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Description:
Allows you to add a Blog page which work like a stand alone blog integrated with MyBB.

Features:
Here we've a big feature list for our big high quality plugin.

• General Features:
  
• A nice clean MyBlog index page. (See the screenshot#2 for more information)
  
• About 33 settings, covering almost each and every option of the MyBlog plugin.
  
• About 40+ templates (for almost each and every page/option) for MyBlog and have its own Template's Group (i.e. no global templates) This is an important thing so if you by chance edited the template then it will allow you to revert back the template to default. However no reversion of template if its Global.
  
• MyBlog index page have its own hooks, so expect many new addons/extensions for MyBlog in future. You may also suggest/request new addons/extensions in THIS section aswell.
  MyBlog Settings:
  
• Here is a list of all settings (See screenshot#1 for more details)
  MyBlog Index Page Features:
  
• A searchbox on right side of MyBlog index page, provides easy searching for any blog topic or topic comment.
  
• You may search the topic/comment by their tag name as well. This option also available in jQuery tag cloud.
  
• A jQuery animated tag cloud moves along your mouse cursor. Each tag is linked with the search page where you can search topics/comments, their link to read etc.
  
• A nice category box on right side of the MyBlog index page, showing number of topics created under their names. You may click [+] icon to show topic names in dropdown for that particular category too.
  
• A nice calendar for current month, changes to another on first day of each month.
  
• If the topic is closed then it will highlight on index topic listing area aswell. You may add background color and switch the option on/off right from MyBlog settings page aswell.
  
• MyBlog stats box having the following stats:
  • Total topics created.
    
  • Total comments posted.
    
  • Latest topic created.
    
  • Latest comment posted.
    
  • Top viewed topic.
    
  • Top commented topic.
    
  • Top liked topic.
    
• A who's online in MyBlog box showing activity of a list of users viewing any page within MyBlog, creating topics, creating comments, searching topic/comment/tag etc. MyBlog also shows the user's activity in MyBB's online page aswell (in online.php)
  
• MyBlog RSS feed page, where you can view latest RSS of MyBlog.
  
• A latest comments box showing your desired number of latest comments.
  
• Multipage navigational menu on pretty much each and every page for MyBlog, e.g. for MyBlog topics on index, Readmore topic page for comments, tag pages, search pages etc. etc.
  MyBlog View Topic Features:
  
• On Readmore pages, you may allow selective usergroups to post comments either through "quickreply" or through full reply (with MyCode editing tool box)
  
• You may allow selective usergroups to Like particular topic. For this a "Like" button available on each topic's bit. This is a jQuery like button, upon clicking it the wouldn't refreshes and the end user's liking will be inserted into the database through AJAX.
  
• It also increment the number of "Total Likes" automatically upon Liking the topic. e.g. if the topic's total likes was 12 then upon clicking the "Like" button it will be incremented to 13
  
• You may also view few stats related to that particular topic like:
  • Total Comments
    
  • Total Likes
    
  • Total Views
    
• MyBlog moderators will be allowed to do some moderator options like:
  • Close Topic (if its open) and Open topic (if its closed)
    
  • Move the current topic to Archive (if its Non-Archived) and Move from Archives (if its Archived)
    
• A Topic Archive facility allowing you to move any old topic to Archive. Archived topics will not show in MyBlog index topic listing however A box called "Blog Archive" will include all archived MyBlog topics.
  
• MyBlog moderators can edit, delete view author's IP right from their topic/comment bit. A confirmation page will appear on each MyBlog topic/comment deletion before it finally deletes the items.
  
• Users can also search "Topics created by the Topic starter" and "Comments posts by the Topic starter" right from their topic bit. (Click on Username and a dropdown menu appears having the following options)
  • Send PM to topic starter
    
  • Send an email to topic starter
    
  • Find topics created by the topic starter
    
  • Find comments posted by the topic starter
    
• Users can also report any objectionable topic or comment. Once they report it, a header announcement will be shown (see the screenshot#11 for more details) linking the Moderator Control Panel page. In ModCP you MyBlog moderators will be presented a link to mark the reported item as "Read".
  
