vBulletin Blog on vB.com Discussion Thread

[Kier]

This thread is for the discussion of the announcement that vBulletin.com is now running the blogging component of the new vBulletin Blog product.

Please use this thread for discussion and feedback, but use the project tracker (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?do=issuelist&projectid=3&issuetypeid=bug) for bug reports.

[Redseal]

I can't wait to install it on my forum, it looks wicked!

[Yours Truly]

Oooooooo lets take a looksie =D

[Reeve of Shinra]

Finally some good news. :)

[Jose Amaral Rego]

Thank you, and I do like the layout.. Stress levels wavering off, do to recent events. I do want to take this for a spin when it is ready in DEMO mode.

[Yours Truly]

Urmm if you use famfam icons they require copyright notice =D, only a minor suggestion =D

[Mike Sullivan]

Urmm if you use famfam icons they require copyright notice =D, only a minor suggestion =D
They require a note in the credits, which we have.

[Yours Truly]

Oh i see sorry about that then =D
I must admit their icons are fookin sexy =]

[hcmagix]

This thread is for the discussion of the announcement that vBulletin.com is now running the blogging component of the new vBulletin Blog product.

Please use this thread for discussion and feedback, but use the project tracker (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?do=issuelist&projectid=3&issuetypeid=bug) for bug reports.


Hi Kier,

see here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=12):)

A Question, can I as admin from my board restrict the styles for Blogs using?

[Yours Truly]

Hi Kier,

see here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=12):)
The graphics were not made by them but i'm sure they can make them transparent =]

[Mazinger]

I knew you were gonna release it today. :D

Looks like an amazing maze.

Though I'm sure I'll get to use on it very soon.

Thanks vB team and good job!

[hcmagix]

Im not, Im a grafics DAU :)

[Reeve of Shinra]

I hope it will be easy to change the template to make use of full size avatars for the recent comments and recent entries on the blog.php page.

So far its looking pretty sweet.

[biggazillakilla]

Just tried to reply to a blog, and got a blank error message.

[Wayne Luke]

Well its a pre-beta release and they are still working on getting the permissions set correctly on this site. If its recreatable, post it in the Blog project in Project Tools as a bug.

[Lizard King]

On trackback system we donot have a chance to send trackback to another blog ? Isn't this a really missing feature ?

[Mazinger]

I just noticed 'Blog Entries' in postbit. :D

Nice. I like showthread enhanchements.

Care to put it above the reputation points?

[Lizard King]

I also will like to ask if we have the chance to choose more then one featured entries on blog main page and if you can give some detail how to feature entries it will be really good.

[nymyth]

man this thing is soooo sweet, its gonna be great for nysports365.com ..... super excited to get this...

[Mazinger]

Is it possible for each user to customize a CSS for his blog?

[captainslater]

Watch my blog (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=23).

[ThorstenA]

It looks that great !!!

[hcmagix]

will Blogroll function be included?

[kuyenmotdivad]

Nice, Will this blog be able to add media like ".mpg | .wmv | .mp3 | .swf" files as I cannot with the vBulletin forum without using hacks which I dont want to do.

[Paul M]

will Blogroll function be included?Blogroll ??

[Darkblade]

Holy sweet mary! This is gonna be awesome and I can't wait for it. But is there any information on the pricing and such yet?

[Yours Truly]

The MEMBERINFO template looks a little plain as far as the Blog bit is concerned

[Wayne Luke]

Blogroll ??
A list of links to blogs with similar topics as yours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogroll

[Wayne Luke]

The MEMBERINFO template looks a little plain as far as the Blog bit is concerned

This was stated in the announcement.


Currently we are running only the blogging component, not the social networking part, which needs further work before being ready for deployment here.

[hcmagix]

Blogroll ??

wiki

Blogroll [Bearbeiten (http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weblog&action=edit&section=14)]

Eine Blogroll (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogroll) ist eine für den Leser öffentliche Linksammlung mit verschiedenen Weblogs. Diese Linkliste ist auf dem Weblog sichtbar platziert.


translated analogous
A blogroll is a open public link libary to other blogs. The list of links has a great placeholder at the weblog

[PitchouneN64ngc]

I just noticed 'Blog Entries' in postbit. :D

Nice. I like showthread enhanchements.

Care to put it above the reputation points?
And in the drop-down menu when you click on any username in postbit ;)

Thanks for activating this feature for test here, I must to find a subject to post :D

[Yours Truly]

This was stated in the announcement.
I know that =)

I was reffering to this bit to the bit where it has the Blog surrounded by the legend then just has a number in bold. That could be worked upon surely?

[Fusion]

I know that =)

I was reffering to this bit to the bit where it has the Blog surrounded by the legend then just has a number in bold. That could be worked upon surely?
As Wayne hints at: There's more to come.

Great first impression, imo.

[simsim]

I'm feeling inundated with all what's going on vB.com from product releases to acquisition news. :)

Congrats for public running of vB Blogs on vB.com. Looks outstanding!

There should be a link to this thread in the original announcement, as usual.

[Wayne Luke]

I know that =)

I was reffering to this bit to the bit where it has the Blog surrounded by the legend then just has a number in bold. That could be worked upon surely?
The entire MEMBERINFO template will be reworked for the SNS portion of the addon.

[Reeve of Shinra]

Is it possible for each user to customize a CSS for his blog?

That would be a great feature.

[Yours Truly]

The entire MEMBERINFO template will be reworked for the SNS portion of the addon.
Okay then =) So we will see the blog part added to as well?

[shadow82x]

It would be nice if you let everyone test it out :mad:

[Yours Truly]

It would be nice if you let everyone test it out :mad:
Its only for liscenced users =]

[shadow82x]

But shouldn't everyone be able to at least have there own blog on the forum. Even ipb allows that

[Reeve of Shinra]

Yes its setup by permissions.

[Yours Truly]

But shouldn't everyone be able to at least have there own blog on the forum. Even ipb allows that
This isn't IPB and i feel it's a privelige only payee's should have =)

[shadow82x]

But shouldn't everyone be able to at least have there own blog on the forum. Even ipb allows that
I would think vb would wnat people to use it so if they like it they would buy the board and the blog and if no one really knows what the blog is like why would you be interested

[Mazinger]

How do I delete a blog entry? :confused:

[Freddie Bingham]

When it is ready then everyone will be able to try it out.

[hcmagix]

How do I delete a blog entry? :confused:

good question :)

[captainslater]

Several comments don't appear I wrote, without any error message like they have to be moderated. Change it please :)

[Zachery]

Who what when where wehy? Could you be more specific slater?

[Wayne Luke]

Several comments don't appear I wrote, without any error message like they have to be moderated. Change it please :)
Each blog owner can choose to moderate their comments or not. It would be up to them to approve them.

