Blog Customization Tutorial

2. Blog Pages and Blog Page Elements

Each of these elements correspond to a template in the Blog Customization Tool:

The Blog Customization Tool.

And here's a breakdown of what changes you can make on each of these pages and elements:

• To alter your Stylesheet, use the Stylesheet template and click Edit to launch the editing environment. (New to stylesheets? Get started with the Webmonkey Stylesheets Tutorial.)
• The Main Blog page (Main Page Layout template) features your most recent entries along with various navigational elements that point users to the various pages of your blog, as well as to any outside websites you opt to link to.
  • Entries element (Entries on Main Page template).
  • Navigation element (Links on Main Page template).
• The Comments page (Comments Page Layout template) features user comments. Note: this page is visible only if the "Comment Management Options" in the Change Settings tool (located on the main Blog Control Panel) are set to "Open" or "Moderated" (if you'd rather not let users leave comments, set the Comment Management Options to "Closed").
  • Entry element (Entry on Comments Page template) is the text of the original blog entry.
  • Comments element (Comment on Comments Page template) handles users' comments in response to original blog entry.
• Post Comment page (Add Comment template) is the interface users use to leave comments.
• Reply to Comment page (Reply to Comment template) is the interface users use to respond to previous comments.
• Verify Comment page (Verify Comment template) is the interface the commenters use to preview their comments.
• Profile page (Profile template) features biographical information about the blog creator and the blog itself.
• Entries from Buddies' Blogs page (Buddies' Blogs template) features entries from buddies' blogs, listed by date. Buddies are selected using the "Manage Buddy Page" (located on the main Blog Control Panel).

To use the Blog Customization Tool, select the template corresponding to the page or element that needs modification, then click "Edit". This calls up the editing environment. For an example of how to use the Blog Customization Tool's editing environment, let's try editing the "Main Page Layout".

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