Participating in Blogs

Use the My Blogs page (EPPDF_MYFORUMS) to provides access to all of the blogs of which you are a participant.

Navigation:

• My Content > My Blogs

• Click the My Blogs link on the Blogs pagelet.

1. Select My Content > My Blogs to access the My Blogs Page

   The following example illustrates the My Blogs page.

   

   Use the My Blogs page to access to all of the blogs of which you are a participant. The My Blogs page provides an overview of the activity in each of these blogs.

2. Click the link for a blog on the My Blogs page to access the homepage for a blog.

   The following example illustrates the <Blog Title> homepage (administrator view).

   

   Use the blog homepage to participate in the blog.

   Note: Certain functions are available on this page only if you have been granted author or administrator privilege for this blog.

   Field or Control	Description
   <Blog Title>	Click the blog title at the top of the page to return to the blog homepage displaying all posts.
   Add New Post	Click to access the Create New Post page. Note: This link appears only for authors or administrators of the blog.
   Manage Blog	Click to access the Manage Blog page. Note: This link appears only if you are an administrator of the blog.
   Search	Click to access the Search Blogs page to search in the current blog or other blogs.
   	Hover over any of these to view the list of feeds published for this blog. Click any list item to open that feed document. Click the Feed button or Feed link to open the first feed document in the list. Click the Open menu button to toggle the list of feeds between frozen open and closed. See Viewing and Subscribing to Feeds.
   <Post Title>	Click a post title link to view the post details page.
   Comments (#)	Click a Comments(#) link to view the post details page.
   Blog Policy	Displays the blog policy as defined by the blog administrator.
   Archives	Click the number to the right of a month in the Archives section to display posts for that month only.
   Authors	Click the author's name to display that user's system profile in a new browser window. Click the number to the right of an author's name to display posts for that author only.
   Tags	Use the List tab to manage tags at the blog level; use the Cloud tab to view a tag cloud encompassing the blog and all posts.

Access the Create New Post page (click the Add New Post link on the blog homepage).

Access the Post a comment page (click the Comment link on the post details page).

Access the Edit a Post page (click the Edit link on the post details page).

Access the Add a Reply page (click the Reply link on the post details page).

The following example illustrates the Create New Post page.

Use the Create New Post page to add a new post to a blog.

Use the Post a comment page to add a comment to a blog post.

Use the Edit a Post page to edit a blog post (post, comment, or reply).

Use the Add a Reply page to add a reply to a blog comment.

The following example illustrates the Post Details page (author view). Access the Post Details Page (click the link for a post on the blog homepage) a shown below.

The following example illustrates the Post details page (reader view).

Use the post details page to view the details for a blog post.

Use the View Pending Comments page (EPPBL_MY_PEND_SEC) to review comments and replies that you submitted that have not been accepted yet by the blog administrator.

Navigation:

Click the View Pending Comments link on the post details page.

Access the View Pending Comments page (click the View Pending Comments link on the blog homepage).

Access the View Rejected Comments page (click the View Rejected Comments link on the blog homepage).

The following example illustrates the View Pending Comments page.

Use these pages to view your pending or rejected comments and replies for this blog. The links and buttons are the same for each page. In the preceding example, the View Pending Comments page is shown.

To delete a post from a blog:

1. Go to the post details page for the post that you want to delete.

   Note: You are able to delete a post if you are the author of the post or the blog administrator.

2. Click the Delete button.

3. Click OK to confirm that you want to delete that post and any associated comments and replies.

Once a blog is published as a feed, the link to the blog's feed is available on the blog homepage, the post details page, the Blogs pagelet, and in other pages and pagelets in the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub system.

See Viewing and Subscribing to Feeds.

In a blog, tags can be added and managed in the Tags section at two levels:

• At the blog level on the blog homepage.

• At the post level on the post details page.

In addition, the Tags section on the blog homepage includes a tag cloud showing all tags (blog level and post level) added to this blog.

The following example illustrates the blog post details page showing Tags section from a blog homepage:

In this example, buyer workspace, HR taxonomy and news publications are tags at the post level as shown in the expandable Tags section. The Tags Cloud tab shows all tags in use throughout this blog.

Creating, managing, and using tags is discussed in this PeopleBook.

See Understanding the Tagging Framework.