[Yours Truly]

Each blog owner can choose to moderate their comments or not. It would be up to them to approve them.
It would be nice to know that your comment has been placed in a moderation que then =)

[Hoffi]

If I write a comment, and the Blog is moderated, I did not see a message that the comment is moderated. I see nothing and wonder what happend.

[Reeve of Shinra]

If a user has a comment that is pending approval, it should show that comment to the commentor or at the least advise the commentor that the comment is pending approval.

edit: Opened a bug on this.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=22439

[Mazinger]

If I write a comment, and the Blog is moderated, I did not see a message that the comment is moderated. I see nothing and wonder what happend.
Yeah. I only get an error message.

[alessai]

same problem Goadvanced post what i wrote

[Onimua]

Excellent work! I can't wait to play with it. :p

[hcmagix]

special characters problem we found here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=23#comment150)

Da f%u00E4llt mir gerade was ein. Sorry Dominic :D
and a smiley problem here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?u=140109)
after post a new blog the smileys not shown. Go into Test2

A case for bugtracker?

[Reeve of Shinra]

Yes, open submit each of these as a bug in the bug tracker so things are kept organized. :)

[captainslater]

special characters problem we found here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=23#comment150)
and a smiley problem here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?u=140109)
after post a new blog the smileys not shown. Go into Test2

A case for bugtracker?
But is this a special character problem?
It must be ä and not that grap above ;)

@Zachery & Wayne: Sorry for not being that specific but the guys have already explained what I meant.

[Mazinger]

Why did you made the thead in left and not in top? :confused:

[Neal-UK]

Love it, this has cheered me up slightly from the news earlier. Please let me test a version on my site, my users really want this!

[ragtek]

i don't like the search in navbar

there are now 3 form's
i think it would be nicer if there would be one text input and then you select per radio options where you want to search
and ONE CENTRAL SEARCH site would be great and not 3 or more
because: if you have installed projectt. & blog & the linklist you would have now 4 searchforms and maybe 4 quick search forms in navbar...
in my eyes not very nice
so my idee=> one textinput and radiooptions

second idee:one searchsite for all things

(i hope you can follow:D and sorry for extrem bad english)

[Ohiosweetheart]

I love Love LOVE it - and I want it NOW! :D

[Mazinger]

i don't like the search in navbar

there are now 3 form's
i think it would be nicer if there would be one text input and then you select per radio options where you want to search
and ONE CENTRAL SEARCH site would be great and not 3 or more
because: if you have installed projectt. & blog & the linklist you would have now 4 searchforms and maybe 4 quick search forms in navbar

there would be a centralsearch much greater

(i hope you can follow:D and sorry for extrem bad english)
Nice idea. And that's was I was going to post before you post it. :D

[ragtek]

i had the idee bevor i saw it on vb.com

because on one of my sites i'm having this problem
there we have now 2 textinput's in 2 forms.. now if blog would be installed there, there would be 3...
and for "a standarduser" it would be to complicated
how should he know which one to use...(if you not make it like here and write first the target and then the textinput..)

[hcmagix]

I love Love LOVE it - and I want it NOW! :D

good thinks will be a while :)
some bugs now in the pre beta ^^

@ragtek gute Idee von Dir.

[Mazinger]

some bugs now in the pre beta ^^

I already reported 14 bugs. :cool:

[Wayne Luke]

Why did you made the thead in left and not in top? :confused:


Because it looks cool that way.

[Mazinger]

Because it looks cool that way.
So why don't you apply this to the postbit? :)

[Darren Lewis]

Any news on what importers will be available for the new official blog addon?

[ragtek]

@ragtek gute Idee von Dir.
ja ab und zu kommt auch was sinnvolles von mir und nicht nur offtopic bzw was komplett anderes wie zB gestern:D:D

on english: sometimes (one day in 30) there comes something usefull out of my head:D

[Wayne Luke]

So why don't you apply this to the postbit? :)
A blog comment does not equal a forum post. Both have different ways of being presented.

[Wayne Luke]

Any news on what importers will be available for the new official blog addon?
Not yet.

[edenx]

Let's add it "custom fields" so you can add your interests, ocupattion, zodiac sign, etc!

2 Types of Blog Custom Fields:
1. Defined by admin
2. User custom fields

Anyone wants this?

[Peter Armenti]

Hi.. I know everyone is saying this. but my website is just getting off the ground and before I start I'd like to replace the current blogging function I have with this.. I don't even care if it was bugs to start.. as long as it can be updated later.. Can I PLEASE be a tester now? I'd rather not use vblogetin as your script will be supported..

I need to know soon.. thanks

[Mazinger]

I've a terrible problem viewing blogs in IE6 & 600*800 reolustion (see attachment). I reported a bug, but it could take time. Care to fix this soon?

[Yours Truly]

I've a terrible problem viewing blogs in IE6 & 600*800 reolustion (see attachment). I reported a bug, but it could take time. Care to fix this soon?
Why such a low resolution?

[TECK]

Congrats, guys. I really like all blog aspects.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=65

[captainslater]

Why such a low resolution?
Because some people uses or have to use this resolution.

[Wayne Luke]

Just a note to everyone posting bugs or suggestions in their personal blogs.

Chances are the developers may not see it. We went from 6 blogs to over 50 on this site in just a few hours with everyone testing it out. Put your bugs in Project Tools where they belong and your suggestions in the suggestion forum where they belong at this time.

[Razasharp]

Please don't forget the Blog Feature Request thread: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234079

There are a good bunch of suggestions there, please be sure to add yours :)

[TECK]

My browser window is sized at 800x600 even if my screen is 1900x1220.
Is a matter of testing, good point. the tables are shifted in FF.

[Yours Truly]

My browser window is sized at 800x600 even if my screen is 1900x1220.
Is a matter of testing, good point. the tables are shifted in FF.
1900x1200 FTW =)

My native resolution =]

[Mazinger]

I'm very excited with the new buttons/icons.

Can I use some of them in my forum in case I didn't purchase the blog?

[Lpspider]

Hi.. I know everyone is saying this. but my website is just getting off the ground and before I start I'd like to replace the current blogging function I have with this.. I don't even care if it was bugs to start.. as long as it can be updated later.. Can I PLEASE be a tester now? I'd rather not use vblogetin as your script will be supported..

I need to know soon.. thanks

We still don't know yet...

[Yours Truly]

I'm very excited with the new buttons/icons.

Can I use some of them in my forum in case I didn't purchase the blog?
Yes them icons are under the GNUPL liscence thing dunno if it is them letters but they are free for anyone to use as long as you credit them =]

www.famfamfam.com (http://www.famfamicons.com) i think =]

[Mazinger]

Yes them icons are under the GNUPL liscence thing dunno if it is them letters but they are free for anyone to use as long as you credit them =]

www.famfamfam.com (http://www.famfamicons.com) i think =]
Thanks for that. I guess I will only use user status icons. :cool:

[PitchouneN64ngc]

How can we accept moderated comments on own blog?

