A blog from scratch?
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I'm trying to start a blog from scratch, but I can't get it to use the
built-in functionality unless I subclass the PRDistribution code and add a "first entry" post within the method "blog". What am I missing, or am I missing anything? Lawson _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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Hi Lawson,
I'm trying to start a blog from scratch, but I can't get it to use the built-in functionality unless I subclass the PRDistribution code and add a "first entry" post within the method "blog". Not sure I understand what you're asking. Is it how do I create a new blog entry? If so: login using admin/pier (login link bottom left)
navigate to /pier/blog click on commands:add (link bottom left) click on the add button on the next form fill in "source title" "contents" and press the "current" button for the "publication" field then press "save" button
If instead your question is how do I define my own site which incorporates a blog? Then look at PRDistribution>>root as a starting point for your site's structure. Experiment by removing and adding components until you end up with a structure that works for you. In particular you might find the following lines within PRDistribution>>root a useful starting place for understanding how to customise the look and feel of your site:
self rootPage localEnvironment: self mainEnvironmentPage. self blog localEnvironment: self blogEnvironmentPage.
which will lead you into examining: PRDistribution>> mainEnvironmentPage PRDistribution>> blogEnvironmentPage Hope that helps
Nick _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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OK, what I did was subclass PRDistribution with
PRCodeWikiDistribution.
I created PRCodeWikiDistribution>>blog blog ^ blog ifNil: [ blog := (PBBlog named: 'blog') yourself ]. Then from within the Blog page, I added a new Blog post via the web interface and saved However, the first post doesn't show up in the widget listing new blog posts. I found that if I manually created a new blog post from within >>blog... blog ^ blog ifNil: [ blog := (PBBlog named: 'blog') addChild: ( (PBPost named: 'test') title: 'Down to test'; contents: 'test'; publication: TimeStamp now ); yourself ]. It works. I just wasn't clear on all the stages required to start from scratch. As far as I can tell, the first PBPost has to be created from with the >>blog method. Next up, creating a Pier sidebar that can display existing code, e.g. http://www.morphle.org:8502 as well as a login input pane so that my Second Life nano-client written in squeak can be used to log into Second life and display incoming/outgoing packets, and eventually inject/modify those packets. The idea is to create a combination journal/blog/wiki of coding, along with a way of annotating/commenting on the live code with UML-type diagrams for the SL client and for the SL client-server protocols, with an eye to letting people make suggestions on how to improve what is already working, while showing what is working. None of the PRDistribution templates really does what I need, but the Blog template seems the closest to what I want to do. Part of the process will be getting suggestions from people on how to design the wiki/blog thingie. Lawson On 10/12/10 9:26 PM, Nick Ager wrote: Hi Lawson, _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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On 14/10/10 1:44 AM, Lawson English wrote:
> Then from within the Blog page, I added a new Blog post via the web > interface and saved > > > However, the first post doesn't show up in the widget listing new blog > posts. I found that if I manually created a new blog post from within > >>blog... > > blog > ^ blog ifNil: [ > blog := (PBBlog named: 'blog') > addChild: ( > (PBPost named: 'test') > title: 'Down to test'; > contents: 'test'; > publication: TimeStamp now > ); > yourself > > ]. When you created the first post using code, you set the publication date with "TimeStamp now". When you created your first post using the UI, did you set a publication date? If you didn't, then you won't see the post. _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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On 10/14/10 8:44 AM, Yanni Chiu wrote:
> On 14/10/10 1:44 AM, Lawson English wrote: >> Then from within the Blog page, I added a new Blog post via the web >> interface and saved >> >> >> However, the first post doesn't show up in the widget listing new blog >> posts. I found that if I manually created a new blog post from within >> >>blog... >> >> blog >> ^ blog ifNil: [ >> blog := (PBBlog named: 'blog') >> addChild: ( >> (PBPost named: 'test') >> title: 'Down to test'; >> contents: 'test'; >> publication: TimeStamp now >> ); >> yourself >> >> ]. > > When you created the first post using code, you set the publication > date with "TimeStamp now". When you created your first post using the > UI, did you set a publication date? If you didn't, then you won't see > the post. > > Oh. Thanks. ;-) Lawson _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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