RoughDraft:Bliki

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[edit] Definition

A bliki is a blending of the best features of a blog and a wiki.

[edit] Using MediaWiki

1. Creating custom namespaces
   1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace
   2. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces
   3. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#Content_namespaces
   4. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace_manager
2. Administering accounts
   1. Special:Userlogin - Add user
   2. Special:Userrights - Update user rights
   3. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access
3. Edit application messages
   1. Special:Allmessages
4. Special, or Magic Words
   1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words
5. Links
   1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link#Subpage_feature
6. Trackbacks
   1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trackback
      1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Trackbackexcerpt
7. Navigation
   1. MediaWiki:Sidebar
8. WYSIWYG
   1. http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/Main_Page
   2. http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/FCKeditor_integration_guide
9. Generate Google Sitemap(s)

   1. 55 0 * * * webadmin php wiki/maintenance/generateSitemap.php --server=http://www.techelephant.com

10. Labeled section transclusion
    1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion
11. Page creation with a simple/configurable form
    1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreateBox
12. Create custom Special pages that do whatever you want - no limitations
    1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Special_pages
13. Auto-generate page lists (e.g., recently updated, pages in category, page blurbs, etc.)
    1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DPLforum
    2. http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Dynamic_Page_List
       1. Example: Output a list of pages, ordered by popularity:

{{#dpl:namespace=
  |addpagecounter=true
  |mode=userformat
  |ordermethod=counter
  |order=descending
  |listseparators=,<font size="%COUNT%"> %COUNT% [[%PAGE%|%TITLE%]]</font>,
  |inlinetext=  <br/>
}}