[Yours Truly]

Thanks for that. I guess I will only use user status icons. :cool:
No problem buddy =]

[Scott MacVicar]

It should show it inline. Unless I forgot to enable that permission (which is possible).

[Dream]

New posts should have the ability to be saved as drafts to be finished later.

[Scott MacVicar]

New posts should have the ability to be saved as drafts to be finished later.
You can its an option under the text area to save as a draft.

[ThorstenA]

If I write a comment, and the Blog is moderated, I did not see a message that the comment is moderated. I see nothing and wonder what happend.
Same for me. I need to see my blog comment even labeled "not approved yet" and be able to edit it. Otherwise I am seeing forward my users posting several comments having similar content because they did not get any response. Users do not even get noticed that blogs have moderated comments or not, AFAIK.

[PitchouneN64ngc]

It should show it inline. Unless I forgot to enable that permission (which is possible).
I don't see any inline moderation for moderate comments on my own first blog page, I think this is the case ;)

Or maybe the blog owner haven't the right to view the inline moderation?

[Scott MacVicar]

Same for me. I need to see my blog comment even labeled "not approved yet" and be able to edit it. Otherwise I am seeing forward my users posting several comments having similar content because they did not get any response. Users do not even get noticed that blogs have moderated comments or not, AFAIK.
Sounds reasonable.

Ideally you should be able to see your comments prior to being moderated though I'm not sure how viable that is.

[Mazinger]

I don't see any inline moderation for moderate comments on my own first blog page, I think this is the case ;)

Or maybe the blog owner haven't the right to view the inline moderation?
The same here, I checked the boxes... and was shocked not to see an action to do. :D

[Dream]

You can its an option under the text area to save as a draft.
I don't see that anywhere...

[Lizard King]

I think still nobody ever checked the source and realized that the entrybits donot have any tables :) I hope the beta testing stage will finish ASAP

[Mazinger]

What you guys think of avatars thumbnails in blog home?

I don't like it at all... very small. :confused:

[Dream]

I like it :)

[zappsan]

wow, I already love this^^
Can't wait to purchase it. I hope we'll hear more about the social networking feature very soon^^

[Mazinger]

I like it :)
What about vb.com staff avatars, can you detect whose avatar is this? ;)

What I want to say, If they were bigger, they might look a bit clear.

[Dream]

It would mess the layout though I think.

[Mazinger]

I also like the Ajax in Recent Entries Best Entries Best Blogs in blog home.

[Scott MacVicar]

Draft support is under Publish status.

It lets you pick now, future date or draft.

[Ohiosweetheart]

good thinks will be a while :)
some bugs now in the pre beta ^^

@ragtek gute Idee von Dir.
of course, I know that :) I'm just very excited about this add-on.

[Dream]

Draft support is under Publish status.

It lets you pick now, future date or draft.
Thanks. I'd like to suggest a button "Save Draft" beside the "Post Entry" button, as that would make more sense in my opinion, and would be easier to be spotted by members.

[Razasharp]

With regards to moderated comments - how about showing them to the person who posted them but not everyone else (until they are approved)? Use log-in or cookie sessions to work it. I know a few sites that do this.

A step further is to require email address on guest comments (not shown to blog owner, just site owner) and include another option that the blog owner can 'approve this user for comments' so their comments are automatically approved or their name added to an approved list. Same with any registered users, blog owners can add them to a list that by-passes the moderation stage...

This is actually very useful for the busier blogs out there.

(If any of the vB team wants to see a site that does this pm me for the url)

[Omri.L]

Wow! awesome job!
I don't like blogs at all, but the format you designed is really good.

[thegunowner149]

I realize this is early beta and more features and changes are yet to come, but thus far, I'm woefully unimpressed. I pray that the social networking aspect is better and has some ground breaking functionality otherwise this will end up doing little more than gathering dust on most forums.

In a day and age when our members have the choice of a billion different blogging platforms, I just can't see me purchasing this one especially when the blogging platforms being put out by vbadvanced.com and vblogetin.com are far superior at present.

[pulsorock]

About the social networking part... is there a list of possible features and details on what will the social networking will have?

I installed Zoints several months ago, but since David left the project, seems to be uncertain. I hope that what vB has planned is better than any hack out there....

[sbrutsch]

Hi,

very nice function.

But i have an error in the view. The right panel is over the edit box when i write a blog entry (see attached picture).

I use IE7 on Vista 32-Bit.

Regards

[zhaoke]

Great news, but sadly i cant create a blog with vb chinese licence. :)

[Lpspider]

Hi,

very nice function.

But i have an error in the view. The right panel is over the edit box when i write a blog entry (see attached picture).

I use IE7 on Vista 32-Bit.

Regards

I have the same problem only the edit box is on top. FF2 on Vista.

[Sychev_S]

I realize this is early beta and more features and changes are yet to come, but thus far, I'm woefully unimpressed. I pray that the social networking aspect is better and has some ground breaking functionality otherwise this will end up doing little more than gathering dust on most forums.

In a day and age when our members have the choice of a billion different blogging platforms, I just can't see me purchasing this one especially when the blogging platforms being put out by vbadvanced.com and vblogetin.com are far superior at present.
I don't know. I find this one better, cleaner and easier to use than vblogetin or vblogicles (I have both licenses).
Plus it is supported by the official vbulletin developers which means frequent updates, bug and security fixes and that nobody is going to bail on us after you cash out your 50 (or whatever) bucks leaving you with an unsupported and sometimes unfinished product.

[ThorstenA]

Blog is perfect for now! But I would pay 4x for it if it would have Tags.

Why not make two different products as each of them could be stand alone products? It would fit more in your new strategie having multiple addons rather than one big product.

Blog
Social networking

[Kohhal]

What you guys think of avatars thumbnails in blog home?

I don't like it at all... very small. :confused:
I agree they should be small but something about them doesn't look right, they look grainy or something...


Spam Prevention In order to reduce the amount of spam on your blog the administrator has provided the option to provide an Akismet key.
Wordpress API Key:

I don't understand this and I know my members won't either, please explain? (and make clearer in the blog itself)

[Sarthek]

Finally, awesome.

Where are bugs to be posted?

[TECK]

What you guys think of avatars thumbnails in blog home?

I don't like it at all... very small. :confused:

I like it, please don't change it. :)

[|Norman|]

Great!

[Ba$im]

good work
it need some fix on css for firefox

but really gr8 work

looking for make blog have icon like skype
thats will be great at laest for me :D

[PitchouneN64ngc]

Hi,

very nice function.

But i have an error in the view. The right panel is over the edit box when i write a blog entry (see attached picture).

I use IE7 on Vista 32-Bit.

Regards


I have the same problem only the edit box is on top. FF2 on Vista.

800x600px resolution screen?

[Sychev_S]

Here is a few important (imo) suggestions for SN part of the product:

- A simple Photo Gallery within a user's profile where users can comment on each other's photos.

