The QBO 3 Message module can be used to maintain blogs. To set up a blog: - A Message Template will be used to store the name of the blog, and as the 'parent' of all blog posts (messages)
- the MessageTemplateType must be set to 'Blog'
- Each Message added to the Message Template will be considered a blog 'post'
- Several XSLTs comprise a blog user interface (all in Templates/Message):
- Blog.Home.xslt: a left-hand panel displays a list of blogs, and a right-hand search panel displays blog posts
- Blog.List.xslt: displays blogs (MessageTemplate/Search?MessageTemplateType=Blog)
- Blog.Search.xslt: displays blog posts
- Blog.Post.xslt: used to edit blog posts
Blogs can be secured like any other QBO 3 object: simply grant access to the Message Template from Design > Group Access.
Custom dashboads can include a blog with the following snippet:
<div
data-behavior="ObjectBind"
data-objectbind-options="{{
'class': 'qbo3.MessageObject',
'method': 'BlogSearch',
'data': {{'MessageTemplateID': 'XX'}}
}}
">
where XX is the ID of the MessageTemplate blog to display.
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