Blog

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A component allowing members to create simple blogs in your social network.

Note: Blog requires Textarea Support to be installed and enabled, first.

• Blog page layout on PC used with GoBlue theme

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• Blog page layout on cellphone with GreenByGreen theme in darkmode

For your convenience, all Ossn default language files are already in place, but (except of the English and German one) still need translation.
Volunteers are welcome!
You can send your translated ossn.XX.php language files to
[email protected]

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Changes:

V 7.1

• refined search (Blog contents AND title) plus reduced false positives from CSS inside of the contents
• added Hungarian language file
• verified to work with PHP 8.2

V 6.5

• making use of Textarea Support 6.7's enhanced image scaling mechanism

V 6.4

• removed superfluous div from view page which was consuming extra space

V 6.3

• added wider margin to blog pages

V 6.2

• fixed: blog pages overlapping friends column on the right
• added: blog title to comment and like notifications
• changed: the list of blogs created by a member appears on profile subpage now (like photo alblums)

V 6.1

• Ossn 6.x support
• verified PHP 8 compatibility
• exclude blogs of blocked members from blog search
• fixed alignment of Blog comments section
• added Korean localization

Outdated Ossn 5.x releases

V 2.19

• "Share" button on top of blog removed. Replaced by "Share Link" below the blog if Content Sharing 2.0 is enabled

V 2.18

• Blog Sharing delegated to https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/component/view/4922/content-sharing . It needs at least Content Sharing 1.1 to enable sharing of blog pages

V 2.17

• fixed appearance of blog comments on wide screens

V 2.16

• removed proprietary elements and colors for smoother theme integration
• automatic grid layout of action buttons on narrow devices
• usage of complete screen width
• 'Confirm' dialog when trying to delete a blog

V 2.15

• fixed crash on edit- and add-page if member is not logged in

V 2.14

• requirements adapted to Ossn 5.4

V 2.13

• blogs with complete list of comments may be shared anywhere now
• copy share link to clipboard for easier pasting
• fixed overlapping of blog wall entries if blog starts with an image or a video
• added Chinese language file
• adapted to TextareaSupport 2.8

V 2.12

• refined components requirement check
• added Indonesian language file
• license update

V 2.11

• compatibility fixes for TextareaSupport 2.5

V 2.10

• added blog content search

V 2.9

• fixed shared link for sites with Ossn root in a subdirectory

V 2.7

• Android compatibility fix for share widget (make link selectable)

V 2.6

• added 'Share' button displaying a link to be used outside your Ossn community
• ugly 'sort by' link replaced by bootstrap button

V 2.5

• fixed issue with lowercase tab on profile page
• placeholder added to title field to prevent it from being left blank

V 2.4

• Blog lists will display a 'last edit' timestamp now and may be sorted by date (most recent on top) or by member names (alphabetically)
• In case you're not satisfied with the format of the timestamp you can easily customize it by editing line #23 of the component's language files

V 2.3

• fix disappearing blog previews from newsfeed page 2 and above

V 2.2

• hide blog pages from logged out members

V 2.1

• some sanitizing added to blog preview

V 2.0

• WYSIWYG editing
• a 300 character preview of the blog is shown on the main wall
• blogs can be liked and commented
• blog owner notifications on likes and comments
• cancel/back links for easier navigation

V 1.0

• initial release