Ultimate Blogs

By far, the most comprehensive and feature-packed extension of the Blogs module available for Dolphin. This is a complete overhaul of the Blogs section with many new features and enhancements.

SEE BELOW FOR SAMPLE LIST OF AVAILABLE ENHANCEMENTS

HOME PAGE
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Extended Blogs block that now shows Latest, Top, Popular and Featured Blogs


ENHANCED BROWSE LAYOUT
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The Post display in the Browse Pages and Blog Posts Blocks has been improved.

The description snippet now wraps and is much longer.

If the Post has an associated Image, it is now displayed along with the description snippet


STICKY BLOG POSTS
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Similar to forums, the blog is now improved to allow Sticky Posts. Blog creators can make Post sticky which will cause them to always be displayed at the Top of the Blog Page.


BLOG REACTIONS
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Adds Reactions Block to the Blog Postings Page. Persons reading a Blog Post can now state their reaction on how they feel about the Post (overwhelmed, saddened etc)


BLOG MOODS
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This feature allows members to state their mood (angry, bored etc) at the time of writing their Blog Post.


WATCHED BLOGS
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This feature allows Site Members to subscribe to a Blog and get updates when their are new Posts etc


BLOG ARCHIVING
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Archiving allows the Grouping of Old Blog Posts by Year and Month. Persons browsing can easily access these from the homepage


RSS FEEDS
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Adds RSS Feeds for Latest, Top and Popular Blog Postings.


ENHANCED BLOG MAIN PAGE
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The Blog main page is now added to the Page Builder so you can easily manage the Blocks. The blocks available are :

Advanced Featured Blog Posts block

Quick Post block

Latest Blog Posts block

Top Blog Posts block

Popular Blog Posts block

Calendar Block - This is AJAX based and allows easy navigation of the Calendar without refreshing the page.

Latest Comments block

Common Categories block

Top Rated Blogs block

Newly Create Blogs block

Actively Watched Blogs block

Tags block


EXTERNAL VIDEO EMBEDDING
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Adds the ability to allow members to Embed Videos in their Blog Posts from Video Sharing sites such as Youtube

EXTRA ADMIN CONTROL
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Adds the ability for Admin to configure the allowable length of blog posts.