to use the blog module to have a single blog, that is for when you want multiple blogs. Just turn that module off.

    Just have several users write stories and they will all be consolidated into your front page. Choose the teaser size and number of stories to appear on the front page.

    If you want to customize the appearance more than you can accomplish with theming, then try a module called contemplate. The module will allow you format the layout of your teasers and the full articles, such as having an image placed alongside the text, etc.

    You don't need to bother with making a custom content type unless you need special data fields as part of the posts, for example you want to record the longitude and latitude of the location you are writing about in a travel blog. You don't need views unless you do create a custom content type and need to arrange the data fields.

    Hope that helps
     
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    Jul Peon

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    Thank you guys for your help.
    I'll go try your methods.
     
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    Jul Peon

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    Well, it worked. In the beginning I was going to use cerno's method because of its simplicity, but I ended up a new content type as wwwSENSERELYcom suggested because a) I created some additional fields such as "tags" and b) I predefined the URL alias so bloggers could use automatic alias and won't have to add blog/.

    Thanks again to both of you.
     
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