- Option to completely get rid of the avatars and use profile pictures (normal and small size for blog, postbits etc...ie replacing avatars with smaller images of profile pics). I think this is crucial for Social Networking. I already have this implemented on my site, thanks to custom coding :)

- Enhanced online.php page, where members can be sorted by their profile field input (gender/city/country from etc).

[ThorstenA]

Here is a few important (imo) suggestions for SN part of the product:

- A simple Photo Gallery within a user's profile where users can comment on each other's photos.

- Option to completely get rid of the avatars and use profile pictures (normal and small size for blog, postbits etc...ie replacing avatars with smaller images of profile pics). I think this is crucial for Social Networking. I already have this implemented on my site, thanks to custom coding :)

- Enhanced online.php page, where members can be sorted by their profile field input (gender/city/country from etc).
Great suggestions! But this thread is about blog part. This reminds me some more time, that both products (Blog and SNS) are separate products and should be developed and sold separately. They have even be developed separately until now AFAIK (first blog, then SNS). Would be make much things more easier.

[WurkAnimal]

Awesome!

[Ohiosweetheart]

Spam Prevention In order to reduce the amount of spam on your blog the administrator has provided the option to provide an Akismet key.
Wordpress API Key:
I don't understand this and I know my members won't either, please explain? (and make clearer in the blog itself)

Those who have a Wordpress blog will understand.
Akismet is a great anti-spam feature for blogs. If you have a Wordpress blog, and have the Akismet anti-spam feature activated, you can use the same API key that you use for your Wordpress blog, for this blog.

I like it :)

[q8_star]

Hi,

very nice function.

But i have an error in the view. The right panel is over the edit box when i write a blog entry (see attached picture).

I use IE7 on Vista 32-Bit.

Regards
I confirm it, same problem here.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Vista seems to be screwing alot of people up, not just on this. I had it for all of 3 weeks, and went back to XP.

[Wayne Luke]

Re Akismet:


I don't understand this and I know my members won't either, please explain? (and make clearer in the blog itself)

http://akismet.com/

[Wayne Luke]

Hi,

very nice function.

But i have an error in the view. The right panel is over the edit box when i write a blog entry (see attached picture).

I use IE7 on Vista 32-Bit.

Regards

Some people say it doesn't work at 800 X 600 resolution for them at this time.

[Kier]

I'm running Vista/IE7 and it looks fine at 800x600 for me...

[Wayne Luke]

Vista seems to be screwing alot of people up, not just on this. I had it for all of 3 weeks, and went back to XP.

I am using Vista right now and it hasn't caused a single problem on a vBulletin based site. The OS is not the browser anyway. The people reporting the problems above are most likely running small browser windows of 800 X 600 or better. The blog works fine in a 1024 X 900 browser window (what mine is set to).

[Dream]

A link to askimet homepage on the option description would be cool :)

Just linking the askimet name in the description to the homepage would do imo.

[Wayne Luke]

I'm running Vista/IE7 and it looks fine at 800x600 for me...
People have been reporting issues. Maybe their screen resolution is 800 X 600 and their browser window is smaller. I haven't looked at it in depth too much.

[Freddie Bingham]

What you guys think of avatars thumbnails in blog home?

I don't like it at all... very small. :confused:We might can make them a little bigger.

[Ohiosweetheart]

I am using Vista right now and it hasn't caused a single problem on a vBulletin based site. The OS is not the browser anyway. The people reporting the problems above are most likely running small browser windows of 800 X 600 or better. The blog works fine in a 1024 X 900 browser window (what mine is set to).
I wasn't necessarily referring to the browser. Just commenting that Vista isn't as great as they made it out to be. Messed up my computer pretty good.

[Ohiosweetheart]

We might can make them a little bigger.
I rather like them as is. Less space taken up in that area means more posting/commenting room :)

[Lizard King]

I rather like them as is. Less space taken up in that area means more posting/commenting room :)
Same with me.
But maybe in order to make everyone the avatar size can be defined from vB Blog options. Users can choose which size they want.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Same with me.
But maybe in order to make everyone the avatar size can be defined from vB Blog options. Users can choose which size they want.
Now there is a good idea!

[Ohiosweetheart]

Question -

being a vB forum skin designer, I'm naturally interested in this -

1 - Does the vB Blog have the capability of being skinned separate from the forum skin?

2 - Will each blogger be able to choose from available skins for their own blog?

3 - Or do the blogs automatically take on the forums' default (whichever one that may be) skin?

[Lizard King]

Question -

being a vB forum skin designer, I'm naturally interested in this -

1 - Does the vB Blog have the capability of being skinned separate from the forum skin?

2 - Will each blogger be able to choose from available skins for their own blog?

3 - Or do the blogs automatically take on the forums' default (whichever one that may be) skin?
The blogs use current classes that vBulletin uses but also adds couple new classes. You can customize it from templates. My templates are ready (http://www.ayyas.com/blogs/lizard-king/) :P I am just waiting to install the system :P

[Ohiosweetheart]

hhmmmm interesting. So you're saying that members can use different skins?

[Lizard King]

hhmmmm interesting. So you're saying that members can use different skins?
That is not included in vB Blog , however it is not that hard to do. With a custom modification you can easily do that.

[Ohiosweetheart]

That's what I'm after. Actually, I don't want them to be able to use just any skin. I want them to be able to choose from skins that I make available to my bloggers for use.

[Lizard King]

That's what I'm after. Actually, I don't want them to be able to use just any skin. I want them to be able to choose from skins that I make available to my bloggers for use.
vBlogetin has that feature and i bet it is not that hard to add it for vB Blog

[Ohiosweetheart]

I posted a request on the vB Blog request thread. :)

[Mazinger]

We might can make them a little bigger.
So, What about this suggestion: :)

[feldon23]

Is it possible for each user to customize a CSS for his blog?
In some of the discussion, it was said that users will not be able to pick a style or CSS for their own blog. This seems like a huge limitation to me.

I think within 5 minutes of the release of Blog 1.0.0, there will be a mod allowing users to select a "Display Style" for their Blog.

Then I think we will quickly see dozens of Blog-centric styles released for vBulletin over at vBulletin.org that are technically vB styles but are only seen and used on Blogs. I foresee dozens of "plain jane" vBulletin styles with just color scheme changes.

By the way, the postbit link ought to be "View Username's Blog".

[feldon23]

Nice, Will this blog be able to add media like ".mpg | .wmv | .mp3 | .swf" files as I cannot with the vBulletin forum without using hacks which I dont want to do.
You can attach and link them no problem, but embedding them so they play within the page will probably be the same as vBulletin forums, requiring a hack. Maybe with the social networking, they will make an exception to add parity with MySpace. ;)

[Grover]

I don't understand this and I know my members won't either, please explain? (and make clearer in the blog itself)

Exactly. Sometimes I have the feeling that things could be more looked at from a USER point of view when developing vBulletin. For instance I don't understand why there is inline help for us admins in the ACP, but there is NO inline help for our users (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149044) in their UserCP.

