A Blog is an online journal. Members can publish short comments and ideas for others to read.
A Blog is automatically created for Be Communities members when they register. You may also be invited to participate in more than one Blog (e.g. Community Blogs).
When looking at a Blog page, there will be a set of available commands on the right hand of the page which will contain information about the page you are looking at and a list of actions you can perform from your current location. The list of "common tasks" may be shorter according to the level of permissions that your administrator has granted to you.
Some of the common commands from the Blog Home Page include:
Some of the commands seen from within a Blog include:
There are several ways to find your way around Blog content:
Yes, you can view old posts by looking at the archives for that blog located on the right hand side of the page. Posts are archived by Month.
Yes, selecting "Send me email alerts for new comments to this post" under Comment Notification can alert you.
If you do not currently have a personal blog on Be Communities, please send us a request.
Yes, if you have access to the Control Panel (Blog Management).
There are several options available primarily by clicking the Advanced Settings check box.
Andrew, we're aware of these comment functionality blunders and they have been recorded.
The "Review Comments" functionality on the blog dashboard has never worked for me, nor has the e-mail notification for new comments.
I've decided to disable comments for my blog postings, as I feel it's worse to have a commenter feel ignored.