• Upon creating blog topic, users will allowed to:
  • Select topic's best suited category
    
  • Add topic's subject
    
  • Add topic's (comma separated) tags
    
  • Add topic's description
    
  • And if they're MyBlog moderators then a "Close this topic once its posted" checkbox for closing the topic upon creating it.
    
• The searched keywords will be highlighted by yellow colored background (see screenshot#10 for more details)
  
• PSDs are also included for the buttons in the .zip folder of plugin.
  
• One of the best feature of MyBlog is that it uses templating, so you may alter the template's layout (Very little HTML know-how requires) to any shape of your liking. It means there is no-hardcoding in the MyBlog plugin
  

Previews:
http://i.imgur.com/ypL66.png
http://i.imgur.com/1Ew5h.png
http://i.imgur.com/Q7PT6.png
http://i.imgur.com/l6VFR.png
http://i.imgur.com/DqiJ1.png
http://i.imgur.com/vlYyx.png
http://i.imgur.com/NI9lF.png
http://i.imgur.com/klqHr.png
http://i.imgur.com/F8ckA.png
http://i.imgur.com/cpvWu.png
http://i.imgur.com/9A5Fa.png
http://i.imgur.com/rWPiV.png

Buy MyBlog:
To buy MyBlog, read this: http://yaldaram.com/thread-5525.html

Once you sent the payment please create a thread in Private Forum with your paypal email and transaction id of your payment. I'll attach MyBlog plugin .zip folder with all plugin files, images and related documents in your thread.

Looks great Yaldaram!

Looks pretty good. I take it the buttons are just from your theme though (I don't much like them ;D)?

I also take it the 40-odd queries are caused by other plugins running (as you stated there was a minimum number of queries)?

Final question, is there a latest blog posts RSS feed? If not, I think you should definitely think about it. I often use RSS feeds from my site/blog/forum to post status updates to twitter and other services.

(2011-06-25, 12:14 PM)euantor Wrote: [ -> ]Looks pretty good. I take it the buttons are just from your theme though (I don't much like them ;D)?

Nope, the colors of those buttons are closely resemble to default MyBB buttons like this e.g:

(2011-06-25, 12:14 PM)euantor Wrote: [ -> ]I also take it the 40-odd queries are caused by other plugins running (as you stated there was a minimum number of queries)?

I'm optimizing the code currently. I'll update the post asap.

(2011-06-25, 12:14 PM)euantor Wrote: [ -> ]Final question, is there a latest blog posts RSS feed? If not, I think you should definitely think about it. I often use RSS feeds from my site/blog/forum to post status updates to twitter and other services.

That would be good idea. I'll definitely add this.

It looks pretty good Yaldaram

Some questions :p ---
Will this fully replace default portal? (porta.php)
Will it include SEO Urls or will it support the actual Google SEO plugin?
Will it include a ACP/MCP page to write the topics?
Will it include a option to disable comments after a date line or something like "closing thread"?
Will it be free or paid?

I like the fact that there will be 20+ templates as we can customize it more freely.

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]Will this fully replace default portal? (porta.php)

You may use portal page as well, but After installing MyBlog I'll recommend to use one from them, either portal or MyBlog since it also covers some features that are available in Portal.

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]Will it include SEO Urls or will it support the actual Google SEO plugin?

Yes it'll.

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]Will it include a ACP/MCP page to write the topics?

No, you may write topics/comments directly from blog page, e.g. I've used this http://yourdomain.com/blog.php?action=create_topic

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]Will it include a option to disable comments after a date line or something like "closing thread"?

That's a nice suggestion, I'll add this to the list of todo's.

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]Will it be free or paid?

Of course Paid

(2011-06-25, 01:15 PM)Sama34 Wrote: [ -> ]I like the fact that there will be 20+ templates as we can customize it more freely.

Its currently using 23 templates. But due to some another suggested ideas, it may increase to 25+

Oh heck.

Definitely rules.

Epic Release, waiting for it for sure.

Yaldaram my Man any news about this excelent ideas

Great idea, but it looks IMO a bit messy and not so much MyBB like (especially the buttons). And why do you need forum statistics, a forum search field and a table with the latest threads in a blog software? Blog statistics/search would be better there.

I was waiting it so long.