Wordpress API Key? Never heard of it, and I am sure most of my (dutch)boardmembers also do not know what it is. Things like these need an explanation really. So please add more information about this in the Blog Options indeed.

[jluerken]

A big NEED to this one.
I am going over to loot this from Jelsoft.
Uuuuups, seems I played to much WoW last days :D

[|Norman|]

I think the vB Blog homepage should have a little presentation text. Somethink like a "How to start with vB Blog system"..

[eJM]

About the icons...

I agree they should be small but something about them doesn't look right, they look grainy or something...


I rather like them as is. Less space taken up in that area means more posting/commenting room :)
The real problem is that most members' avatars are of poor quality when viewed that small. Ohiosweetheart's avatar is well done, but you can't even come close to reading the words on hers - and it won't be much better a slightly larger sizes. I'd like to see something like a "choose blog icon" feature instead of using a miniature version of the avatar.

Jim

[Ohiosweetheart]

About the icons...

The real problem is that most members' avatars are of poor quality when viewed that small. Ohiosweetheart's avatar is well done, but you can't even come close to reading the words on hers - and it won't be much better a slightly larger sizes. I'd like to see something like a "choose blog icon" feature instead of using a miniature version of the avatar.

Jim
Now that's a good idea as well.

[Wayne Luke]

I can read her avatar... it says "Even my issues have issues".

[Ohiosweetheart]

I can read her avatar... it says "Even my issues have issues".
lol - it's true too :D

[georgec]

I'm not sure if this has been suggested already, but what about universal categories that forces the bloggers to pick a category from a predefined list, rather than create his/her own?

[hr66]

hi
I am looking also for a modified search:
target: to give in the search word
and to get grouped results like:
a) forum
...
b) calendar
...
c) links directory (vbadvanced)
...
d) www
...
The groupation of the results can be in tree view or in tab sheets.
How can this be solved
Best regards
HR

[feldon23]

i don't like the search in navbar

there are now 3 form's
i think it would be nicer if there would be one text input and then you select per radio options where you want to search
and ONE CENTRAL SEARCH site would be great and not 3 or more
because: if you have installed projectt. & blog & the linklist you would have now 4 searchforms and maybe 4 quick search forms in navbar...
in my eyes not very nice
so my idee=> one textinput and radiooptions

Agree 100%.

Instead of "Show Threads" and "Show Posts", I'd like to see
(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( ) Blogs ( ) Projects

[Mazinger]

Instead of "Show Threads" and "Show Posts", I'd like to see
(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( ) Blogs ( ) Projects

(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( )?

[ragtek]

i think he means
Show Threads & Show Posts
because i think on this things^^

[Allan]

What will be it price and when to out ?

[Mr_Bob]

Pricing and availability for Vbulletin Blog is not available at this time *where have I read that before:p*.

My personal guess, probably $50, being that Project Tools has a $50 asking price. Of course, I'm not Jelsoft, just taking an educated guess.

[feldon23]

(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( )?
I was trying to compromise for Threads and Posts. But maybe it needs to be something else.

[Reeve of Shinra]

I think the search box on the navbar should search everything.

The search results page could be broken down into sections. It would allow allow for future vb product results and 3rd party add-ons.



____________________________________________
| New/updated Threads & Posts | New Blog Entries |
| New Gallery Pics | New Links |
|__________________________ |_______________ |


The advanced search could let you specify by type (forums / blogs / projects / etc)

[Lizard King]

I think the search box on the navbar should search everything.

The search results page could be broken down into sections. It would allow allow for future vb product results and 3rd party add-ons.



____________________________________________
| New/updated Threads & Posts | New Blog Entries |
| New Gallery Pics | New Links |
|__________________________ |_______________ |


The advanced search could let you specify by type (forums / blogs / projects / etc)
In that case vbulletin shall use sphinx as default search engine. Otherwise most boards will have serious problems with search function.

[TECK]

If you want to kill the server, ya... do a full-search in all search tables. :)
Please don't forget that some have busy forums where searches are performed thousands of times daily.
MySQL Falcon will have Sphinx built in (let's prey it will happen)... until then, is better to keep the searches separated. Even for the mighty Sphinx, it's easier to deal with several smaller searches then one huge search.

Good move on the search decission/table design, guys.

[TECK]

In that case vbulletin shall use sphinx as default search engine. Otherwise most boards will have serious problems with search function.

Are you going to install Sphinx for them? :)
Sphinx is not a user friendly setup. You really need to know what you do, plus is not a vBulletin issue, is an user issue.
If the user wants to use Sphinx and improve the performance of their forum search, good, all he/she has to do is implement it.
And most boards will not have serious problems with the search because they don't have the traffic.

[Lizard King]

Are you going to install Sphinx for them? :)
Sphinx is not a user friendly setup. You really need to know what you do, plus is not a vBulletin issue, is an user issue.
If the user wants to use Sphinx and improve the performance of their forum search, good, all he/she has to do is implement it.
And most boards will not have serious problems with the search because they don't have the traffic.
I am aware of how hard to implement sphinx on the server. Without that the requested search will kill the servers. That's why i suggested without sphinx everything shall be seperated. Even with sphinx a busy board can come to its knees with tens of full table search requests.

[Dream]

How does Best Blogs work?

[EnIgMa79]

How do I post blogs?

[Wayne Luke]

How do I post blogs?
Its only open to licensed members right now.

[Reeve of Shinra]

I am aware of how hard to implement sphinx on the server. Without that the requested search will kill the servers. That's why i suggested without sphinx everything shall be seperated. Even with sphinx a busy board can come to its knees with tens of full table search requests.

Let me clarify -- my original idea wasn't to do full table searches on every table that can be searched.

My site will have:
- Forum Search
- vbGallery Search
- Blog Search
- Projects Search

In the advanced search, let the users select which products they want to search in. It wouldn't be one HUGE search, just 4 individual searchs listing the results in 4 areas on the same page. Server wise, it would be the same as if the customer ran the same search 4 times on thier own but this would be cosmetically transparent to them.

For items like "new posts / new threads / new blog entries / new gallery pics / new whatever" -- how are they handled today? Query them every five minutes (if activity on the site) and toss the results into the data cache for everyone to use.

[Mazinger]

What do you think about this suggestion? I think it solves the problem of the small avatars.

[TECK]

Even with sphinx a busy board can come to its knees with tens of full table search requests.
With Sphinx, you can scan one terabyte of data in less then 0.1 seconds. :)
The board will never go to it's knees. The beauty of this search engine is that it uses a distributed alghorithm to search data.

[TECK]

I'd like to see
(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( ) Blogs ( ) Projects
Good idea, I second that also. One search box with multiple radios that allow you to select where to search.
vBulletin team, thoughts on that? Thanks.

