Blog home page

What do you want the content of the blog home page to be?

Suggestion: Last 10 number of blog posts organized by most recent first? Text to show first 50 words of the post, plus a link to view the post in its entirity. Sidebar / navbar to include links to blog Categories index pages as well as date archives and search? THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD.

Blog entry page

What do you want the content of the blog entry page to be?

Suggestion: Complete blog post text, followed by all comments (see question 5), which in turn are followed by a Post a comment form. Sidebar / navbar similar to home page. YES.

Category index page

If you want a Category index page one would exist for each Category on the blog and would list the last 5 summary entries for that Category, with a link to older entries. YES

Date archive page

If required as the Category index but based on date. NOT REQUIRED

Comments

Are readers able to comment on blog entries? If so, the following questions apply:

Can any reader comment, or does commenting require registration? DOESN’T REQUIRE REGISTRATION BUT DOES REQUIRE PRE-AUTHORISATION OF COMMENT BY MODERATOR.

Moderators

Is there a need for registered users to be blog moderators with some or all of the following privileges:

Edit/delete blog comments.

Edit/delete blog entries.

Approve comment registrations.

YES BUT NOT ALL USERS – JUST ONE OR TWO.

Blog authors

Do you need a blog author role, which enables a user to write blog entries? Users typically can only edit and delete their own entries. YES. BUT ALL BLOG ENTRIES HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY A MODERATOR BEFORE APPEARING.

Blog administrator

Do you need full administration rights to the blog? How many of the following functions do you require?

Write blog posts.