[TECK]

What do you think about this suggestion? I think it solves the problem of the small avatars.



I like small avatars, for me is the best choice. 16x16 is perfect.
I never liked those huge monsters beside your nickname...

Edit: are you using gd or ImageMagick to shring the image from it's original size?

[Mazinger]

I'd like to see 'My Blog' in 'Quick Links' below 'My Profile'.

[TECK]

A good blog/forum related feature would be Latest Blog Entry in postbit.

Mazinger (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?u=86522)
Senior Member
Latest Blog Entry: hello everybody! (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=26)

That would be a cool feature. It's pretty easy to do it also. Scott, are you taking the challenge? :D

[Mazinger]

A good blog/forum related feature would be Latest Blog Entry in postbit.

Mazinger (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?u=86522)
Senior Member
Latest Blog Entry: hello everybody! (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=26)

That would be a cool feature. It's pretty easy to do it also. Scott, are you taking the challange? :D
I can't agree anymore. But it could be cool if it was in profile page below 'Last post' (in case the earlier one was enabled). :)

[---MAD---]

Agree 100%.

Instead of "Show Threads" and "Show Posts", I'd like to see
(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( ) Blogs ( ) Projects
Yeah thats much better. Quick search thing looks a mess.

Edit: Is it just me or has the vbulletin quick reply WYSIWUG wider?

[Ohiosweetheart]

A good blog/forum related feature would be Latest Blog Entry in postbit.

Mazinger (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?u=86522)
Senior Member
Latest Blog Entry: hello everybody! (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?b=26)

That would be a cool feature. It's pretty easy to do it also. Scott, are you taking the challenge? :D


I can't agree anymore. But it could be cool if it was in profile page below 'Last post' (in case the earlier one was enabled). :)
There is a hack for this. Don't know where it's released at ,but at vBFAQ, those who have a blog, have our latest blog entry in our postbit. I'm wondering if this hack could be incorporated into the vBBlog

[TECK]

We dont want hacks, we want default features. :)
Ya, I can do it myself, but I don't like to install a zillion hacks and slow down the code processing. Plus is easier to upgrade. ;)

[zappsan]

Its only open to licensed members right now.
Will it be available for unlicensed users anytime soon?

I actually wanted to show it to my staff members, giving them a chance to try it out, before we discuss whether this would be a useful addition to the forums or not.

[Reeve of Shinra]

I actually wanted to show it to my staff members, giving them a chance to try it out, before we discuss whether this would be a useful addition to the forums or not.

Most likely it will be available to non-liscence holders once its out of beta.

[Ohiosweetheart]

I wasn't suggesting having to use the hack as a hack. I was suggesting incorporating it INTO the blog.
Or to put it more clearly - make it a default feature. :)


We dont want hacks, we want default features. :)
Ya, I can do it myself, but I don't like to install a zillion hacks and slow down the code processing. Plus is easier to upgrade. ;)

[Mazinger]

Edit: Is it just me or has the vbulletin quick reply WYSIWUG wider?
We all have this. I'm not sure why they increased the width. I don't like it that way.

[lifanovsky]

I thought on a certain moment I've heard there's gonna be a possibility to import your blog to vB from some other system (like Livejournal or Wordpress, via RSS, for example). Its already here and I can't find it, this is not yet implemented or this kind of feature was decided to be unwanted? I wish I could have this, but since I am thankful for this plugin all in all - could developers just explain about this thing? Thanks in advance...

[Floris]

Will it be available for unlicensed users anytime soon?

I actually wanted to show it to my staff members, giving them a chance to try it out, before we discuss whether this would be a useful addition to the forums or not.
You can add up to three email addresses to your priority support page. You could ask your staff to register and add their email to this list on a temporary basis. They will ten show as licensed on the forum, but won't have access to your customer account.

[Ohiosweetheart]

I thought on a certain moment I've heard there's gonna be a possibility to import your blog to vB from some other system (like Livejournal or Wordpress, via RSS, for example). Its already here and I can't find it, this is not yet implemented or this kind of feature was decided to be unwanted? I wish I could have this, but since I am thankful for this plugin all in all - could developers just explain about this thing? Thanks in advance...
I talked to Jerry about this a couple of days ago, even sent him a Wordpress database... he's definitely working on this import script.

[Reeve of Shinra]

I hope blog information can be imported from a CSV file. I have entries in the old journal hack that I'd like to import to the vb-blog in this way.

Also -- I think we will need a script to let us know if there are any database conflicts. Like if the vb-blog wants to add a table or field thats already in existance, it could let us know and offer the option of renaming it. (shouldnt be hard to code that... I may do that myself once the blog is available for download).

[OS,]

I like the user friendlyness. I would strongly suggest a blogs front page portal maybe? So when members click on blogs they see all the other blogs in a list and maybe a few blocks of other users blogs showing up as avatars.

Currently it does this, but its only in a form of a few lines and text, just a suggestion.. pretty good so far.

[TECK]

Another request, a link that points to your Blog Entries:

Blog Entries (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php?u=10948): 1

[Ohiosweetheart]

If I'm not mistaken, I saw that on the Blog feature requests thread too :)

[raiderlax]

So is their any news on how much approximately this will cost?

[Reeve of Shinra]

So is their any news on how much approximately this will cost?

No but you will be the first to know when its officially announced.

[lolo04]

very good

[kafi]

Great, I think it might be a good time to start Feature request forum where each request is discussed solely. We have only one thread for FR here, which is pretty cluttered for real use...

Here is what I seek in Blog features:

Categories feature!

I see that each blog has ability to create its own categories, but how to filter those blog entries by categories?
Lets say I only want to check tech categories and I am not interested in other blogs. How do I filter them?
There should be overall category system I think.


Thanks

[Kier]

People have been reporting issues. Maybe their screen resolution is 800 X 600 and their browser window is smaller. I haven't looked at it in depth too much.I made a fix yesterday morning that should have addressed the issue.

[Grover]

Agree 100%.

Instead of "Show Threads" and "Show Posts", I'd like to see
(*) Forum ( ) Posts ( ) Blogs ( ) Projects

As usual, I agree with you a 100%.

[subnet_rx]

I have a setup where a user can create a wordpress blog and be given a domain like "username.mydomain.com" with a blog. I'm hoping at the very least this will include a wordpress import, but hopefully will include a wordpress MU import.

[Wayne Luke]

Import requests should be submitted via support ticket so the developers can tally requests and get a strong idea of what is needed.

[Sarthek]

Are blogs available to be put in seperate folder than forum and with own header? so it would be:

domain/forum
domain/blog

and not

domain/forum/blog

[Floris]

I have not looked at any documentation, so I can't confirm that. But by the looks of it while using it here on vBcom it seems to behave the same way as the projects tools

[TECK]

Are blogs available to be put in seperate folder than forum and with own header? so it would be:

domain/forum
domain/blog

and not

domain/forum/blog
If it's not, it can be done very easy with a directory option in Admin CP.
Just request it in the blog features thread. :)

PS. IMO, this is a very important option.

[Ohiosweetheart]

If it's not, it can be done very easy with a directory option in Admin CP.
Just request it in the blog features thread. :)

PS. IMO, this is a very important option.

I agree, it is very important.

[ChipTz]

Humm, besides de fix that will be needed in order not do destroy the layout when pictures are posted (already reported) (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=22475) i'd suggest that blogs could be rated, not only blog entries, I was not able to rate for instance a blog owned by a user

also the blog listing should start with best blogs and maybe not last posts, since it can show up a lot of mess, as it is showing now with all test posts here in vb :D altough it would make sense to list the last posts also :S

[roscoe36]

It doesn't even look like a blog.

This is a blog
http://cutline.tubetorial.com/

and this
http://www.johnchow.com/

and this
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/

Those are blogs. This is some frankenstein vb thing.

Is it possible to theme it outside the vB forum navbnar, breadcrumbs and header bits? Because it doesn't look like a blog. We already have these type of kludge solutions in vBlogetin and Blogicicles.

[roscoe36]

Is it just me, or is the autodiscovered RSS on blog pages, just the forum RSS?

And still no comments RSS? :rolleyes:

[Ohiosweetheart]

It doesn't even look like a blog.

This is a blog
http://cutline.tubetorial.com/

and this
http://www.johnchow.com/

and this
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/

Those are blogs. This is some frankenstein vb thing.

Is it possible to theme it outside the vB forum navbnar, breadcrumbs and header bits? Because it doesn't look like a blog. We already have these type of kludge solutions in vBlogetin and Blogicicles.
It's never going to look like those blogs. Those are stand-alone blog scripts. This is vB Blog - coded by vB developers, powered by vB, designed by vB - of course it's going to look like, or at least have similarities to vB. You're not going to get around that.

[Onimua]

Once you have it installed on your site though, I'm sure you can create custom styles for your users to use. :)

[Ohiosweetheart]

Once you have it installed on your site though, I'm sure you can create custom styles for your users to use. :)
Exactly what I'm pushing for, on the blog features request thread.

[alafq]

Exactly what I'm pushing for, on the blog features request thread.

yeah it will be great

[lovevn]

I think we should have side or center block to show the "newest block" and " most read blog" with the avatar of blog owner.

[K4L]

Think.. doesnt this script let all the members to be able to blog within vbulletin? This is not like wordpress..


doesnt this script let all the members to be able to blog within vbulletin?

I like this already.

[southernlady]

Okay, I'm coming in late to the discussion but I have to say, I like it.

I hope we will be able to skin it with themes we've made.

I also hope there will be a way to search for blog entries by member name...right now it's a pain. Just wading thru ALL entries gets very tiring. There needs to be a way to put each member's entires under their name and then list the names alphabetically.

WTG, VB. Liz

[roscoe36]

It's never going to look like those blogs. Those are stand-alone blog scripts. This is vB Blog - coded by vB developers, powered by vB, designed by vB - of course it's going to look like, or at least have similarities to vB. You're not going to get around that.
Ok, but it's not a blog.

It's a MySpace esque addon for vB.

I mistakenly thought a serious publishing platform was being built.

[Sychev_S]

Ok, but it's not a blog.

It's a MySpace esque addon for vB.

I mistakenly thought a serious publishing platform was being built.
Nobody said anything about serious publishing platform. It was originally announced that vblog and social networking tools will be developed as an add-on to vbulletn. Ofcourse it will (and it should) look like vbulletin.

[Kelmas]

I wonder how much will vBulletin Blog cost? Or maybe it will be free to current customers? :D

[Sychev_S]

I wonder how much will vBulletin Blog cost? Or maybe it will be free to current customers? :D
I can tell you one thing, it will not be free. :)
Since Project Tool's price is $50 I would assume
the blog will cost somewhere around that, perhaps even more expensive since there is a lot more work being put into it. (the sns and the blog part)

[ThorstenA]

I can tell you one thing, it will not be free. :)
Since Project Tool's price is $50 I would assume
the blog will cost somewhere around that, perhaps even more expensive since there is a lot more work being put into it. (the sns and the blog part)
Or just have all products having the same price. Blog could cost 50 $ and SNS would cost 50 $, too. But they are both worth multiple times than that. I'd also buy them if they would cost several hundred $$$.

[MJM]

. I'd also buy them if they would cost several hundred $$$.

SHHH! If you have a hole in your pocket I'm sure there are many less fortunate that would be thrilled to be given a Blog gift certificate. ;)

If vB really does come up with a stellar product, the price should be reflective of volume anticipated sold.
Obviously if the Blog addon integrates well with the forum software, more of these will also be sold.

However price may now be dependent on what the 'new company' feels is the 'bottom line'.
For sure, acquisition costs and new overheads may affect the pricing structure for addons.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Ok, but it's not a blog.

It's a MySpace esque addon for vB.

I mistakenly thought a serious publishing platform was being built.
It is a blog and a social networking add-on. Or it will be when they're finished with it. Geezes this is just a first public beta. They're looking at, and implementing, I'm sure, feature requests from the feature request thread. One of my requests is already being worked on, so I know they're reading and listening to us.

If you think it's lacking, make some suggestions there!

[MJM]

I would suggest that anyone who is seriously interested in the Blogs development to make some time to read and add any other suggestions to this vBulletin Blog: Feature Request List Thread (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234079)

This addon has the potential of being used in many more ways then the developers may have ever envisioned, so it's up us site owners to express how we would like to use it.

Who knows, we may be on the threshold of a refreshingly new era because of these innovative tools that vB is providing for us.
However we can't expect the developers alone to lead the way. It's up to us users (in particular, administrative leaders) to address the issues and seek practical solutions.

The clock is ticking, and time is running out. The Beta is around the corner, and now is your last chance to have a say before hardcoded stuff can no longer be undone.

Drumroll ... ;)

[Ohiosweetheart]

I would suggest that anyone who is seriously interested in the Blogs development to make some time to read and add any other suggestions to this vBulletin Blog: Feature Request List Thread (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234079)

This addon has the potential of being used in many more ways then the developers may have ever envisioned, so it's up us site owners to express how we would like to use it.

Who knows, we may be on the threshold of a refreshingly new era because of these innovative tools that vB is providing for us.
However we can't expect the developers alone to lead the way. It's up to us users (in particular, administrative leaders) to address the issues and seek practical solutions.

The clock is ticking, and time is running out. The Beta is around the corner, and now is your last chance to have a say before hardcoded stuff can no longer be undone.

Drumroll ... ;)


I couldn't have said it better :D

[Kelmas]

The Beta is around the corner, and now is your last chance to have a say before hardcoded stuff can no longer be undone.
What do you mean by saying "hardcoded stuff"?

[MJM]

What do you mean by saying "hardcoded stuff"?
Things they can no longer change after the Beta is officially released because it could cause a ripple down affect on other coding components, potentially forcing them to start over again from scratch ... which they will have no interest in doing.

edit ... Wow' it's in my dictionary:
hardcoded
adj. 1. [common] Said of data inserted directly into a program, where it cannot be easily modified

[Ohiosweetheart]

Things they can no longer change after the Beta is officially released because it could cause a ripple down affect on other coding components, potentially forcing them to start over again from scratch ... which they will have no interest in doing.

edit ... Wow' it's in my dictionary:
hardcoded
adj. 1. [common] Said of data inserted directly into a program, where it cannot be easily modified
Well ain't you smart.. ;)

[hcmagix]

I couldn't have said it better :D

dito :)

[Griffin80]

Will there be an option to import from previous blogs, for example wordpress?

[Lizard King]

Will there be an option to import from previous blogs, for example wordpress?
You can request it within support ticket.

[---MAD---]

Will there be an option to import from previous blogs, for example wordpress?
I am guessing there will be over time if there is a certain blog that has a lot of market share already. It's in vBulletin's interest to move those with blogs over to their addon ;).

[Ohiosweetheart]

Will there be an option to import from previous blogs, for example wordpress?
I talked to Jerry a few days ago about this - he is working on an import script for Wordpress.

[Griffin80]

cool great news ;)

[eJM]

At the risk of appearing rude (not difficult for me these days), would the next person who replies to ask a question please use the "Search this thread" feature at the top of the page first? This topic is already 16 pages and could be less if the same questions weren't asked several times. You should read the whole topic, but you don't even need to do that if you just use the technology available before asking your question.

Jim

[UrbanPromo]

I really love this new blog! It will be excellent as a advanced comment system for the Social networking addon!

Great work, can't wait for the social networking addon!

Greats,
Foubu

[ricerice]

^^^^ agreed. want to see social aspect badly!!!

[Sarthek]

Is there public-available date?

[Ohiosweetheart]

Is there public-available date?Nope. The public beta just started a few days ago. I'm sure there will be quite a bit more beta testing.

[lifanovsky]

I talked to Jerry a few days ago about this - he is working on an import script for Wordpress.i wish there also would be an import from livejournal.com - which has also a huge market share...

[Stilgar]

After rating my own Blog Entry, I still see the "Rate this Entry ". Seems like it should show the current rating once I have submitted my own rate.

Great looking feature. I can't wait to try it out on my forums.

[MJM]

Nope. The public beta just started a few days ago. I'm sure there will be quite a bit more beta testing.

According to the Announcement (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1384761#post1384761) ...

... I don't know if one could technically call this a public beta as they are still putting all the parts and pieces together, and have been so very kind as to give us a pre-view /trial run in order to get feedback and troubleshoot any existing or potential problems.

In this respect, kudos to vB for including us customers in the pre beta development process. :)

[harmor]

Has anyone noticed the blog entries in postbit now have a link?

[attroll]

I have been playing around with the blog system and I have come up with some ideas comments and some generalizations. Please do not take anything I am about to say wrong because I am still playing around with this blog system and it could be because I do not understand it well enough yet. I did not see any help files anywhere yet. This is some of the things I have come up withs so far.

Blog listing order ascending or descending:
I would like to see it so that I could set the blogs in the order I want them to display in. I would like to see the option so that the blogger or the admin could change the order from ascending or descending at there choice.
I see a lot more I would like to see done, but I am only writing this stuff that I am writing now to test this lame system.

Multiple blogs:
I would like the option so users could have multiple blogs. That might get me to think about this, but there is still a lot more that would need to get done for me to think about it.

Blog displayling order:
Another nice option would be if we could have the blogs listing link the membership list is listed. This way everyone that has a blog will be listed in order of there user name.
Another alternate listing would be listing the blogs by user name in the order of the last one that had...

Categories:
I just created a category and don't understand the idea behind having it. It was not what I thought it would be. All I see is that it puts the category name on the bottom left side on the blog entry.
Seems kind of stupid, but I may be missing something here. I will have to play with it some more.

Displaying user categories in a module:
It would be nice if when you click on View all blog entries by attroll that it would list all the categories that the user created in a module on the right column and then you could click on the category to read all the entries under that category.

Draft confusing:
I created a save to draft test prior to this post and it did save to my drafts but I could not figure out how to save it to my blog and remove it from the drafts section. I ended up having to delete it from my drafts. Maybe I am missing something here. I think some better thought or a button needs to be added to the drafts folder that will allow you to move it from the drafts and into your blog.

What is this permalink:
What the heck is this Permalink under the title to my blog entry. It brings me to that blog entry but is that all it is suppose to do? You can do that by clicking on the title, so what have this also?
Here is what I am referring to:

[Ohiosweetheart]

According to the Announcement (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1384761#post1384761) ...

... I don't know if one could technically call this a public beta as they are still putting all the parts and pieces together, and have been so very kind as to give us a pre-view /trial run in order to get feedback and troubleshoot any existing or potential problems.

In this respect, kudos to vB for including us customers in the pre beta development process. :)
So that would make this a pre-beta run? I would assume (bad, I know) that this is a public beta. eh, what do I know :p

[Wayne Luke]

I have been playing around with the blog system and I have come up with some ideas comments and some generalizations. Please do not take anything I am about to say wrong because I am still playing around with this blog system and it could be because I do not understand it well enough yet. I did not see any help files anywhere yet. This is some of the things I have come up withs so far.

Most of your post belongs in the suggestion forum.

Re Drafts: Edit the post and set its value to "Publish Now" instead of "Draft" under the options.

Re Permalink: Its so people from outside the site can link to your post.

[Eagle Creek]

Looks cute!

Any roadmap on when it will be available?

[Scott MacVicar]

Looks cute!

Any roadmap on when it will be available?
We're working on stabilising out it currently with some mass testing here on vbulletin.com, then we'll go into a private beta period and let people break it some more finally followed by a general release.

We've not got any timeframes for the public release but we're hoping to start the private beta real soon(™)

[Sychev_S]

We're working on stabilising out it currently with some mass testing here on vbulletin.com, then we'll go into a private beta period and let people break it some more finally followed by a general release.

We've not got any timeframes for the public release but we're hoping to start the private beta real soon(™)
Excellent. Thanks for the update!

[Reeve of Shinra]

Yay! *raises hand to break lots of stuff*

[Dream]

After rating my own Blog Entry, I still see the "Rate this Entry ". Seems like it should show the current rating once I have submitted my own rate.

Great looking feature. I can't wait to try it out on my forums.

That's because there must be a setting "how many ratings are needed to show the rating publicaly".

I think blog publishers should be able to delete their blog entries, with a delete button next to the edit/report/etc button... My guess is this wasn't implemented yet?

Also my question still stands, how does the Best Blogs work? With blog entries ratings?